The all NUGGET version of The J.O.B. First, actual Golden Nuggets from one of the stars of the TV show Gold Rush on Discovery Channel. Todd Hoffman on the guts to leave your normal job to go and search for gold in Alaska.

Then it’s NUGGETS of wisdom from Hall Of Famer Guy Kawasaki. The Apple Evangelist and consummate Silicon Valley gives us his “state of the valley address” and also the nuts and bolts on how to self-publish a book!

In an ode to the end of the year we are going to replay two of this years best interviews: Dan Rather and Bruce Jenner.

Our co-active coach Henry Kimsey-House of CTI gives us some work-life balance.

In The J.O.B Nuggets: How much time that second drink at the Holiday party is taking off the end of your life and the growing disparity between the minimum wage worker at McDonald’s and its CEO.

This is the liquid version of the J.O.B. featuring jobs that help people drink. Premium coffee buyer Todd Carmichael travels the world to find high end beans for his company, La Colombe Torrefaction. And, oh yeah…… The Travel Channel follows him to his perilous destinations so we can see where the world’s second most traded commodity actually comes from.

My new best friend is David Driscoll. He is the spirits buyer for K and L Wine Merchants in San Francisco. He drinks alcohol for a living! He then stocks his store full of the stuff he thinks that we should drink. How my new best friend stays sober long enough to do his job.

We’re calling Santa Yes, seriously! A guy who says Santa has taken his body over (not joking)!

Our co-active coaching with Henry Kismey-House takes a good hard look at how to run a meeting the right way.

Web Guru Andrew Broadbent of the Vab Media Lab if offering us “Chi” this week. How to have a program of patience when branding your business on the web.

Small business coach Deborah Sweeney CEO of MyCorporation.com is gonna break down the end of the year for us.

In The J.O.B. Nuggets: How much money do human beings need to be happy and how much vacation time does the average employee leave on the table each year.

It has been said that San Francisco based clothing retailer American Giant produces the Greatest Hoodie Known To Mankind! Wow, next they’ll tell us they’re friends with a Chupacabra. The awesome story of perfecting the hoodie, from the fabric to the draw strings.

Due to the overwhelming response, we finally caught up with Larry’s Urologist (or better known as the Surgeon who performed his Vasectomy). Was he nervous to perform such a delicate surgery on a radio celebrity?

A chat about noodles with Lauren Tanny from her book From Ramen To Riches Finding A Job In Your 20’s (P.S. We Love Onion Flavored TR).

What is the best course of action to take if a friend at work gets fired? Consoling advice from our co-active coach from CTI Henry Kimsey House.

Our Web Guru Andrew Broadbent from the Vab Media Lab is taking us through the Twitterverse this week. The best way to get retweeted and other Twitter secrets.

There is no reason your grammar should be anything but perfect (except for ours). The good folks at Grammarly.com show us how easy it is.

In the J.O.B. Nuggets: A call to the African Lady who passed Oprah as the richest black woman in the world and what happens when there is the same number of women frequent fliers as men ?

Kitty Kelley has been called “the consummate gossip monger” for writing best-selling unauthorized biographies of people like Nancy Reagan, the British Royal Family, the Bush family, and Oprah Winfrey. We will ask “the Kitty” if she really dug through Oprah’s trash to get some scoop?

A real-life honest-to-goodness “viral web celebrity”, Jia Jiang, will tell us how his 100 Days Of Rejection Therapy are going.  You know Jia as the guy who walked into a Krispy Kreme and asked the manager to make him an Olympic themed donut, and she did it!

Should you get your boss a Christmas present? What about the guy who sits in the next cubicle to you, present for him as well? Should you go the company Holiday party? Our co-active coach Henry Kimsey-House answers all of our BIG holiday season questions.

Our Web Guru Andrew Broadbent from the Vab Media Lab is helping us direct our limited marketing budget. Google Pay-Per-Clicks Ads versus blogging - Andrew has your answer.

Lorrie Thomas Ross teaches web marketing therapy at Lynda.com. We’ll get some Brand Building Basics from her.

In The J.O.B. Nuggets: Why you should not bring your shopping bags or coffee to a job interview and whats happens to people’s pay when their boss has a kid!

If you look hard you can find Jeffrey Toobin amongst the throng of analysts in the Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer on CNN. We chat with Mr. Toobin about how weird James Carville looks and about his other profession, expert on the Supreme Court.
Hans Benson has been playing professional hockey for 15-years (albeit, minor league professional hockey). Why play hockey if all you’re doing is losing teeth and not getting paid much to do it?

