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Each year this time around as the new year begins to take shape people—especially my clients—ask me what resolution they…
“It’s not the hours you put in your work that counts, it’s the work you put in the hours.” —Sam…
As AI and ML are getting more ubiquitous technologies, they have now penetrated the recruitment and hiring space and are…
“I pack my trunk, embrace my friends, embark on the sea, and at last wake up in Naples, and there…
Clients often approach me to tell them my secret sauce to their career advancement and success. The secret: there is…
Every fear hides a wish—David Mamet in Edmond When I work with my clients to deal with their…
“Finding yourself” is not how it really works. You aren’t a ten-dollar bill in last winter’s coat pocket. You…
“Live neither in the past nor in the future, but let each day’s work absorb your entire energies, and…
Over the years many interview formats have evolved. Panel interview is one of the more traditional ways of interviewing…
In his book, Antifragile: Things that Gain from Disorder, Nassim Taleb, a best-selling author, posits that unless something is constantly…
After having worked with thousands of clients across the globe I’ve found that the main reasons why clients come…
Good communicators frequently make their point to their audiences by apt use of powerful quotations by famous people, amplifying their…
- July 14, 2009Dilip Saraf
As the layoffs mount and as the job market gets tighter I often hear voices of frustration from my audiences…
- August 8, 2009Dilip Saraf
Introduction Guerilla job-search methods employ non-traditional and highly leveraged approaches to go after an opportunity. Some of these can be…
- August 8, 2009Dilip Saraf
How to Make Points and Influence People In your work life it is not uncommon to encounter colleagues, associates, and…
- December 5, 2009Dilip Saraf
These responses appear (launched with bolded phrases) in the December issue of ExecuNet's CareerSmart Advisor as a part of a…
- February 28, 2010Dilip Saraf
How executives must create clear accountabilities to succeed and to make others successful.
- March 5, 2010Dilip Saraf
Entrepreneurship is a state of mind! Take this simple test to see if you have what it takes!!
- March 15, 2010Dilip Saraf
The other day a client of mine came to see me, crestfallen, having been rejected from going further in the…
- March 23, 2010Dilip Saraf
I often have clients who come to me asking, how is that when I answered ALL the interview questions and…
- March 29, 2010Dilip Saraf
LinkedIn has become increasingly more powerful as a marketing tool. Take if seriously and do what is recommended here to…
- April 3, 2010Dilip Saraf
Why learning to write well in business is so critical to your own career!

