Penelope Trunk, best-selling author of The Brazen Careerist, offers 10 tips for the “new etiquette.” You can read them here
She drew a great deal of controversy - over 900 comments, mostly negative.
Some of these tips, with my comments:
“Forget the exit interview.”
She points out that an exit interview won’t help you but probably creates ill […]

Ezine subscriber Ellen Zucker (www.facesandfortunes.com) sent me this story about fifty-something career changers who left their cubicles for the open road:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/19875409/site/newsweek/
“Becoming a truck driver? You must be kidding.” I can just see my readers shaking their heads in disbelief.
Well, maybe not. A few years ago I interviewed a truck driver who left his fifth […]

Q. For lifestyle reasons, I am moving 500 miles to a new town. How do I check out job options before moving?
A. You’re wise to consider options before you pack. Too often I hear from clients *after* they’ve already moved.
(1)Identify a range of possible employers in your new city.
(2)Check each company’s website for “positions […]

I must admit: I get totally frustrated with misleading career advice in newspapers and magazines. Journalists are supposed to provide simple, upbeat reports. Career change can be complex. You usually get a positive outcome but you have to invest a lot of time and energy — and sometimes money.
Recently someone sent me a link to […]

By now you’ve probably heard of the talkative todder: a 19-month old child gets ordered off a plane because he wouldn’t stop saying, “Bye bye plane.” Apparently he was looking at a plane through the window, awaiting takeoff. Most passengers were sympathetic (although one suggested the child’s words were drowning out the flight attendant announcements).
Not […]

When I was writing my relocation book, I interviewed a psychologist to get the official mental health professional perspective. To my surprise, she talked about challenges newcomers face with (of all things) weather.
I’ve always had a hard time with bitter cold. Two years in Alaska and 5 years in Manitoba — and I still […]

Ouch! the better Business Bureau gets over 10,000 complaints about moving companies.
Check outhttp://www.movingscam.com
Don’t give your movers a deposit by cash or credit card.Your mover should have trucks with the name of the moving company in large letters on the side. I recommend going directly to the big boys: Allied, United or Mayflower. You won’t pay […]

ABC’s Good Morning America ran a segment on the trials and tribulations of working for a younger boss. The segment featured a 54-year-old woman who just couldn’t adapt to working for a 29-year-old boss.
“These days it’s not about time served - it’s about technological skills,” was the message.
Author and Career Specialist Tory Johnson suggested “open […]