On a local radio call-in talk show today, the subject was "unpaid internships". It's been in the news a lot recently, and it seems to me that a lot of fairly unscrupulous companies are taking advantage of getting access to free labour under the ... [Continue Reading]
Career Tip: Don’t be an a**hole!
This "career tip" probably seems very straightforward as obvious advice -- we don't like assholes and nobody should aspire to be one. However, this advice comes from a significant lesson learned in my own career many years ago; it's a real story that ... [Continue Reading]
Career Tip: Work to Put Yourself out of Your Job
OK. I admit that the title might be a bit confusing -- why the heck would you want to put yourself out of a job? What kind of "career tip" is that? In fact, it is one I believe strongly in, and when I look back over my own career I realize that this ... [Continue Reading]
“What to do after you’ve made a mistake”
This is a posting from a blog entry on "Tech Republic" that I thought would be useful, re-posted in its' entirety. Not really much to add to this, although I would suggest dwelling on the thought at the end of post: "When someone says they don’t make ... [Continue Reading]
Shooting down some common career myths
I came across this article in one of the many newsletters I receive in my in-box; this one struck me as a well constructed set of "myths" that many of us have bought into over the years. This blog post is from "Tech Republic" which is an IT centric ... [Continue Reading]
The 5 major “career ailments”
If you're reading this blog, you're probably doing some soul searching about your job, your life, your work, however you label it. Otherwise, why be here? So, truth be told, I'm not sure if this will be of any interest to you, but I figure you've got ... [Continue Reading]
