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Career Pointers Archives 22 Tips: How To Nail A Job Interview There is so much ‘out there’, on the Internet - finding useful, relevant information is often worse than trying to find the proverbial needle in the haystack. This is one of the reasons Twitter - and other social media apps, such as Facebook, LinkedIn, and so on - work so well; instead of just one person (you) out there trolling the Web for cool information, advice, hints and tips, there are literally thousands of people finding great stuff all the time. And then they share it with their networks, who share it with theirs, and they in turn email links, or RT (Re-Tweet) the information, etcetera. Six degrees of separation - for information-sharing. In the space of hours, one great find can be brought to the attention of hundreds of thousands of people. I try to pass on information whenever I think it has value, is interesting, or challenges conventional wisdom. To illustrate my point: On April 14, 2009, a 47-year old, decidedly frumpy-looking woman, from an obscure corner of the United Kingdom, auditioned in Week 5 of the ITV show “Britain’s Got Talent”. Today, April 16th, a Google Search on the name “Susan Boyle BGT” returns over 2800 unique entries. Hmmm, you might say, that’s not much. However, the YouTube video of her audition - singing “I Dreamed a Dream”, from the musical Les Miserables, has been viewed ... wait for it ... 14.8 MILLION times. And counting. Sometimes, a find is so spectacular, so unexpected (And Susan’s voice is absolutely stunning, astonishing, magnificent; as was the look on Simon Cowell’s face when she started singing), or so engaging, that it whizzes around the globe in no time flat.
Here’s a link to a post that I’m confident you’ll find interesting, and will appreciate the unvarnished and blunt truths: http://www.howtonailaninterview.com/
Last updated on Apr 18, 2009 at 03:19 PM
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