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 […]
Career Advice and Opinions
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. […]
Where’s the career coach?
A few weeks ago I went to hear legendary author Natalie Goldberg read from her newest book, Old Friends from Far Away. While waiting to get a few books signed, I fell into conversation with Theo Nestor, author of a new memoir, How to Sleep Alone in a King-Size Bed. Nestor just sent me a […]
Devil wears prada: an inadvertent lesson
I didn’t expect to like the movie Devil Wears Prada. I read and reviewed the book but as you might expect, I’m a fan of indie films. Sure enough, when I finally saw the DVD, I didn’t like the movie, but not for the reasons I expected. Meryl Streep steals the show as the killer […]