7 Career Myths Exposed
It appears that you’re new here. If you like this content, subscribe to my feed via RSS or Email and you can keep up with all the new posts.If you aren’t sure how to use an RSS feed, read this post.We have manage our careers just like we manage other things in our lives. We [...]
An Open Letter From Employees To Bosses
We, your employees, are in the position to make you look very good. We want to do so. You have the power to enable us to make you look good, and to protect us from silly bureaucracy and ridiculous management power struggles.
Many of us have been hired from outside the company, supposedly, because of what [...]
4 Reasons Your Job Doesn’t Pay Well
Aside from obvious job related performance issues and aside from a lack of job experience, there are 4 reasons your job may not pay well. These reasons are standard regardless of job and they hold true in virtually all economic situations.
People complain about a certain “important” job paying less than an “unimportant” job. They complain [...]
How I Cram for Those Mid Term Exams
OK, sometimes you’ve gotten distracted, or maybe you’ve had a personal problem. At any rate, you’ve fallen far behind in preparing for an exam, or a presentation, or a meeting of some sort. What now?
The first rule is don’t panic. Panic won’t get you anywhere and is even more distracting when you’re trying to absorb [...]
Things I DIDN’T Learn in College: Part 6 - Steps I Use to Cope With Stress
All stress is not bad. The human mind needs to experience some stress just to stay focused and sharp. I’ve read recently where some university studies have shown that the only completely stress free people in the world are dead. Wonder how much that study cost?
Things I DIDN’T Learn in College: Part 3 - How I Learned to Study
When I was in college I stumbled upon a study technique that consistently produced A’s in my classes. It did require a lot of work, but when I fully developed and followed these ideas, I aced my classes. I’m not talking easy 101 type classes either, I was excelling in 300 and 400 level courses. Your mileage may vary, but here’s how I did it:
Things I DIDN’T Learn in College: Part 1 - Networking
Want to learn how to network, but aren’t sure where to begin? Here are some tips that will help you take the needed steps to become a networking machine. Interestingly, though networking is touted as an important skill to help you get ahead in life, it wasn’t taught at any college I attended (I went to three from undergraduate school through graduate school). Perhaps others have different experiences at different schools and colleges. If that is YOU, please leave a comment about the school you attended and a summary of what you learned from your networking course there.
10 Reasons I Won’t Accept a Job Counter Offer
I’m not planning on leaving my current job anytime in the near future, but having resigned from other positions, I’ve been counter-offered better pay, better conditions, or better benefits in attempts to “keep me on board.” I’ve turned down every counter offer in the past and here are my reasons why:
Find a Job You Love?
There is a great deal of talk these days about the importance of finding a job you love. Seems like every blog I read, every personal development web site, every talk show is talking about pursuing your passion and making a living doing it. But CareerBuilder.com says that 84% of all workers are not [...]
DON’T Be Yourself In A Job Interview
My advice to him was, “Don’t be yourself, be your professional self.” The puzzled look on his face told me I needed to explain what I meant.
My StumbleUpon Page
