“At a recent potluck dinner,” Gloria said,”my friend Brian brought a six-pack of his special cider. We had more beverages than we needed. At the end of the evening, Brian went into the refrigerator and grabbed his untouched cider. He took it home. “Our hostess, Nancy, was furious. She wrote Brian a strong email, claiming […]
Dress for success? What does that mean?
I have to admit I’m enjoying the debate on women and pantyhose: should an employer require women to wear them. Some time ago Wall Street Journal pointed out some pitfalls of a dress code. Men can get into a lot of trouble when they tell women how to dress. What I don’t understand: Why don’t […]
First Impressions
Marci Alboher writes in her blog about the book Sway — why we respond to irrational impulses. Interviewing the authors, she uncovered an important reality: first impressions count. One described a lawyer who worked hard to impress everyone as a hard worker: first in, last out, few breaks, no personal calls. As time went on, […]
Job Search: Your interviewer wants free consulting!
You’re interviewing for a job and the interviewer wants to pick your brain. You sense they want your expertise without paying for it. “Real” consultants run into this challenge all the time. Most of us learn to charge for “diagnostic” or “test-drive” challenges. When interviewing, you may feel more constrained, especially if you need or […]
Job Search Goes Virtual: Lose the Paper Resume
In her wonderful blog, Shifting Careers, Marci Alboher introduces a new free resource for creating your virtual resume. Click here to learn why creating a virtual resume has become critical – and how you can use LinkedIn to “flirt” with future employers.
Conquering E-mail overload in the corporate environment
Writing for the New York Times, Luis Suarez tells us he conquered email overload by using social marketing tools like wikis and blogs. For example, if he gets the same question over and over, he justs blogs or posts on the corporate equivalent of Facebook. What the article doesn’t tell us: Suarez seems to have […]