Comments for Working For Wonka http://workingforwonka.com How to get a startup job and succeed in a startup job Thu, 17 May 2012 12:09:51 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Comment on The Job Hunt, the Inspirational Video and the Quirky Little Company by Justin Lee http://workingforwonka.com/the-job-hunt-the-inspiration-and-the-quirky-little-company/comment-page-1/#comment-2487 Justin Lee Thu, 17 May 2012 12:09:51 +0000 http://workingforwonka.com/?p=4136#comment-2487 Oh bugger... what a great post. I tell you... I wont brag and I should not... but believing in yourself is the best thing you can do to yourself. The guy after Quirky is truly an awesome example - and I bet he will be very very successful there too. Regards, Justin Lee, SEO Manager, Joblisting.sg/blog (A top class Career Blog - launching in 2 days) Oh bugger… what a great post.

I tell you… I wont brag and I should not… but believing in yourself is the best thing you can do to yourself.

The guy after Quirky is truly an awesome example – and I bet he will be very very successful there too.

Regards,
Justin Lee,
SEO Manager,
Joblisting.sg/blog (A top class Career Blog – launching in 2 days)

]]> Comment on Getting a Job is Not Rocket Science – so why don’t you have one? by Kathy Ver Eecke http://workingforwonka.com/threetogetready_white/comment-page-1/#comment-2486 Kathy Ver Eecke Thu, 17 May 2012 12:07:16 +0000 http://workingforwonka.com/?p=4210#comment-2486 Hi Justin- Yeah, I have to say, I'm not a CEO and I still have trouble getting through all my emails. :) Nonetheless, one startup founder after another tells me the same; they're fine with job seekers contacting them directly. Full in box or not. Thanks for the comment Justin. Kathy Hi Justin-
Yeah, I have to say, I’m not a CEO and I still have trouble getting through all my emails. :) Nonetheless, one startup founder after another tells me the same; they’re fine with job seekers contacting them directly. Full in box or not.

Thanks for the comment Justin.
Kathy

]]> Comment on Getting a Job is Not Rocket Science – so why don’t you have one? by Justin Lee http://workingforwonka.com/threetogetready_white/comment-page-1/#comment-2485 Justin Lee Thu, 17 May 2012 12:03:06 +0000 http://workingforwonka.com/?p=4210#comment-2485 Hello Kathy, Great interview. I am an entrepreneur too... managing SEO as a consultant and business associate with my firm. I agree so much with Brennan... almost on all points except the first he makes - I do NOT read all my mails... but I would check out emails from jobseekers who have sent it to me directly. Regards, Justin, www.joblisting.sg Hello Kathy,

Great interview.

I am an entrepreneur too… managing SEO as a consultant and business associate with my firm.

I agree so much with Brennan… almost on all points except the first he makes – I do NOT read all my mails… but I would check out emails from jobseekers who have sent it to me directly.

Regards,
Justin,
http://www.joblisting.sg

]]> Comment on Are You Pretty Enough to Work Here? by Justin Lee http://workingforwonka.com/are-you-pretty-enough-to-work-here/comment-page-1/#comment-2484 Justin Lee Thu, 17 May 2012 11:59:46 +0000 http://workingforwonka.com/?p=4430#comment-2484 I wonder what was going through his mind when he went after your T-Shirt. By the way... this is a cool blog... I am definitely going to read more. Regards, Justin, SEO Manager, www.joblisting.sg I wonder what was going through his mind when he went after your T-Shirt.

By the way… this is a cool blog… I am definitely going to read more.

Regards,
Justin,
SEO Manager,
http://www.joblisting.sg

]]> Comment on Getting a Job is Not Rocket Science – so why don’t you have one? by Kathy Ver Eecke http://workingforwonka.com/threetogetready_white/comment-page-1/#comment-2481 Kathy Ver Eecke Wed, 16 May 2012 11:54:16 +0000 http://workingforwonka.com/?p=4210#comment-2481 You'd be surprised. In <a href="http://workingforwonka.com/32-tips-get-startup-job/" title="32 Tips to getting a job at a startup " rel="nofollow">this post</a> 32 different startup founders give tips on how to get a job with them, a bunch say exactly that...contact me directly, even if you have to stalk me. Of course once you contact them, you have to prove your passion for the business and that you can bring value to the company. But a startup is different from a large corporation, where you would NEVER reach out to the CEO. They want to hear from you. They want to know why you like their company, and they want to know what you can do to help them. Just like Brennan said. Thanks for your comment Fahad. Kathy You’d be surprised. In this post 32 different startup founders give tips on how to get a job with them, a bunch say exactly that…contact me directly, even if you have to stalk me.

