Employment Security trumps job security. This video shows why job security is fools gold and introduces the employment security hierarchy. Future videos will break down each of the employment security platforms.… Continue Reading
Category Archives: Cube Rules Commentary
Graduated – and living at home with Mom and Dad
The number of infographics out on the web is a bit numbing — at least for me. I watch a lot of different sites and infographic mania is easy to see on those sites. Consequently, I don’t do many of them. But this one, on what is facing our college graduates, hit home for me.… Continue Reading
Dice.com – 5 ways to evaluate an IT company during an interview
photo: Jeffrey Beall My latest article from Dice.com — 5 ways to evaluate an IT Company during an interview The point of this article is to not just judge the potential job by the interviews…but by all the other items you can see and evaluate during your visit to the company. Click here to read… Continue Reading
Dice.com – Be effective by looking at yourself as…a customer
My latest article on the Dice Blog Network is about looking at yourself and your career as your most important customer. There are some pretty good reasons for doing so — but start with the fact that if you don’t look out for your job skills, results and career, no one else will do it… Continue Reading
Dice.com – To Contract or Not to Contract
My latest at Dice.com blogger’s network: To Contract or Not to Contract. “Contract positions can be appealing due to increased flexibility, higher pay (at times) and as a foot in the door at a company, among other reasons. Before making the jump to contract, there are significant differences you should be aware of between being a… Continue Reading
The only way to win is not to play
photo credit: ste3ve Have you seen the movie War Games? Back in the day of 2400 baud modems, our slacker hero tries to hack into the company putting out the hottest new game on the planet (hacking has been going on a long, long time). Instead of getting into the game company, our innocent hacker,… Continue Reading
How your goals impact your performance review
photo credit: duncan Business goals are the holy grail of performance reviews. Or, at least they should be. After all, the business goals we work to achieve should be the most important work we can do to help the business achieve its goals for the year. Goals, though, are a slippery slope when it comes to… Continue Reading
The Day the LOLcats Died
There is current legislation in the Senate that will try and restrict sites like Cube Rules from providing content. You can take action to call your Senator to stop these bills.… Continue Reading
How to update your resume for 2012
photo credit: sir_watkyn It’s 2012 — and time to update your resume with your 2011 business results. Most people won’t, you know. Then, when it comes time to pull out that resume, blow away the dust, and update it, those same people won’t remember what they did in 2011 to put on their resume. Or,… Continue Reading
How to tell your manager is failing you
Let me ask you a simple, yet complicated, question. Have you ever received work goals from your manager that you thought you could attain? Goals that were reasonable, measurable, and were able to be attained from your own work? Looking back on a (very) long career, I’d say no. Or very rare. When I was… Continue Reading