Our co-active coach Henry Kimsey-House gives us a positive strategy when you get a negative performance review.

Linda Gates of Lynda.com is going to talk about negotiating from a female perspective. Our man Matt Crevin, who works for the 49ers as the Press Room Public Address Announcer, is going to tell us how we can break into a job in the professional sports world.

In The J.O.B. Nuggets: What careers collect the most psychopaths and how to condole a fellow co-workers who has lost a loved one.

How to know if a guy thinks I’m fat? Do I speak Guy? Are my feet huge? Those would be just some of the Cosmo Quizzes that Kate White came up with as editor of Cosmopolitan Magazine.  She rose to the top of five major publications and even though she says she shouldn’t tell us, we’ll see if we can’t pry a couple of tidbits from Success Secrets Every Gutsy Girl Should Know.

They talk fast and hypnotize us into bidding for stuff we DON’T NEED! The double life of a professional auctioneer uncovered this week.

Our co-active coach Henry Kimsey-House is going to tell us if its wise to always being looking for a job.

Our web gurus from the Vab Media Lab are going to remind us to do our home work before we set up our website.

In The J.O.B Nuggets: A look at the Wisdome Of Failure, why skills trump passion in the office and why taking your phone on vacation is a GREAT idea.

Ina Garten went from White House Nuclear Policy analyst in the Carter Administration to being the one and only Barefoot Contessa. She will give us her foolproof recipes and her one big secret on throwing a great dinner party (P.S. the secret does not include putting a hidden quarter in your meatloaf).

What dinosaur at this point doesn’t have a Netflix account? The story of Netflixed: The Epic Battle for America’s Eyeballs (how they sucked me into the two DVD a month program when I really only need one).

Ever wonder how much you should be hanging out with your co-workers outside of work? Our co-active coaching with Henry Kimsey-House of CTI lets us know how to build real relationships at work.

Our web guru Andrew Broadbent from the Vab Media Lab is breaking down the link myth, as in what/who/why/how many links should your website be connected to.

Our employment lawyer Dennis Strazulo is gonna tell us if your company can fire you, if you take too much time healing up from hip surgery.

In The J.O.B. Nuggets: spooky stats like….. the average job searcher spends just 40 minutes a day looking for a job, but 2 and 1/2 hour watching TV.

If you ran into Stephen Tobolowsky you would have this weird feeling you know him. Maybe he was your childhood dentist? Perhaps he knows one of your cousins. Instead, he is an actor you’ve seen all over the place. Ned Ryerson in the movie Groundhog’s day. He has a recurring role as Sandy Ryerson in the Fox show Glee and as Stu Beggs in the Showtime series Californication. This week, his story of being a below the radar actor in Hollywood.

Bryan Mattimore is our Idea Stormer with a real world guide to business creativity.

Our co-active coaching with CTI helps to put us “regular folks” on the management track.

Our web guru Andrew Broadbent from the Vab media Lab tells us what Google looks at when determining if our web site is “persona non grata”.

Our incredible employment lawyer Dennis Strazulo is taking your questions this week.

In The J.O.B. Nuggets: The real life study on how popular kids in school go on to make more money in real life and what Gen Y thinks China will do in the future .

W. Kamau Bell is the modern day Mark Twain, but of race relations.  Punchline Magazine called him “one of our nation’s most adept racial commentators with a blistering wit”. We’ll ask him why Chris Rock gave him his job as host of FX’s Totally Biased and if he’s ever used Coit Tower as the punchline to a joke.

Mike Staver tells us that it is our fault. In his book Leadership Isn’t for Cowards, he tells us how to get out from underneath the Blame Game.

You can bring a Guide-dog to work. But what about the average Fido? What about your cat? The rules on bringing pets to work from our employment lawyer Dennis Strazulo.

New Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer had a baby months after taking the job. Work-life balance tips for women with our co-active coach from CTI Henry Kimsey-House.

To get high search visibility you gotta play by Google’s rules, that means using Google+. Our web guru Andrew Broadbent fom the Vab Media Lab with your Google+ tricks.

In the J.O.B. Nuggets: The 7 myths of quiet people at work and the best ever excuses for calling in sick to work.

Michael Houlihan started Barefoot Wine out of his bathtub in his Sonoma House. He claims his mistakes are what made his wine a success. We’ll also ask him: if his business was so personal, why would he sell out to a big conglomerate?

Author and Speaker Bob Burg is coming to the Bay Area. Get the details on how to be an influencer.

Can you be happy at work? Our co-active coach Henry Kimsey-House from CTI with our jolly work tips.

