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Communication has evolved over the years due to technological and other changes in our society. How we write letters is a great example. At the beginning of the 20th century, a business letter would have been handwritten in meticulous cursive style. It would have been lengthy and chock full of flowery images and adjectives.

Barb Poole has been featured in the book The Twitter Job Search Guide: Find a Job and Advance Your Career in Just 15 Minutes a Day by Susan B. Whitcomb, Dib Deb, Chandlee Bryan.

I recently dusted off some of my old books and rediscovered one of my favorite poems, “Autobiography in Five Short Chapters,” from Portia Nelson’s book, There is a Hole in My Sidewalk: The Romance of Self-Discovery. It creates an analogy between life, change and making choices that affect our life outcomes.

“Nothing in the world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent. The slogan ‘Press On’ has solved and always will solve the problems of the human race.”
~ Calvin Coolidge

Many job seekers complain of applying online with cover letters for dozens (if not more) of positions on monster.com, careerbuilder.com or other job boards. What happens so much of the time? Absolutely nothing. While I do not have magic solutions or answers to this, let me share a perspective on what often happens on the other side. These insights have been shared by many friends and colleagues coming from that “other-side-of-the-desk” viewpoint.