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Many times, I have spoken and written about the pleasures my second wife and I would have preparing meals for our friends at our West Village triplex penthouse in New York City. The copper posts and great food were well known among friends and neighbors. One of the other things we enjoyed was cocktail hour at our home. Each of us was masterful in turning out drinks to start the evening off on the right foot and help set the mood. Making a drink for you and your friends can be so much easier with what is "a bartender's black book" to preparing cocktails. "Mixology Master" by Jeff Altman is ...

In today's competitive job market, acing an interview requires more than just basic preparation. It demands insider knowledge and strategic finesse. In "The Right Answers to Tough Interview Questions," seasoned career coach Jeff Altman distills many years of expertise into a comprehensive guide that helps job hunters navigate even the most challenging interview scenarios with confidence. This book goes beyond generic advice to provide specific answers to many of the toughest questions hiring managers throw your way. From behavioral and situational inquiries to curveballs designed to test ...

If you think being scheduled for a final interview means you're getting the job, you're wrong. Too often, people walk into a final interview as though it is certain they will be hired only to be rejected for one of many reasons after this interview. You've gotten this far. Now we have to get you over the finish line. This guide will help you get across the finish line no matter who you are meeting with whether it is a manager, a Vice President, the President of a firm or someone representing the Board of Directors. I cover a lot without overwhelming you with too much garbage you don't need ...

Maybe you're looking for a job because you were laid off, fired, RIF'd, or unemployed. Maybe you're thinking of quitting that miserable job you have because you can't stand it anymore. How long can I afford to be out of work? Where do I start? How do I keep track of everything? Get Your Job Search Organized NOW! will take you through each individual step you need to take to get clear about your goals, and financials, as well as track your activity so that when you are contacted about a job, you're ready to speak with them, not just about your experience but your experience in the context of...

The next recession is coming. I don't know when it will happen but another is on the way.People make the mistake of lurching from job search to job search and doing little or nothing to prepare. They right a resume. They email it (spam it, is more accurate) to every employer or recruiter in their hemisphere and are stunned when they don't get results.The time to prepare for a job search is when you are not looking for work. The time to stop your search and take corrective action is when the one you are in is not getting results.Jeff Altman, The Big Game Hunter is a professional recruiter ...

I love our iPad 2. It is such fun and so easy to use. My son and I play card games on it. I do some work with mine. The device is spectacular! We've started to play different games on our iPad, not just card games and, frankly, I don't like to spend money on games if I can avoid it. So I thought I would share some info about free adventure games for your iPad. They are in no particular order.

Your dog. You. Fun together. That's what you can expect as you teach him or her these tricks. Young or adult dogs alike can learn these tricks. From watching an old episode of "Sixty Minutes" Jeff Altman became interested in what it takes to train dogs. Here, he offers something akin to "Dog Training 101"-- basic training for your dog to learn tricks

This is a fictional story about people who wrestled with a problem in their relationship and found a way to get close to one another again. They took a little time. They made a little effort. They did not trick one another or deceive one another. They did need to still care about one another. Without the care still being there, it would not have worked. Nothing would have worked. But this did because they still cared. They had all heard about this idea before but had never followed through thinking they were smart. They knew how to do this. They could just talk it through. But every time ...

I don't have a lot of time. I have a busy career and I am a husband and father. My wife isn't sitting home doing nothing either. She has a career and is a wife and mother. We need recipes that are easy to prepare and have flavor. "Tofu Recipes for People Who Can't Boil Water: The Fast Way to Wonderful Vegetarian Meals With Tofu" offers easy to prepare recipes that work with our schedule and probably will with yours. It is vegetarian, but not vegan (some recipes are; but not all).

We all live busy lives but that doesn't mean that you need to spend hours cooking, have takeout every night or eat boring food. Why settle for flavorless meals when you can have delicious easy to prepare food? In "Shrimp Recipes for People Who Can't Boil Water," Jeff Altman and the staff of How2Cook.info offer a number of wonderful recipes that will put flavor in your mouth but still won't take a lot of time to prepare. Jeff doesn't believe in inundating you with recipes to prove that he has 100's available. Instead, he distills his subject to some very nice ones and is confident that most ...

