The Wall Street Journal carried an article about companies who ask employees to volunteer for furloughs. They interviewed several advisors. Bottom line: Check out the political implications before you volunteer. Will you gain an advantage? Will your colleagues resent you? Frankly, I am opposed to asking workers to donate anything to a company. When you’re […]
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Career Advice: What happens at work…
Another piece of advice from Penelope Trunk’s blog: Work is more fun when you have friends. True, a job is more fun when you have work friends: people to meet for lunch, people who add spice to meetings, and people who help you out when you’re overloaded. I would say, just don’t assume they’re friend-friends. […]
Career Change in a Pay-Per-Click Environment
Today’s Wall Street Journal (March 9, 2009, page B4: Recruiters Use Search Engines to Lure Job Hunters” by Sarah Needleman) reports that recruiters increasingly turn to Google adwords and other forms of pay per click advertising (ppc). That is, they buy ads that you see next to your search results. Developing and writing these ads […]
Interview Tips: Rehearse. And then act “as if.”
Just reading Penelope Trunk’s article on how to handle a job interview. Her main tip is, “Rehearse.” As she points out, few questions are really new. You can anticipate most of them and have answers ready. But she also talks about preparing yourself mentally, Think of all the good things you ever did. Think of […]
Job Search With These Networks
Copywriter Perry Belcher found this valuable link: 10 Ning Networks for Job Hunting.
Career Change Calls For Creativity
Frans Johansson, author of The Medici Effect, suggests some exercises to foster innovation. Three of his suggestions also work for readers who may be considering a career change or starting a business. The thesis of the Medici Effect is that innovations arise when unrelated concepts and cultures come together – the intersection of previously unrelated […]