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How response-able are you?

During a time when people are being laid-off from high paying jobs.  When others are taking pay cuts to keep their jobs. Some have lost a big portion of their dividend producing assets.  And others have had their dividend producing portfolios frozen.  Re-prioritizing expenditures is an all too common scenario across kitchen and dinner tables [...]

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Why on Earth are you here?

Even during an economic downturn, finding meaning in our lives is not a privilege reserved only for a select few – it’s everyone’s responsibility.
At the risk of sounding too preachy, I’ll borrow some insight from Jewish wisdom that says: ”The day that you were born was the day that G-d decided that the world could no [...]

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10 tell tale signs of a meaning LESS job

According to Jewish Mysticism (a.k.a. Kabbalah) the number 9 represents truth*.  Since it’s 2009, I’ve taken the liberty to declare this my year of finding my own truth. 
Part of my commitment has been to discover what gives meaning to my life.  That includes finding meaningful work.  Those things that bring meaning to my life [...]

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Is your job meaning full or empty?

On my latest trip to South America I met a remarkable woman who I’ll call Maria.
Maria took care of my grandfather for many years until the second that life left him a week ago at age 96.*  As thankful as I am for her unconditional support and care for grandpa Pipo during his last years, [...]

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Nimble is the way

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 [...]

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Be Where Like-minded Young Professionals Go for Advice

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 [...]

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Working with your family: a privilege or a curse? (part 2 of 2)

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 [...]

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Working with your family: a privilege or a curse? (part 1 of 2)

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 [...]

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Talent Swapping – a Threat or an Opportunity?

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 [...]

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Networking for loners (made easy)

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 [...]

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