Dilip Saraf

Introduction
Guerilla job-search methods employ non-traditional and highly leveraged approaches to go after an opportunity. Some of these can be considered as unconventional job search. Metaphorically, the guerilla job-search methods can be analogized to the oriental art of jujitsu, where speed, surprise, and strategic moves are used to overcome an opponent. In comparison, wrestling entails brute [...]

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“If you don’t know where you are going, any road will take you there!”—Anonymous
A recent global survey of 16,000 professionals by a well-known consulting firm revealed that only about 14% of those employed are “in” their jobs; a vast majority, 86%, are “on” their jobs!
What does this mean? In simple terms this implies that [...]

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Looking for a job is tough even when times are good. In a deteriorating economy it provides new challenges. But, then it also provides you new ways to differentiate yourself and stand out from the crowd. As a career coach I repeatedly encounter some behaviors that get in the way of clients being seen [...]

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“Manners are especially the need of the plain. The pretty can get away with anything.”
—Evelyn Waugh
During many of my talks I often get asked why the world—especially the employment world—has become so impolite, even rude. When asked to amplify, those asking the question tell me that they do not get response to their emails, [...]

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“A positive attitude may not get what you want, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort.”—Anonymous
When one is out of work, looking for a job becomes a full-time job in itself. The difference here is that you are working 24-7 and there is no end in sight. With each [...]

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It is hard to accept failure, but it worse never to have tried to succeed–Theodore Roosevelt (1858-1919), U. S. President, Nobel Peace Prize winner.
We often wonder about those who have made it big in their profession. Their very names epitomize excellence and they are regarded with envy by others and are seen as the standard [...]

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In today’s job market employers are playing it safe by on-boarding employees on a temporary basis (“temping”) with the hope of keeping a flexible workforce. This accordion model of employee workforce gives them the flexibility and saves the added burden of having to pay the benefits owed a full-time (there are no permanent jobs anymore!) [...]

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In a corporate job, image is everything. Sometimes, image even trumps performance, making it ever so more important for those who perform well to pay equal or more attention to the perceptions that they create among their circles of influence.
This article is written especially for those who operate under the belief that one should get [...]

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“What lies before and ahead of us are tiny compared to what lies within us.”–Ralph Waldo Emerson
In our life’s journey, we constantly pursue goals and seek to achieve for ourselves what we want. Often, this pursuit is intrinsic, wherein we follow a path or a calling to satisfy our own inner quest, while at other [...]

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In achieving career success the common misconception is that you have to be a top performer at your job. Although this is true during the early stages of a career where you are an individual contributor, how you are measured in later stages of your career may be entirely different. In the individual-contributor role the [...]

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