Of course once you contact them, you have to prove your passion for the business and that you can bring value to the company. But a startup is different from a large corporation, where you would NEVER reach out to the CEO. They want to hear from you. They want to know why you like their company, and they want to know what you can do to help them. Just like Brennan said.

Thanks for your comment Fahad.
Kathy

]]> Comment on Getting a Job is Not Rocket Science – so why don’t you have one? by Fahad http://workingforwonka.com/threetogetready_white/comment-page-1/#comment-2480 Fahad Wed, 16 May 2012 11:13:59 +0000 http://workingforwonka.com/?p=4210#comment-2480 I don't think that any CEO or top person will reply to a mail asking for a job unless the person is exceptionally good or he is lucky. There may be few who reply but most of them would never do it. I don’t think that any CEO or top person will reply to a mail asking for a job unless the person is exceptionally good or he is lucky.

There may be few who reply but most of them would never do it.
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]]> Comment on Are You Pretty Enough to Work Here? by mery http://workingforwonka.com/are-you-pretty-enough-to-work-here/comment-page-1/#comment-2473 mery Mon, 14 May 2012 15:34:52 +0000 http://workingforwonka.com/?p=4430#comment-2473 Ya know, if that was me,I’d laugh and then wear that t.shirt for the next 3 weeks or so tee hee Ya know, if that was me,I’d laugh and then wear that t.shirt for the next 3 weeks or so tee hee

]]> Comment on Are You Pretty Enough to Work Here? by Deborah Hymes http://workingforwonka.com/are-you-pretty-enough-to-work-here/comment-page-1/#comment-2469 Deborah Hymes Sat, 12 May 2012 20:04:56 +0000 http://workingforwonka.com/?p=4430#comment-2469 Wow, that's astonishing yet TOTALLY believable! Three times (?!!) over the course of my career -- once at my first start-up job, once at an established small company and once as a consultant -- I've had employers/clients tell me that I was hired because, when my qualifications equalled other candidates', they found me better-looking. Which is where I thought you were going with this post. =) All three essentially made passing comments to the effect that they didn't want to look at someone "ugly" while they were working. The start-up boss also said it to me directly when she noticed that I had gained a few pounds, by way of letting me know that I had entered into an implied bargain and wasn't keeping up my end. BTW, these were all women! This type of thing is handled more gracefully at big companies. But by the same token, they're less concerned with some "objective" standard of beauty than they are with how well you mesh with their culture in a multitude of ways. Wow, that’s astonishing yet TOTALLY believable! Three times (?!!) over the course of my career — once at my first start-up job, once at an established small company and once as a consultant — I’ve had employers/clients tell me that I was hired because, when my qualifications equalled other candidates’, they found me better-looking. Which is where I thought you were going with this post. =)

All three essentially made passing comments to the effect that they didn’t want to look at someone “ugly” while they were working. The start-up boss also said it to me directly when she noticed that I had gained a few pounds, by way of letting me know that I had entered into an implied bargain and wasn’t keeping up my end.

BTW, these were all women! This type of thing is handled more gracefully at big companies. But by the same token, they’re less concerned with some “objective” standard of beauty than they are with how well you mesh with their culture in a multitude of ways.
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]]> Comment on Are You Pretty Enough to Work Here? by dayana http://workingforwonka.com/are-you-pretty-enough-to-work-here/comment-page-1/#comment-2464 dayana Thu, 10 May 2012 15:03:49 +0000 http://workingforwonka.com/?p=4430#comment-2464 does it really matter what clothes we wear? this has shown though the difference between startups and corporates...thanks for the good laugh, i like your attitude does it really matter what clothes we wear? this has shown though the difference between startups and corporates…thanks for the good laugh, i like your attitude

]]> Comment on Are You Pretty Enough to Work Here? by Kathy Ver Eecke http://workingforwonka.com/are-you-pretty-enough-to-work-here/comment-page-1/#comment-2463 Kathy Ver Eecke Thu, 10 May 2012 12:09:51 +0000 http://workingforwonka.com/?p=4430#comment-2463 That's it exactly! That’s it exactly!

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