Hey Team,

I was looking for an article that ran strongly counter to my thoughts on job hunting, so I could get more than one viewpoint up on the site, when I thought I found the perfect candidate, titled: Stop Being Creative in Your Job Search.

Sadly, I was completely disappointed before I even finished reading the first line. (At least as far as quickly finding a counterpoint goes.) Instead, what I got was a couple of really good points with which I completely agree.

One of the lines you’ve heard me say over and over (…and over) again, thanks to Amtrekker (it also happens to be my favorite line to shout when I get bored and/or frustrated) is, “Less talk, more action!” In fact, the entire premise of Amtrekker was predicated on this one line.

So, naturally, I was drawn to the opening of this article.

“Creativity is thinking up new things. Innovation is doing new things.”

That’s according to economist and Harvard professor, Theodore Levitt.

And that’s absolutely correct.

Especially in job hunting, where too many people think too much and do too little.

Granted, I don’t spend much time sitting around watching TV but I’ve clearly taken things much farther in the other direction than I would recommend to most folks. :) I categorically guarantee that it is much less work to follow some of the sound advice presented in this article than to build a website, worldwide contest and video series around your inability to find a paycheck. Granted, I’ve always kind of been that guy that never stops looking for “the top”…just so I can go over it.

I’m done.

Brett.

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