Tag Archives: Newsweek

Bad career advice is worse than no advice at all

With all of the discussion of the economy, you’d think some good advice would be coming out on how to manage through tough times. Not the case. In Newsweek’s A Recession Handbook, people working in cubes are offered this advice: Stay visibly busy, says New York headhunter Stephen Viscusi. The first employees to go during… Continue Reading

Attention Gen Y: Baby Boomers are moving out

Without naming names, I’ve read a lot of blog posts from Gen Y’ers about how those nasty Baby Boomers are sticking around and not giving anyone else a shot at their lucrative positions. Hanging in there until the bitter retirement end — or even past the traditional retirement age of 65. I always thought that… Continue Reading