It turns out you can make “gay” and sexist jokes if you are a construction worker. Our employment lawyer Dennis Strazulo with the proof.

YouTube just added a new feature that can really brand your business. Our web guru Andrew Broadbent from the Vab Media Lab breaks down the details.

In The J.O.B. Nuggets: Why bald guys make more money and what your work dreams mean.

Nature writer David Quammen is bringing the pandemic this week. How mankind is going to be purged from the earth because a disease jumped from a bat/rat/bird/monkey and into human beings. THIS IS NOT FICTION! Raiders Of The Lost Ark like stories of: catching bats in China, trapping monkeys in Bangladesh, stalking gorillas in the Congo— with the world’s leading disease scientists (yes, I’m freaked out).

Author Devora Zack bring us Managing For People Who Hate Managing (quick tip: are you a thinker or feeler).

In our coaching with CTI Henry Kismey-House with tips on how to make yourself indispensable at work.

Employment Lawyer Dennis Strazulo has a second job answering our questions on The J.O.B. Our question for him, can we get fired for having a second job.

LinkedIn and Twitter introducing a couple new features this week that can help your business. Andrew Broadbent our Web Guru from the Vab Media Lab explains how to use those new services.In The J.O.B. Nuggets this week: which professions drink the most coffee and how to be a deeper thinker at work.

When I was around 16ish I started throwing away my Star Wars action figures. Jordan Hembrough never quit being a toy geek. Now he gets paid the big bucks to collect toys. The “nerdish” details of his show Toy Hunter on The Travel Channel.

Wanna make Fava Bean Falafel the way world famous Chef Michael Mina does? Tanya Melillo, CEO of Cook Taste Eat explains how we all can cook like a Michelin starred chef.

Our Web Guru Andrew Broadbent from the Vab Media Lab is back giving us tips about how we can get Google Authorship. He also wants to bring awareness to ocean conservation. Fashion designer Brody & Cole is featured in the Blue Ocean Film festival  “50 Shades of Blue” fashion Show, Auction & Party.

Employment lawyer Dennis Strazulo is gonna play a little game called “Stump The Straz”! Can he answer the question, Can I fire my employee simply because I can’t afford her anymore?

Our co-active coaching with CTI helps us with some good old fashioned team dynamics this week.

In The J.O.B Nuggets: Why certain professions have a higher divorce rate and the worst commute in the world!

Louis Foreman had a part in getting the Eggie(a system for hard boiled eggs without the shell), Gyro Bowl(non-spillable bowl for children), and the Mister Steamy(turns your dryer into a steamer) to the marketplace. What a resume? The key to invention from the guy who brought us Everyday Edisons on PBS.

In this day and age anybody can write a book and get it published. Rosalind James thought she had a romance novel in her and it turns out she did. She sold 700 of her books in just 10 days. How about some encouragement for writing your own book!

Age “ain’t nothing but a number”! That is unless you’re discriminating against someone. Employment Lawyer Dennis Strazulo with the details.

Our co-active coaching with CTI helps us to negotiate for a new raise!

Our Web Guru Andrew Broadbent from the Vab Media Lab is back to raise our status on the Web.

In The J.O.B. Nuggets: tips on how not to commit job interview suicide and what the biggest fear of the American worker is.

We used to get to know our neighbors by bringing them a pie. These days you can just meet them online. Nextdoor is called Facebook for neighbors. CEO Nirav Tolia on the beauty of getting to know the people you live next to.

Turns out if you Organize Your Mind, you Organize Your Life. Coach Meg gives us the six steps to do so.

Do you want to work at a specific company? Our co-active coaching with CTI helps us to get our foot in the door at the specific place you want to work at.

Can you be fired for falling asleep on the job? Employment lawyer Dennis Strazulo answers your question.

All that…….. plus a plan to get your kids to start thinking about a budget!

David Glass went from being the baseball radio play-by-play man of the San Francisco Giants in the late 80’s to the current Mayor of Petaluma. Details of his crazy journey and a chance to play “Was That Movie Made In Petaluma”?

It only take three steps to be successful, so says author Trevor Blake. Find out why just thinking alone for 20-minutes a day will unlock you brain.

Our coaching with CTI helps us to network with people without sounding like we are networking.

Our web Guru Andrew Broadbent from Vabulous Media is back to tell us why Linked In is so important for expanding your business.

Dennis Strazulo gives us the strict employment law answer to the question can you have lewd public sex with a co-worker and NOT get fired?

