That’s what fabled career blogger Penelope Trunk seems to be saying. Read her story here. Essentially, Penelope Trunk argues, Sarah Palin plays by the new rules. When you’re done, just leave. Don’t complain that you can’t do what you want. Just do it. As commentators point out, this reasoning seems a little off. Sarah Palin […]
Your New Boss: Does He (or She) Have Real Power?
So…your organization just got a new executive. Maybe she’s your boss…or your boss’s boss. Just how much power does she have? Do the higher-ups have confidence in her? Does he appoint someone new to a key post? Does she create a new post and bring in her own candidates? Does he replace somene in a […]
Assumptions that Can (Very Quietly) Kill Your Career
“Harry’s” network came through. He got a face-to-face meeting with a manager who had authority to hire him for a new position. Then Harry blew it. At the meeting, he said, “I am very impressed by your new product, the Alpha gizmo.” Unfortunately for Harry, the Alpha gizmo had been around for a long time. […]
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Book Review: Job Search In a Bad Economy
Ford Myers : Get The Job You Want Even When No One’s Hiring This book is one of the better career change and job search books I’ve read in a while. The best sections come at the beginning (as happens with most career books). There’s good advice on introspection and I especially like the Ideal […]
Career Change in The New Economy
Does career change call for different tactics when the econoomy changes? A reporter called me with a series of questions on this subject. Here’s how I answered. Q. Conventional wisdom says that even when the recession is over, we will find ourselves in a new reality in which we must all be prepared to change […]