Luck Had Nothing To Do With It.

I wrote the book Get Back Up: From the Streets to Microsoft Suites because I honestly thought that my story of overcoming many obstacles before eventually achieving success would be an inspiration to others. While I did get quite a few comments from people who found the recount of my life to be motivational, there [...]

2017-04-01T14:17:12-07:00April 1st, 2017|Author News|Comments Off on Luck Had Nothing To Do With It.

No means No (Sometimes)

While there are certainly times when No means No and it must be respected, such is not the case in a negotiation, sale, or interview. In these situations, No means Tell me more; at least that’s what you have to think if you want to close the deal, make the sale, or get the job. [...]

2017-03-19T11:27:32-07:00March 19th, 2017|Author News|Comments Off on No means No (Sometimes)

The Election Is Over. Now What?

Now that we have a new president, how much will our lives really change? I’m sorry to tell you that the answer is not as much as some people hope and not as much as some people fear. The bottom line is that the president of the United States has very little impact on the [...]

2017-02-10T13:53:29-08:00February 10th, 2017|Author News|Comments Off on The Election Is Over. Now What?

A Change to My Blog

I’ve been looking back at my previous blogs and while I thought I was writing some entertaining things, I realized that I was mostly talking about me. While I’m sure some of my friends found it interesting to see what places I’ve visited since my retirement from Microsoft, they could get the same information from [...]

2018-05-23T14:34:33-07:00November 18th, 2016|Blog|Comments Off on A Change to My Blog

The Interview Tactics that Scare Off Candidates

Employers should also be careful with multiple interviewers and be sure to let the candidate speak, says George A. Santino, author of Get Back Up: From the Streets to Microsoft Suites.  “With multiple interviews there needs to be coordination between them,” says Santino. “Few things can turn a candidate off more than interviewing with five [...]

2017-03-04T14:46:03-08:00November 4th, 2016|Author News|Comments Off on The Interview Tactics that Scare Off Candidates

The Cost of Work/Life Balance

I’ve been hearing a lot about work/life balance these days from corporations and politicians. It seems that everyone wants to talk about how you can be successful at work and have a life too. In my career that was never the case. I started at Microsoft in 1991 at the ripe old age of 35. [...]

2016-11-04T14:33:43-07:00November 4th, 2016|Author News|Comments Off on The Cost of Work/Life Balance

7 Steps To Landing (And Keeping) A New Job

Guest blogger George A. Santino was born into a family living in poverty in Philadelphia’s violent Tasker Street Projects. He was subjected to his alcoholic father’s fits of temper as he tried to earn money for himself by selling tomatoes from the back of a truck. A freak injury caused him to be discharged from the [...]

2017-03-04T14:46:03-08:00November 4th, 2016|Author News|Comments Off on 7 Steps To Landing (And Keeping) A New Job

Five Steps to Landing and Keeping That New Job

In his book, Get Back Up – From the Streets to the Microsoft Suites George A. Santino shares his rare humor and the story of his rise from humble beginnings through a series of adventures—opening a sports bar with no walls, cursing out a drill sergeant, battling a hiring manager to get a job offer that he intends to [...]

2017-03-04T14:46:03-08:00November 4th, 2016|Author News|Comments Off on Five Steps to Landing and Keeping That New Job

How street smarts and hard work pay off

George Santino musician and author of Get Back Up: From the Streets to Microsoft Suites, shares with us his story and how he used his street smarts and hard work to maneuver through multiple career changes to eventually end up as a Microsoft partner. George pulls from his experiences at Microsoft to give us keys [...]

2017-03-04T14:46:03-08:00August 19th, 2016|Author News|Comments Off on How street smarts and hard work pay off

Why Not You?

After writing a book titled Get Back Up: From the Streets to Microsoft Suites, I was given the opportunity to pen several byline articles and blogs. There’s a common thread in everything I write, and it is that you are in charge of your own destiny. That is, in spite of what you’re being told [...]

2017-03-04T14:46:03-08:00August 4th, 2016|Author News|Comments Off on Why Not You?
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