Based on my experience working in and out of my family’s business, I know that while there certainly are advantages, working with parents is not all fun and games.
Here I share with you the major perks that I lived in my first job out of college while working as the assistant manager of my mom’s [...]
Evil, evil, evil is what I was thinking after re-reading for the third time an article on talent swapping over at ere.net (“a premier online community for recruiters, with more than 95,000 unique visitors per month”)
To let you in on my thoughts, I’ll start by defining a S.W.A.P. (Strategically Waving Average Performers).
In the words of [...]
I confess. In most areas of my life I’m a loner.
Sports have been a major part of my life ever since I can remember. And for the most part I’ve gravitated towards individual activities. Singles tennis, running, skateboarding, biking, swimming. All of which involve very minimal interaction with other people – if any at all. Don’t [...]
I’m proud to say that I’m now a blogger at womenforhire.com. Founded in 1999, it’s a website dedicated to “connecting employers with the brightest group of diverse career women, as well as providing those women with exceptional advice on advancement”.
I’ve found it to be one of the few sites that puts its money where its [...]
There’s a discussion going on over at brazencareerist. Andy Drish is trying to decide whether to get an MBA or not. His dilemma came about because his employer is offering to pay for part of his MBA and he’s finding that to be too good an offer to refuse. Among the things that have been [...]
Once upon a time I used to think less of those people who considered a long commute to work a deal breaker when considering a job offer. My main requirements to accept a job were money and title. If I felt that I could either do the job or learn it and the money was [...]
In a recent post I wrote about how to cope when you don’t get offered a job that you want. Now I’d like to explore the opposite situation. What can you do when you’re in such high demand that you need to decide between two great job offers?
Even if it’s one of the good problems [...]
Lets face it, with the current state of affairs, the competition for good jobs has gone up more than a few notches. Chances are there will be many more bright people out there looking for work. To you that means that it’s possible that you’ll have to interview for several jobs before you land one.
But [...]
This morning I had breakfast with Carly Fiorina, the ex-CEO of Hewlett Packard, Ivanka Trump, yes Donald’s daughter, Dara Torres, the 40-year-young Olympian, of course Bobbi Brown, from the make-up empire was there too, and Gayle King was also among the bright and inspiring women who joined me as I ate a bowl of oatmeal. [...]
Here’s some food for thought.
A recent survey conducted by McKinsey & Company showed that 87% of 7,751 people around the world who were surveyed demanded that companies go green and focus on more than profits. I didn’t find that surprising. What I found jaw-dropping was that 33% of those same consumers said that they were [...]
It's usually twists and turns that lead to the top. So stop following a straight line.
follow me on twitter
