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]
Repost: “11 Career Tips for 2011”
This post is a re-print from the newsletter by Tech Republic (if you want to see the original you can find it here). I found the tips to be excellent advice for anyone at any point in their career -- the earlier you are in your career and you embrace ... [Continue Reading]
The world of the Recruiter
Here is a great article I just stumbled across today -- it is titled "10 Things Recruiters Won't Tell You" and it certainly rings true to me. So if you are currently in a job search and you've shopped your CV around to a bunch of industry "head ... [Continue Reading]
More (or less?) skills needed…
I came across this job/career article in the San Jose Mercury News which is definitely worth a quick spin through and some noodling about how it relates to you and your career (or job search). The headline grabber is about how many job seekers in the ... [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]
Definition of insanity: the standard job search
Albert Einstein defined "insanity" as doing the same thing over and over again, and expecting different results. Unfortunately, this sounds a lot like a conventional job search strategy that ... [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]
At the heart of business — 3 ironies
Being fascinated by business I have spent some time studying the specific toxic natures of the machine. And as any good engineer is taught to proceed, I have deconstructed the machine to try to better understand how and why it operates the way ... [Continue Reading]
The reality about business – a toxic “machine”
I am troubled. I am deeply troubled by much of the wreckage of the outcomes of the modern corporations and its current business practices. I want to be, and generally am, an unfettered advocate for open markets, for globalization, for ownership ... [Continue Reading]
What CCI means to me…
People will tell you that for a business to be meaningful, it must connect up with something that is important to the customer... and so of course in promoting the business in public, we tend to lead with a customer-centric statement -- more often ... [Continue Reading]
