Jessica’s Answer: Preparing for an informational meeting with a referral is similar to preparing for a job interview. The differences being: 1. The person is meeting with you because of your connection to the person who referred you2. It's not for a specific...

Jessica’s Answer: Never settle- Always strategize!If you are going to take a job that is not ideal, strategically it should fall into one of the following categories: 1. It pays a tremendous amount of money (or the money that you need to survive)2. There are new...

Jessica’s Answer: Ah, GREAT question!!! And no doubt in response to one of my Facebook posts. Let me start by explaining BCC (Blind CC) for those of you whom are unfamiliar with it. In an email that you are sending to more than one person, you have 3 choices of how to...

Jessica’s Answer: Finding work is always about- relationships in ANY economy.  The economy has improved over the past few years in many people's opinions. But, if you percieve now as a bad economy, now is the best possible time to be focusing on relationships...

Jessica’s Answer: YES! Here's why: Here's the thing... Facebook has now become a commodity. When actors sign in for auditons they are asked how many freinds and followers(Twitter) they have. Producers want to know what kind of social media following crew members have....

Jessica’s Answer: The bottom line is if someone is rudely dominating a conversation not allowing others to interject and create a relationship, something must be done to change the dynamic of the conversation. I joked saying "fake tripping" to divert the attention to...

Jessica’s Answer: This is a question that came up in a seminar I did. #1 answer: TRIP... out of no where, accidentally trip on your own foot. I even demonstrated.Sorry for the short blog. I had a full day in Vegas... tomorrow I'll give you an answer that doesn't...

Jessica’s Answer: First, let me say that this person gave me no history, so I have no idea where he/she is coming from. Having coached as many people as I have, I know this could be: A: someone who isn't in the industry yet, and wants to beB: someone in the industry...

Jessica’s Answer: There are many reasons why a boss or head of a department won't move you up.  I could list some of the reasons, but really, you'll never know the true answer unless your boss tells you.The bottom line is, if you don't have a boss willing to move...

Jessica’s Answer: The question actually read, "Should I re-rate to DP?" But, because my readers are in different classifications, I'll give the standard answer which applies to any classification.My answer is a list of questions: 1.Do you know enough people who WILL...

Jessica’s Answer: Here's the advice I've given to people who have successfully made the move to Los Angeles: 1. Save enough money to survive for a year with no work/or be willing to get a survival job2. Create relationships with people who live in LA, before moving...

                                  This week is the presale of my new book From Burnout to Bliss. To say...

Jessica’s Answer: The actual question on yesterday's blog read, "Isn't this manipulative? I mean, if you're thinking and intentionally copying someone, that seems phony."Therefore my response to "anonymous" is, "What is your intention?" The definition of manipulation...

Jessica’s Answer: Yesterday, I talked about why rapport is important.  Today, I'm going to tell you how to create rapport. It's actually quite simple- rapport is established by matching and mirroring. Matching is doing *something* the other person is doing, but...