Use Your Head to Get Your Foot in the Door – an Interview with Best Selling Author, Harvey Mackay




The Creative Career show

Summary: Harvey Mackay is certainly a role model for those who are looking to create a successful, creative career for themselves. His business has 600 employees, andnbsp; it does 100 million dollars worth of sales out of Minneapolis, Minnesota. He's a nationally syndicated columnistmdash;his writing appears in 60 newspapers. He's had three number one New York Times best sellers, 10 million books out around the world in 80 countries, and he's been speaking to fortune 1,000 companies once per week for the past 23 years. Not a bad list of accomplishments. Harvey Mackay has all kinds of practical advice for those who are facing the job market in this 15 minute podcast interview. Show Notes - There are 14.8 million Americans out of work; 6.3 million have been looking for jobs for more than seven months, up from one million five years ago - The average college graduate today will have 10-14 different job changes in his/her career by age 38, and 3-5 different career changes (federal bureau of labor statistics) - There are an average of 6-8 people lined up for every job Mackay's books include: - Swim with the Sharks Without Being Eaten Alive: Outsell, Outmanage, Outmotivate, and Outnegotiate Your Competition (New York Times #1 best seller for 54 weeks) - Beware the Naked Man Who Offers You His Shirt: Do What You Love, Love What You Do, and Deliver More Than You Promise (New York Times #1 best seller) - Dig Your Well Before You're Thirsty: The Only Networking Book You'll Ever Need (New York Times best seller list) - Pushing the Envelope: All The Way To The Top - We Got Fired!: . . . And It's the Best Thing That Ever Happened to Us - Use Your Head to Get Your Foot in the Door: Job Search Secrets No One Else Will Tell You Learn more at harveymackay.com.