The fine art of being cheap FOR A LIVING. He goes by Broke-Ass Stuart and his job is to let people in San Francisco and New York know how to live on the cheap. Tips for free haircuts, drinks and the arts.

Tory  Belleci is the guy with the great hair on the TV show Mythbusters. My TV boyfriend, Tory, will take us behind the scenes on the popular Discovery Channel show. Plus tell us the closest he’s come to death because he was trying to blow something up for the camera.

What is your One Big Thing? What are you meant to do? Oh, you don’t know? Author Phil Cooke will help us figure it out.

Back by popular demand our employment law segment with Dennis Strazulo on genital sandwiches (there is an important point to this segment)!

Our Web guru, Andrew Broadbent, director of search marketing and co-founder of Vab Media is back to answer the question why it is so important to blog about your job/career.

Coaching with CTI this week helps us to break down the intimidation factor of a boss.

In The J.O.B. Nuggets: why becoming a personal trainer could be a great career move and why chics are better at road rage.

A  big year for presidential politics. The man who covers it for the Washington Post, Chris Cillizza, joins us to chat about the art of political journalism. Find out who would be funner to play ping pong with, Hillary Clinton or Ron Paul.

For our Star Wars nerds we have the guy who started a Light Sabre Class in San Francisco.

Beverly Flaxington is a hypnotherapist and a consultant so she leads us to our subconscious: The Five Most Powerful Moves You Can Make to Get Where YOU Want to Go.

Our Web guru, Andrew Broadbent, director of search marketing and co-founder of Vab Media is back this week with his Business Partner Vania Benavides.  They are here to talk about and give some helpful tips on how a small business owner can monitor and troll social media networks to keep up to date on experts, news and industry trends within their job market.

Co-active coaching with Henry Kimsey-House of CTI takes a look at how to work at home efficiently.

Our employment lawyer Dennis Strazulo with breaking salacious news. What you do with your partner on your own time in a dark theater, could get your fired!

In The J.O.B. Nuggets: why home grown start up businesses have more success and how much money that big-viral-tip-for-a-waitress video has raised.

Yeaaaaaah Hawwwww sticking your hand in the mouth of a catfish for fun - that’s called Hillbilly Handfishin’! The host of the wildly popular TV show on Discovery Trent Jackson talking the fine art of noodling!

The world’s biggest sporting event is underway. We place a phone call across the pond to London to see how the Brits are handling the Olympics.

The new best move you can make at work is not up, but over - the lateral move. Author Joanne Cleaver explains from her book The Career Lattice.

Our Web guru, Andrew Broadbent, director of search marketing and co-founder of Vab Media is back. This week how to use Youtube and videos to market your business. Youtube is the second largest search engine now surpassing Yahoo and Bing. Hence, it’s a good idea to know more about how you can optimize videos in order to have them rank in search results. Its called Video SEO.  He will also shed some light on the myth that you can use any simple funny video, add Google ads to it, then wait for the cash to roll in.

Can you be discriminated against after you’re fired? Employment lawyer Dennis Strazulo has your answer.

Rejection inevitably comes with looking for a job. Our co-active coach Henry Kimsey-House from CTI with encouragement during what can be a challenging process.

In The J.O.B Nuggets: According to a new poll what is the o.k. dollar amount you can steal in pens from your company and why there are so many truck driver jobs available right now!

Leah Garchik has been dishing the scoop on the San Francisco social scene for over 35 years for the Chronicle. Why she WILL report where Tom Cruise got his hair cut while he was in town. Why she WON”T report that he left Danielle Steel’s birthday party early.

Author and consultant Karl Schoemer on Why Change Is Your Competitive Advantage.

We’ve added a Web Guru to our lineup. Andrew Broadbent director of search marketing and co-founder of Vab Media is gonna spill the beans on how you can expand your brand, visibility and customer experiences on-line through a variety of strategies. Vab Media was co-founded by Vania Benavides and Andrew Broadbent.  They are located in Santa Cruz, but work with clients all over the country. They work with a wide range of businesses from helping local startups build their brand and search presence, as well as consulting with global companies generating over 40 million a year in revenues to get up higher in the ranks of search engines.  View their portfolio and case studies for information.

Our co-active coaching with Henry Kimsey-House of CTI lets us know when it’s time to leave your current job for greener pastures.

Does your boss have to pay you if he sends you to a conference to learn the latest and greatest best practices for your profession? What about company teaching during your lunch break?. Our fearless employment lawyer Dennis Strazulo has the answers.

In The J.O.B. Nuggets: Just how many employers are using Linkedin to find new hires and the percentage of people who check their email before 7am.