If you ask job seekers what they’re most frustrated about, the most frequent answer is that they aren’t hearing back from employers after submitting a resume or application.  Lately, many questions, problems, and frustrations from Corn on the Job readers has followed that trend.  For this reason and others, I’ve decided to team up with someone on a new project called NineToAlive.com.

Our first objective with Nine to Alive is to make a free product (an eBook or a video course) that will focus solely on how to get more responses from resume/application submittals.  Now, I don’t want to look like a dumb dumb for spending a ton of time on a free product that no one downloads, so we need to gauge your interest!  If we have enough interest, we’ll start creating this free product and will send it on over when finished.

I’m very excited about what this product and Nine To Alive could become, and I know you’ll feel the same.  I suggest stopping by NineToAlive.com and filling out the simple opt-in box.  After doing so, you’ll be directed to a quick embedded survey so that we can start collecting some feed back.

Opting in now means you are guaranteed to not only be the first to know about this product, but to also get it for free!   We will also be able to communicate to you quickly when we have updates on the product and it’s launch.

Alright Corn Heads, head on over to NineToAlive.com, and get ready for something very cool!

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Become the bullfighter, defeat your bull, and be like JFK

August 27, 2010 7 comments

I was interviewed by City Sylvester the other day,  and one question asked me to talk about a favorite quote of mine that could be helpful for job seekers.  Right away, a quote that I had read in Sam Sheridan’s “A Fighter’s Heart” stung clear in my head. Bullfight critics, ranked in rows Crowd the enormous [...]

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Corn is on the move (and not just into a new apartment)

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Some of you may already know this, but let this post be the official announcement.  I’ve moved out of my parents house, and into my own place.  Oh yes, it is official, and I’ve now been living here for just over a week. The move has been very interesting, very tiring, very exhausting, and very [...]

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That time I got a typewritten resume…

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How many people reading this post know how to use a typewriter?  Your guess is as good as mine, but if a certain candidate from last week is reading this post then our answer is at least 1. So, here I am minding my own business, just hunting on Linkedin, when all of a sudden [...]

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Research your recruiter, you never know what you’ll find

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Every now and then, a candidate will come along and surprise a recruiter.  Sometimes in a bad way, and sometimes in a good way.  On Friday, I was surprised in a good way. I was making my last call of the day on Friday, and had just started a phone screen.  Right after explaining what [...]

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No, it’s really not just like riding a bike…

August 4, 2010 8 comments

I used to ride my bike everywhere.  To the hobby shop, through the park, to my friends houses, and on the dirt track where I did “tricks”.  When I discovered roller blades and roller hockey, my bike was put away in the shed and never used again.  For the next 15 years or more, I [...]

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The “weakness” interview question is so weak (video embedded)

July 27, 2010 18 comments

I’ve never asked someone to explain to me their weaknesses on an interview.  Sorry, I just won’t do it.  I was trained to stay away from it, and I’ve been continuously reminded to avoid that useless question when conducting interviews. Why? Well, when most people are asked, they try to think of something negative that [...]

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