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3/4/10: Top Career Posts this Week

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 revamping your job search, social networks, [...]

[ More ] March 4th, 2010 | Comments Off | Posted in Career & Mentoring |

“Picnic” and What Matters

We gathered at a cold and windy gravesite at the far end of the state to say good-bye. There weren’t a lot of people there, in the cold middle of the week, but some had driven over three hours.
The woman whose body we buried didn’t have one of those lives that are significant in the [...]

[ More ] March 2nd, 2010 | Comments Off | Posted in Career & Mentoring |

2/26/10: Top Career Posts this Week

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 networking before and after you get [...]

[ More ] February 26th, 2010 | Comments Off | Posted in Career & Mentoring |

The Magenta Brick Road to the C-Suite

Inc Magazine just ran an article titled “Color Me CEO? Test Shows How Bosses Are Wired.” Here’s the lead.
“A panel of 900 CEOs organized by USA Today participated in an online 60-second color personality test, and the results were striking: The bosses don’t like yellow or red, but they’re big fans of magenta – at [...]

[ More ] February 23rd, 2010 | Comments Off | Posted in Career & Mentoring |

2/18/10: Top Career Posts this Week

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 asking the right question, the length [...]

[ More ] February 18th, 2010 | Comments Off | Posted in Career & Mentoring |

Lessons from Leonard Tompkins

Yesterday one of my mentors, Leonard Tompkins, died. I got an email from one of his granddaughters with the news.
For most of the day I’ve been thinking about Leonard and what I learned from him. Partly as therapy for me and partly as a tribute to Leonard I decided to share some of those lessons.
Dream [...]

[ More ] February 16th, 2010 | Comments Off | Posted in Career & Mentoring |

2/11/10: Top Career Posts this Week

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 who’s finding work, networking, phone interviews, [...]

[ More ] February 11th, 2010 | Comments Off | Posted in Career & Mentoring |

The Bad Boyfriend/Girlfriend Job

Have you ever had a job you loved, but that just ripped you up? Or one where you loved the work, but the job was one draining, dramatic crisis after another?
Been there. Done that.
In my case, I’d get so wound up during the day that I had to do something physical before I got home, [...]

[ More ] February 9th, 2010 | Comments Off | Posted in Career & Mentoring |

2/4/10: Top Career Posts this Week

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 blacklisted, customizing your resume, preparing [...]

[ More ] February 4th, 2010 | Comments Off | Posted in Career & Mentoring |

The Instant of Snow, the Instant of Change

Friday it snowed in Charlotte. I was looking out my office window at the exact instant the snow began.
We knew the snow was coming. Several times during the day I went to the window to see if it was here yet. I looked at the lowering grey sky. I checked the wind, high in the [...]

[ More ] February 2nd, 2010 | Comments Off | Posted in Career & Mentoring |