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 not finding your passion, not specifying [...]
My wife has an amazing group of friends. There are five of them and they grew up together in a small town in the South.
They’ve literally known each other since before elementary school. Two of them had cribs next to each other in the maternity ward of the local hospital.
Every year they get together. When [...]
Personal Development
Nina Capelouto presents Unlock The Chains That Bind You To Your Fears posted at Metaphysical Teachers, saying, “Overcoming the fear of the unknown is a challenging endeavor, but it can be done. If you suffer from a fear of uncertainty, understanding what fear is, and how it affects you, can start you on the [...]
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 standing out at job fairs, interviews [...]
The Associated Press just ran a story about mentoring that may show up in your local newspaper this week. The AP headline is “Mentoring changes course of three careers.” The headline in your paper might be different. Here’s the lead.
“One chief executive tutors another. A mother on flex time shows her younger counterpart how to [...]
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 career resources, job search success stories, [...]
An article in the Financial Post, titled, “Woman CEO’s View: No you can’t have it all,” got me thinking about how women are often the ones who take time out of their career to raise a family. That got me thinking about Brenda Barnes.
Brenda Barnes is the poster child for women who want to take [...]
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 the hidden job market, dress and [...]
This is the story of Sergei and Tony. Both of them served in World War II. When they came home, they chose their life’s work in the same way.
They looked at projections of what the “best jobs” would be in the years ahead. My guess is that the lists they looked at resembled the one [...]
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 interview deception, youngsters versus oldsters in [...]