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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

Update: Zubed isn’t scary – it rocks

Back in July, I came across an article by Jim Stroud in The Recruiters Lounge about a recruiting tool called Zubed. I wrote about Zubed and how the technology was great – but scary. A quick review of Zubed Essentially, the tool allows a recruiter to have a position in Seattle to be filled, then… Continue Reading

A neat recruiting tool – that’s totally scary

Monday update below For 15-years or so, I’ve been fascinated with combining maps with business. There are some legitimate reasons for this combination – sending technicians to the next closest trouble ticket, routing deliveries for UPS-like services, and knowing where you customers are located so you can provide the right services for them. Jim Stroud,… Continue Reading

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

Thanks to October 2007 Contributors

I’m running a little late, but thanks to the October, 2007, contributors to the site — your comments and/or articles help support cubicle warriors in the workplace: Anita Bruzzese of 45 things. What a great blog with superior insights for those of us who work in cubes. Andrew of Great Management. Andrew and I have… Continue Reading

8 Random Facts about Scot Herrick

There are things running around the blogosphere called “memes” and most of them are simply ways bloggers use to increase traffic. Take a cool subject and wrap it up in differentiating title and then tag other people to write about it. Like an electronic chain letter, so to speak. When I get tagged by other… Continue Reading

Paper Resumes are SO Last Century

One of the fundamentals of finding a new position is the resume. Entire companies have been created just to help people construct, write, and maintain resumes. But, times are changing — of course! There is a growing contingent that believe that in addition to the traditional resume, we should also be using our own web… Continue Reading