Radio Talking Book

Career Corner is a program produced by the Minnesota Radio Talking Book Network, part of State Services for the Blind, and it is recorded for people are blind or have reading disabilities. You can listen to the stream of the Minnesota Radio Talking Book Network at www.mnssb.org/rtb, and the password is RTB. Your host, for Career Corner is Anne Obst. Music From The Star Tribune Job Tip: Take the lead in that interview By Mark Jaffe Start Tribune, 16 March 2015 We have a pretty terrific system in America: Careers are open to talent. I’m not saying it’s a pure meritocracy but compared with other countries and cultures, we completely rock. Who your parents were, how you grew up, even where you went to school (unless it was Yale, of course)… these factors are secondary to whether or not you can deliver the goods. Getting through the interview, though, is another story. At last count, there were just over 4 million books published on the subject of interviewing for jobs. They tell you how to dress for su