Earlier, I noted that career management is also about how your company is doing. The reasoning was that your company gives you the best controllable opportunity for advancing – or limiting – your career. This is because of the work you are doing, your ability to add new skills, and the performance on the job…. Continue Reading
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When the job market falls apart…
With unemployment over 6% in the United States (some 8% if you use the criteria from the 1980’s) and some industries really taking it on the chin, Cubicle Warriors necessarily feel uneasy about their positions. It make sense. But worrying about your position doesn’t do you much good. What follows are eight killer steps to… Continue Reading
To Stay or Leave – Your Company
This week I’m focusing attention on to stay or leave your employer. These articles present examination areas to help your decision. Yesterday, in To Stay or Leave – Your Industry, I covered how your company and personal industry can affect your decision. There are three more areas: Your Company Your Manager Your Personal Criteria I’m… Continue Reading
How’d You Score That Gig? — Interview with author Alexandra Levit
I’ve been a long-time admirer of Alexandra Levit through her blog, Water Cooler Wisdom. Alexandra previously published They Don’t Teach Corporate in College (ain’t that the truth…) and has now published another great book called How’d You Score That Gig? I have the great fortune of interviewing Alexandra about the book. Take a read… What’s… 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
Enough Projects Already
One of the things I have been working on this week is moving my projects to MindManager with “next actions” being placed into my “Getting Things Done” tracking system, a software programs called GTD Tracks. I had my projects in GTD Tracks, but after using it for a bit, the projects were just disjointed —… Continue Reading
Recruiters Top Ten Complaints
Yahoo, through Alison Damast, offers up the top 10 complaints about job applicants by recruiters. Of course, the comments are about students who are graduating with MBA degrees, but I also think that they apply to virtually every person working with a recruiter. I won’t repeat them here, but go ahead and read them on… Continue Reading
Career advice in the face of a meltdown
In predictions, there is this statement when it comes to financials: give them a number or give them a date, but never give a number and date together. I’m not going to guess a stock market number, but since this is a career management site, I think it is important to give you my predictions… Continue Reading