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Five Minute Interview with Yours Truly!

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March 26, 2018
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Good Neighbors

February 12, 2018
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Jeffrey Gitomer’s 10 Sales Tips

January 25, 2018
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A super system for the salesman!

November 29, 2017
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April 9, 2018
100 meters

Five Minute Interview with Yours Truly!

John McGlinchey CompTIA, John McGlinchey

I stumbled upon this interview that I did a few years ago in Microscope magazine and I thought it would be interesting to share with people so they get a better sense of who this Irishman from Donegal is! Tell

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March 26, 2018
Albert Einstein

Busting Myths about a Career in IT

John McGlinchey CompTIA, Jobs in IT, John McGlinchey, STEM

As I was looking back at some of my earlier posts, I was amazed how we are still failing to attract enough new talent  to the IT industry – this post from over three years ago about the skills shortage

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February 12, 2018
shovelling snow

Good Neighbors

John McGlinchey Good neighbors, John McGlinchey. CompTIA

This is my fifth winter in the Chicago area and this one is shaping up to be a corker. Not as bad as the polar vortex of 2013/2014 but lots of snow and freezing temperatures. Unlike Ireland (I’m originally from

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January 25, 2018

Jeffrey Gitomer’s 10 Sales Tips

John McGlinchey Jeffrey Gitomer, John McGlinchey. CompTIA, Little Red Book of Selling

My last blog “A Super System for the Salesman” defined a system for successful selling when in front of a potential prospect or customer. Although using the APPCOM system will give you that focus and structure, there are also a set

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November 29, 2017
The Salesman

A super system for the salesman!

John McGlinchey APPCOM system, Certification, CompTIA, John McGlinchey, The Saleman

When I first started life as a professional sales person, I wasn’t that good! Some might say I am still not that good!! I stumbled around trying to find my way and had limited success. Although I had most of

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November 19, 2017
Robot

Is it time to show love to the Robot?

John McGlinchey Chicago O'Hare Airport, CompTIA, John McGlinchey, Museum of Science and Industry Chicago, Robotics

It’s late in the evening and I am at Chicago’s O’Hare Airport waiting on a flight. As I look down at the throngs of people still milling around the airport, I notice that no one is paying attention to, or

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October 31, 2017
The Terminal

Scammed in Nigeria

John McGlinchey CompTIA, CyberAware, John McGlinchey, Tom Hanks, Viktor Navorski

I always thought of myself as a seasoned traveler and quite capable of avoiding any major incidents and disasters when on the road. That is, until recently, when I was trying to get on a plane from Lagos, Nigeria to

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July 24, 2017
Pen and Paper

Should we all go back to pen and paper?

John McGlinchey CompTIA, cybersecurity, John McGlinchey

You will be surprised to hear that I was playing golf at the weekend. As always over the duration of a round, we discussed all manner of things. On Sunday, one of my playing partners brought up cyber security and

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June 28, 2017
old shop

Lessons I learned from my first job!

John McGlinchey CompTIA, Donegal, Glenties, John McGlinchey, Lessons from my first job

I love this time of the year and one of the things that I really like about it is coming across so many young people who are clearly working in their very first summer jobs. I love their youth, their

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June 1, 2017
Life Changer

7th March – Life before and after

John McGlinchey Cancer, CompTIA, John McGlinchey

On my way home from work I drive by our local cancer hospital. From the outside, it is just a normal building and there doesn’t seem to be much going on inside. That is, until March 7th. This time I

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