Twice a week, No BS Job Search Advice Radio delivers job search advice that will help transform job hunting into something far better. Hosted by Jeff Altman, The Big Game Hunter, No BS Job Search Advice Radio is easy-to-implement advice that will help you find work much more easily. It has been called "The OG of job search podcasts" because it has been online continuously since November 2010. For much more, visit JobSearch.Community. You can also schedule coaching with Jeff Altman there or become an Insider Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/nobsjobsearchadviceradio/...

Do you feel silly yet? Jeff Altman has the ability to act silly and make others silly too. This very funny album is a live recording from one of America's most high-energy comedians. Can you feel the energy from your mouse shooting up your arm from your fingertips? Jeff's comedy is infectious and contagious. Buy this performance, laugh your head off, and then share it with a friend. The two of you will end up quoting funny lines to each other for years to come.

Unlock the Secrets to Ace Every Interview and Land Your Next Job! You do a great job. You’re well regarded and have decided to look elsewhere. Something isn’t clicking. Your interviews are going nowhere and you can’t figure out why . . . or maybe you’re getting to final rounds but not getting the offer . . . or the right offer. Maybe you're rusty because the last successful interview you had was three Presidents ago. Maybe you get nervous during your interviews because you don't know what to expect. Maybe you're going to interviews and winging it. Maybe you are missing out on ...

Are you longing for a career that ignites your passion and aligns with your values? '10 Steps to Changing Careers: Break Free and Do Work You Love' is your essential guide to navigating the challenging but rewarding journey of career transformation. This book offers a comprehensive roadmap for professionals at any stage who are ready to redefine their work lives. Whether you're a recent graduate feeling uncertain about your path, a mid-career professional yearning for change, or someone contemplating a bold shift later in life, this guide provides the tools and inspiration you need. Inside,...

I love to cook. I was introduced to tempeh when I was dating my wife. We would go to a little juice bar in Greenwich Village where we would have a tempeh bacon sandwich with delicious barbecue sauce. It was terrific. Then we started to go to a vegetarian Chinese restaurant in midtown Manhattan a few blocks from where I lived and feast on dishes that used tempeh as their protein. Yummy! And I have been preparing dishes with tempeh ever since. I hope you enjoy these for many years. Easy Tempeh Tempeh Curry with Sweet Potatoes and Green Beans Oven Baked Marinated Tempeh Thai Basil Tempeh ...

By Jeff Altman, The Big Game Hunter Writing a resume is a difficult experience for most people . . . and it shows. Most I read are awful. They just don't measure up. On a typical Monday morning, I arrive to 175 - 225 new resumes and, if I'm lucky, two may vaguely fit what a client is looking for. They are visually unappealing, contain too much of the wrong information and do little to present someone's credentials well enough to get an interview for the job the resume has been submitted for. "No B. S. Resume Advice" is exactly that-- no b. s. resume advice. It contains specific actionable ...

Our son is now almost 10 and a terrific reader. When he was “little,” he was a very active child . . . or at least he seemed that way to us older parents raising him. Each night, as part of our bedtime ritual, we would get him into bed and read stories to him. When he was very young, he would finish lines of the story and that made us think he was a genius and reading at a ridiculously young age (he wasn’t; he had memorized the story). Now that he is almost 10 and able to read very well on his own, he begs for extra time to finish a chapter before we turn his lights out. And the fact ...

Having worked in recruiting for many years, as certain as the sun rises in the morning, a typical job interview will begin with an interviewer asking, "Tell me yourself." As certain as the sun sets at the end of a day, the person answering the question will answer the question badly, answering the question off the cuff. Imagine being given an open book test in school and not opening the book. That's what job hunters do much too often reaping the consequences of their laziness and lack of preparedness. Your answer to this question will set the tone for the rest of the interview and either ...

I am one of those nuts who love Thanksgiving dinner a few times a year. It becomes a way for feeling appreciation for the good things in my life. You're probably more normal than I am and celebrate Thanksgiving at the appropriate time of year. But there are so many choices of recipes and dishes! We want to help you create the traditions in your family with a Thanksgiving dinner menu that you won't simply enjoy once, but for many years. Recipe choices for: Turkey. Stuffing Cranberry sauce Sweet potato Sides Dessert We hope you enjoy them!

If you are "winging it" in your interviews, you are probably making mistakes that are costing you money and opportunities. Wouldn't it be better to rehearse your answers to those tough interview questions so that you don't blow any more interviews? Jeff Altman, The Big Game Hunter tackles 25 of the toughest interview questions and shows you how to answer them so that you don't have to.