Recently the media carried a news story about a disturbing incident in preschool. A young child told his parents he hated school, the teacher was mean — all the usual things, but the parents became suspicious. Maybe there was more to the story than a handful of excuses.
So the parents got creative. They sent the […]

Stewart Friedman, a professor at the Wharton School teaches a popular course on aligning personal core values with corporate careers.
According to the New York Times article, the course is somewhat like a life coaching session. Before registering (the course is elective, not required), students must agree to share details of their personal lives and […]

When consulting clients consider returning to school for an MBA, I would recommend 1 caution light and 1 stop.
Caution: It’s very tempting to consider online MBA programs.
Be afraid. Be very afraid. Some are reputable and you’ll actually get a good education and a marketable degree. Most aren’t worth the paper your diploma will be […]

Interviewed for Guy Kawasaki’s blog, Brazen Careerist Penelope Trunk says time off for an MBA makes sense ony if you’re at the beginning of your career (which I would translate to 3 years or less) and if you’re attending a top program.
Ninety percent of the time, I would say, “She’s right.”
But if you can […]

Career expert Kim Isaacs makes the point graphically in her recent blog post: Functional resumes won’t work. They raise more questions than they answer.
After all, why do other-worldly career and outplacement services recommend functional resumes? Because they believe you have a problem with your past. They want to disguise the problem by, they say, focusing […]

Mid-life career strategy calls for sensitivity to stereotypes about aging. One stereotype is that we take longer to learn and resist learning new things.
A recent New York Times article supports a theory I’ve held for years. As we get older, our brain holds more and more data. So we just have more to process. […]

Just came across a book Grown-up’s Guide to Running Away From Home: Making a New Life Abroad by Rosanne Knorr.
The title of this book is somewhat misleading: it’s really a detailed guide to overseas relocation. Knorr’s book gets 5 stars simply because it does what it promises: offers a straightforward guide to those […]

For many years I never watched television. Now I justify watching selectively because I really like certain shows — mostly reality TV, C-SPAN, PBS and of course WNBA basketball. But it’s not all virtuous: I got started because I couldn’t miss the last season of the Sopranos, my all-time favorite show.
But these days I rarely […]

When you lose your job, the first question that comes to mind is, “How will I survive financially?”
I haven’t seen much good advice for dealing with the financial side of career change, but I like this article:
http://www.fpanet.org/public/tools/jobloss.cfm#steps
Some points I especially like:

Cobra may not be your best option for health insurance.
Make at least some effort to […]

Found this in another blog.
In sum, to screw up your job search:
Don’t say what you want
Don’t want what you say
Read more:
http://tinyurl.com/56n6vy