Tag Archives: Penelope Trunk

Great Successful People Found Here

In December, I had the opportunity to be interviewed by Andrew Rondeau, of Great Management. He wanted to do an interview that spoke to career management for knowledge workers. Andrew didn’t miss much, either — he does a great interview and never misses the smallest hint of a better information behind a statement you might… Continue Reading

Penelope was fired today

One of my great heroes on the Internet was fired from Yahoo! Finance today. Penelope Trunk was shown the door because career management doesn’t have as high an advertising rate as does finance. And, since Yahoo! is stupid enough to package a career management column into a finance package, Penelope drags down the amount of… Continue Reading

Networking for Shy People

What do you think of doing networking? If you’re like me, it was hard. Hard, because even though I can be in “entertainment” mode, I’m actually a pretty shy guy and the thought of just going out and networking just doesn’t appeal to me. But, some things have helped over time. First, learning that “networking”… Continue Reading

Time is the New Money

Recently, there has been a flurry of interesting articles about managing “Generation X and Y” workers now entering the workplace. Often, the articles are unflattering. Suggestions that new workers will simply up and quit a position because the work isn’t challenging and the person can simply continue living with parents are often touted as representative… Continue Reading