Recently a reader asked me this question: “Am I being too honest? When I go on a job interview I always tell the truth but I hear they expect you to embellish a little.” (1) Is it easy to find out that you’re lying? If you say you’ve worked for a certain company or received […]
Career Advice and Opinions
Have corporate values really changed?
Today’s Wall Street Journal included a story about the firing of Jack Griffin as CEO of Time, Inc., after just 6 month on the job. You can read the story here. Among the reasons: Griffin wanted his name on the masthead, so he demanded a separate page – costing the company $5 million a year. […]
Career planning: Learning from an athlete’s career decision
Stanford quarterback Andrew Luck had the opportunity to enter the NFL draft. He would earn millions of dollars. But he decided to wait a year and finish his degree program. He made up his own mind but didn’t hesitate to ask for advice. His father is an athletic director at another school. He also called […]
Job security? Forget it. Instead …
Here’s an article with the title of Five Rules for Job Security from the CBS Moneywatch site. But in fact they are not about giving you job security. Nobody can do that. Instead, these rules are about mitigating the effects of job loss and protecting your financial security in the event of job loss. The […]
Career Coaching Myths and Realities
Do you need a career coach for your mid-life career transition? And if so, how do you choose? (1) Myth: Everyone needs a coach. Reality: Most people do not need a coach. You will benefit from a coach when you — feel isolated and don’t have a sounding board or confidante. — feel confused about […]
Mid-Life Career Change: 3 pieces of career advice to ignore (and 1 to follow for good career planning)
Once you’ve been working ten or more years, you qualify as a mid-career professional and/or mid-life career changer. Chances are you are ready to view your work a new way. Maybe you don’t bounce out of bed in the morning ready to go off for work, the way you used to. Maybe you find yourself […]