This time last year I was in the middle of making an important decision for my career and life. I had to decide whether or not I would resign from a corporate job that looked fabulous on the outside to write on a full time basis. To begin with I had national management responsibilities and [...]
Even if I may not always agree with what Dr. Sullivan has to say over at ere.net (like what he wrote about talent swapping), his out-of-the-box thinking is quite refreshing. Recently he wrote an article about proximity recruiting. Proximity recruiting is about finding candidates through face-to-face interactions – as opposed to non-physical recruiting including job [...]
It has been an active end of year.
My first book is in the editing stage, my posts are appearing on more and more places in the blogoshpere (thanks everyone for your support!) and I’ve been invited to contribute to a number of blogging communities.
As I shared with you earlier, I’m now part of the Women [...]
A few days ago, while I was at the hair salon, Debbie*, the twentysomething who was washing my hair, offered to give me a scalp massage. Without even thinking about it I accepted her very generous offer. Shortly after she started, it became obvious that she was not good at it. Aside from missing all [...]
The current unemployment rate in the US is 6.7%.1
That means that there are close to 20 million people unemployed. To help you put that number in perspective, that’s the same as the entire population of Australia – from where I’m writing this post.
The Solution?
Americans need to buy local.
Get this. If starting on Monday every American spends [...]
In an earlier post I shared with you my positive experiences while working in my mom’s business.
To give you the full story, here are some of the major downsides of working with your family:
‘Mommy’s little girl’ syndrome: Although it’s possible that you’ll achieve almost instant trust with your family, you might have to [...]
It's usually twists and turns that lead to the top. So stop following a straight line.
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