More bad news from the job market. The UPI is reporting that US layoffs have reached a five year high: Job cuts in the United States reached a five-year high in October, a private research group said Wednesday. Downsizing has eliminated 875,974 jobs for the year, 14 percent higher than the total announced job cuts… Continue Reading
Tag Archives: Chicago
JPMorgan Chase Buys Washington Mutual
The call from the local ABC station came before dinner local time last night. Could I do an interview on JPMorgan’s purchase of Washington Mutual? Sure, but looking at the news reports on the web, there was only the mere paragraph that they purchased the branches and deposits. Nothing about home loans, credit cards, or… Continue Reading
Dale Redeems Himself on Top Chef
In case you didn’t notice, I’m not a fan of Dale on Top Chef. He is the only person I’ve ever called an asshole on the site – because it was more than deserved. Whether it was joining in a team or if Dale was the executive chef for a team, Dale’s personality drives everyone’s… Continue Reading
Online or not, business principles are the same
I’m in Chicago as I write this attending SOBCon08 — the Biz School for Bloggers. The fascinating finding here for Cubicle Warriors is that the principles for business, whether physical at work or online, are very similar. There are customers. There is the purpose of your work for your customers. There is efficiency for the… Continue Reading
Every Meeting is Optional
ROWE — Results-Only Work Environment — requires that your work gets done, not the hours you spend in an office. Thus, when there are meetings, you need to decide if you need to be in the meeting rather than just going because you were one of 25-others on the meeting invite. Three-quarters of whom will… Continue Reading
Successful Outstanding Blogger Conference — 2008
Rarely do I post articles that relate to blogging itself; this is a career management site and most of my readers are not bloggers, but people working in cubes for corporations. But, there are a good minority of readers who are also bloggers — some pretty great ones out there that read here regularly and… Continue Reading
Dealing with Ambiguity
As a publisher on the web — a blogger — one of the things that I really wanted to do was go to Chicago to attend SOBCon07 (the shortcut to Successful and Outstanding Bloggers Convention 2007!). For a variety of reasons, all associated with amount of vacation left and time, I wasn’t able to go…. Continue Reading
Interviewing — Two don’ts during an interview
In the last couple of posts, I’ve covered about ten things that you should do before an interview and during an interview. Now for a couple of things to not do – check them out! I’ve been interviewed for a position and I’ve been the interviewee for a position. I’ve personally experienced both of these… Continue Reading
Career Management Monday, December 1, 2008
Let me tell you: it was wonderful being off the grid for a four-day Thanksgiving weekend! But, back to work and having a ton to get done over the next several days. The long weekend served up some good as well as sobering news for knowledge workers: Chicago plant workers stunned by bonus In a… Continue Reading