Every week I check dozens of “career” blogs and other online publications, looking for things that will help you find a job, get promoted, develop your skills, and keep everything in perspective and balance. Here’s the pick of the lot for this week. I’m pointing you to items about self-employment, informational interviewing, tweeting your way [...]
Last week, I blogged here about manners and how they can help you stand out from the crowd in today’s world. Manners are essentially the way you show respect for others.
But there’s also business etiquette, the common ways many business people expect you to act in certain situations. An unintentional breach of etiquette can cost [...]
Every week I check dozens of “career” blogs and other online publications, looking for things that will help you find a job, get promoted, develop your skills, and keep everything in perspective and balance. Here’s the pick of the lot for this week. I’m pointing you to items about getting all your ducks in a [...]
When I was growing up, good manners were expected. Today they can be a competitive advantage.
That’s no joke. Today recruiters can generate a battalion of applicants for every opening. You need a way to stand out from the crowd. Having good manners might do the trick.
A couple of summers ago my grandsons came to visit. [...]
Every week I check dozens of “career” blogs and other online publications, looking for things that will help you find a job, get promoted, develop your skills, and keep everything in perspective and balance. Here’s the pick of the lot for this week. I’m pointing you to items about using Twitter in your job search, [...]
When the Great Depression hit with gale-force economic winds, it swept away many visions of the future. Some of those dreams belonged to my mother and her brothers and sister.
Before the Great Depression, their father had thriving businesses. Life was good. Prospects were unlimited.
After the Great Depression hit, my grandfather’s business was gone. He went [...]
Every week I check dozens of “career” blogs and other online publications, looking for things that will help you find a job, get promoted, develop your skills, and keep everything in perspective and balance. Here’s the pick of the lot for this week. I’m pointing you to items about looking good on the web, getting [...]
Every week I check dozens of “career” blogs and other online publications, looking for things that will help you find a job, get promoted, develop your skills, and keep everything in perspective and balance. Here’s the pick of the lot for this week. I’m pointing you to items about analyzing why you didn’t get hired, [...]
Many newspapers and web sites are running “how I found a job” features these days. One of them is the Kansas City Star. Normally, I figure you can find these stories on your own, but the Star just ran a great one titled, “How I Got the Job: Rod Stearns, 60.”
This one just had all [...]
Sunday’s New York Times carried an installment of the “Personal Best” column by Gina Kolata. The title was: “Want to go faster? You need a trainer?”
Ms Kolata describes how athletes do better when they’re guided by a good coach. The same is true for you and your career. Earlier this year, Lisa Rosendahl, a prominent [...]