I Was Fired. And Got My Life Back

August 7, 2009 by Jonathan Fields · 5 Comments 

Last month, I profiled Erik Proulx, longtime agency copywriter and creative turned founder of PleaseFeedTheAnimals.com.

In that profile, we also spoke about a very cool documentary he’d been working on, featuring people in the ad biz who’d been laid off and taken that as an opportunity to take back their lives. But, he wasn’t quite ready to go public with anything too big (or visual).

Well, today, he launched the trailer for Lemonade Movie and it rocks, so I just had to share it with you guys. Enjoy.

Help a Reporter Out and Help Your Personal Brand

July 14, 2009 by Jonathan Fields · Comments Off 

Guest Post from: Chris Perry of Career Rocketeer
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Do you know Peter Shankman? If you are interested or active in the world of online personal branding and blogging, you should.

Peter is an entrepreneur, author, speaker, blogger, you name it; however, he is probably best known for founding Help A Reporter Out (HARO). HARO is currently the largest free source repository in the world, sending out thousands of queries each week from journalists, reporters and bloggers to more than 100,000 sources around the globe looking to be quoted in the media. HARO’s tagline “Everyone is an Expert at Something” is continually reaffirmed as thousands of new members contribute to HelpaReporter.com each week.

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I’m Not the Next Anybody

June 22, 2009 by Jonathan Fields · 6 Comments 

Anyone who has pitched a book, business or movie to a publisher, VC or producer has been through the same dance.

It’s Wuthering heights meets Spongebob, but edgier and with a Quentin Tarantino fast cut Miller Time energy. It’s The Four Hour Workweek meets Fried Green Tomatoes, but set in Little Havana and with a bit more of a Catcher in The Rye slash The Secret thing happening. And let’s not forget, “it’s the next Hemingway, Brando, Jobs or Ablom.”

People want to frame and pitch you in the light of other massive successes to give context in the hope that you’ll ride reputation of the legends you’re being compared to.

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MBA Students Take On Burnout

June 2, 2009 by Jonathan Fields · 7 Comments 

I’ve always wanted to turn elements of Career Renegade into a college/MBA course, but I never imagined one of my first exposures to students would be as the subject of an exam question for MBA students at a New York’s famed Baruch College.

Well, that’s exactly what happened a few weeks ago when Professor Cynthia A.Thompson, Ph.D., made this the last question on her final exam:

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Renegade Survey: What Else Do You Need?

May 20, 2009 by Jonathan Fields · Comments Off 

It’s time to tell me what you REALLY want…

I’ve been blown away by the reception to Career Renegade, “the book.” And, Ive also been overwhelmed by the volume of requests to offer something more than the book, from private launch consulting to retreats, coaching, advanced marketing trainings, social media seminars, copywriting clinics and more.

Thing is, I don’t want to offer anything that you guys don’t want…your time and my time are just too important. So, I’ve posted a survey that lists variety of potential programs and offerings that have been requested, along with very brief descriptions and possible fees (nothing is set in stone). I’d really appreciate if you would take a minute and share what’s most appealing to you, if anything, or add anything you’d be interested in that’s not there.

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Career Renegade on Fox [video]

May 11, 2009 by Jonathan Fields · 8 Comments 

On Friday, I had the pleasure of being a guest on FoxBusiness.com’s LIVE show (@FBNlive) at the Fox Business TV studios in NYC. Here’s a link to the interview. Enjoy!

Interview Training Goes Virtual with 360JobInterview.com

May 5, 2009 by Jonathan Fields · 2 Comments 

While my natural tendency is to explore being a Career Renegade in the context of entrepreneurship, I realize that not everyone shares this same preference. In fact, a lot of people would love to create the qualities of the Career Renegade lifestyle, but still work for someone else.

I’m actually going to post more about this over the course of the next month, but today I thought I’d share a pretty cool new resource that was just launched (literally, today) for those looking to brush up their interiew skills. It’s a virtual interview training website called 360jobinterview.com. And, it let’s you master the art of the interview through video chat coaching and more.

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What Job Title Would Make You Beam With Pride?

May 1, 2009 by Jonathan Fields · 5 Comments 

This week, I asked the following question on twitter:

As always, I’m fascinated by the range of answers (and the number of people who are both kind and bold enough to share them).

In this experiment, I was also struck by how many people found it to be an interesting enough question to pass on by “retweeting,” but did not share an answer of their own. I think it speaks to the desire to explore it, along with the challenge of answering the question in a genuine way.

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Would You Walk Away From Your Job for $100,000?

April 24, 2009 by Jonathan Fields · 19 Comments 

Earlier this week, I posed the following question on twitter…

Within seconds, answers came flooding in. You can find them all individually by just searching on twitter, but, I thought it’d be valuable to aggregate and a share a sampling of replies here on the blog, too, because it really shows the diversity of mindset that’s out there today.

And, amazingly, a full 45% said…no, they’d walk away from the money. I sometimes wonder what that says about people on twitter (or who follow me) versus, those in the “general population.”

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Job Hunting Secret: Get Relevant or Go Home

April 16, 2009 by Jonathan Fields · 1 Comment 

Ever wonder what the best way to get a resume read or an interviewer immediately interested in you is?

Okay, well, there’s a simple lesson, drawn from the world of internet marketing, more specifically, pay per click advertising that’ll put you miles above everyone else who graces the resume slush pile or the interview chair.

What’s the secret?

Relevance!

For those who don’t know what pay-per-click is, it’s the little ads you see on the side of a google search page. Advertisers post those ads and then pay every time someone clicks on one. Rule of thumb—the more relevant an ad is to what a person is searching on, the more likely they are to click on it.

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