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As a career and life coach I see clients from all parts of the world. The interesting aspect of my…
During my 10 years of career coaching—and management consulting prior to that—I have found a counterintuitive phenomenon in management…
A significant fraction of my client pool is managers—from first-level managers to senior executives. Most of them have the same…
There is a branding craze out there. Ever since Tom Peters launched the personal branding awareness in the early ‘90s…
In one of his books Dale Carnegie said that to really get people to do what you want from…
During a typical job search, referencing is one the terminal states of the process. In almost all cases I find…
In my desire to help clients present their value proposition with force and uniqueness, I have developed the concept of…
As a career coach I have now worked with over 5,000 clients globally during the past 11 years. The most…
Clients often call me when they are facing a conflict of some type in their careers. Although a dictionary defines…
With the job market improving steadily in many areas, especially in the Silicon Valley, it has become easier for…
With the new Yahoo! CEO Scott Thompson now in the spotlight for lying about his academic qualifications, the focus on…
With the improving job market and exploding new technology areas in which new talent is desperately needed (Big data, HTML-5,…
- August 3, 2015Dilip Saraf
Some executives make it a practice to meet regularly with employees that work under their direct reports (DRs). The reasons…
- August 16, 2015Dilip Saraf
I work with many of my clients during their interview process to help them navigate through tough interview questions and…
- August 23, 2015Dilip Saraf
Many clients come to me when they feel stuck in their current role and are not able to break through…
- August 31, 2015Dilip Saraf
Clients often contact me when they have a job interview lined up. They think that doing a practice session with…
- September 5, 2015Dilip Saraf
Almost immediately after I published my blog last week, Why do we struggle with “Tell me about yourself”?! I got…
- September 28, 2015Dilip Saraf
As a career coach I often get queries from my clients and passer-byes (at social events and parties) about available…