Job Search Mastermind Gifts

"My last interview seemed to take on some negative energy after I handcuffed myself to a chair and refused to leave without a job offer."

The Businessmen Have to Make Decisions from Many Options

'And I'm happy to say, that since the merger...'

"That's Paul, he's our head of partnerships..."

"I believe we have a quorum for the meeting."

"The team needs LEADERSHIP, anyone have a view on that?"

What can I play?

"We're looking for the kind of bad taste that will grab - but not appall."

"Not the most impressive strategic plan I've ever seen."

'With 5% spent on talent, 5% on production, and 90% on marketing...I smell WINNER!'

'Our problem is, we do more blamestorming than brainstorming.'

"Today's top priority is prioritizing our priorities."

'It's the perfect time to move up the evolutionary ladder! The climate is stable, we have no natural predators, and interest rates may never be this low again!'

'Why yes, the resume is a very important basis for who we hire.'

I don't like the looks of this.

"We're targeting a specific demographic: the utterly clueless."

Jurgen Klopp Caricature

"A Leading cosmetics company believes our drilling mud would ake an excellent skincare product."

The imagery attacks the compalcency of the casual web surfer and uses a visual cacophony of discordant images to excite and enthusethe casual visitor...

"To be honest, it's the same stuff just in different bottles!"

'And finally, there's option three, a classic business model that would reduce our marketing, supply-chain and production expenses by 85 percent!' '

Management by committee: 'The buck stops here, here, here, here,,,'

What are they complaining about...the work is challenging,interesting, demanding...AND we let them do it for 80 hours a week.

Digital Marketing

"Before I give you my resume, I'd like to know how thorough you fact check."

'What are frills and luxuries, that you've earmarked as needs, doing on your application?'

"The meeting's over but it's so close to the end of the day. Let's just use our collective inertia and run out the clock."

'No wonder the company is in trouble!'

"Well, sure, it LOOKS like a straightforward plea to buy our product...but for safety we better run it by the legal department

"What choice do we have? I can't fire him. He knows too much."