Elizabeth Samet holds an undergraduate degree from Harvard and a Ph.D. from Yale, all in English literature. So she’s hardly the type you’d expect to find teaching cadets at West Point. But Samet accepted a position there in 1996, to the surprise (and, I suspect, consternation) of her academic colleagues. She found surprising rewards and […]
Career Advice and Opinions
A Job Search Indie Film to Watch (and Watch For)
Ok, I admit it. I like movies about careers and I like indie films. My all-time favorite career movie is Clockwatchers featuring Parker Posey and Toni Collette. So when our local alternate indie festival — STIFF – announced screening of a new movie, Entry Level, I had to go. Entry Level is the first feature […]
MBA course on leadership values draws attention
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 […]
Watching more of the Carrier PBS series…
One of the senior crewmen marvels at the willingness of junior crew to work so hard for so little compensation. I think he’s just thinking of monetary rewards. Sure, you could work at McDonald’s for minimum wage, but you’re not working towards qualifications. For many, the Nimitz is a floating school. It’s a way to […]
What do readers want…
I asked my ezine readers this morning. Since my featured article was about blogging for careers, I thought I’d encourage everyone to come visit my blog. If you’re an ezine subscriber, or you’ve got a question I can answer via blog, just post a comment. You can comment on this post of any other post. […]
Aargh…Career Tests Take Over the World
Today’s online New York Times includes an article about the increasing importance of career tests. Go here. Reporter Lisa Belkin took batteries of tests with different testing companies. The results were generally consistent…except for one. One testing battery proclaimed her a non-self-starter. Belkin pointed out that we could view the service as a missed diagnosis. […]