Is the resume dead? Part I
First let’s introduce the star of our story for those of you who may not be familiar with him – and I call the resume him since for the first 500 years my guess is that these documents, that started out as letters of introduction, generally were penned by and profiled men. You can read [...]
The Power of Podcasts – Part II
Here are some other types of podcasts I recommend. Challenge everything – it can sometimes be really good to try something outside your comfort zone or investigate a topic/personality/attitude that you have no interest in or perhaps even actively dislike or disapprove of. There are amazing podcasts about the most arcane of subjects so it [...]
Career Advice – Part II
Back to the article by Jeff Weiner, CEO of LinkedIn. The second ‘career advice’ tidbit he mentions is something he read in a book (remember those!?). I am on the same wavelength as Weiner here in that this is part of the reasons I listen to podcasts (and read books) by trendspotters and thinkers like [...]
The Power of Podcasts – Part I
I’m a big fan of podcasts – I listen to them on my walk to and from school and when I am working out. Many of them I choose just for pure entertainment though I am guessing that what each of us finds entertaining is a very personal and subjective matter. Although I choose with [...]
Career Advice – Oxymoron or priceless? Part I
Speaking just for myself the only involvement I’ve ever had with career advice or career counseling is several decades ago when I was in highschool. In university I took some kind of ‘strengths’ testing but it really didn’t give me much guidance or reveal anything that I didn’t already know about myself. It seems to [...]
Job Interview from Hell
Most of us have had difficult job interviews – ones where the questions are beyond your ability to answer because you simply don’t have the technical skills or where a grim-faced panel of interviewers fires theoretical posers like “Where do you see yourself in five years?” at you rapid fire and barely gives you time [...]
Unemployment 101 – Part II
What would you think would be the most ideal employment (or unemployment situation) of all? Most people would automatically say ‘full employment’ which to the majority of people means zero unemployment. But in actuality that isn’t desirable at all. For a fascinating contemporary example you might enjoy listening to this Planet Money podcast about Williston, [...]
Worst Job(s) in the World – Part III
How can you, as a jobseeker, avoid ending up in one of these dangerous, disgusting, degrading or destructive jobs? First of all you need to make a decision about whether certain values you hold make employment in certain companies morally untenable. That will help you avoid the destructive jobs and I’m presuming that anyone who [...]