Archive | January, 2014

If you’re a job seeker who also happens to be employed, you may not love the position you hold…but at least you have one. No matter how desperate you are to find a new opportunity, you still wake up every morning and spend the entire day surrounded by people who claim at least some degree […]

Lindsay Blackwell designed a highly creative Web site and even bought a domain name ( DearLisaRudgers.com) designed to pitch a single hiring manager at the University of Michigan to give her a job as social-media director. It’s a brilliant effort into which Blackwell clearly invested a great deal of effort. But, as reported in Mashable’s  […]

Bad things happen to good people.  Karma doesn’t always show up in time.  Even good people may find that the knife in their backsports their own fingerprints.  Even the most well-intentioned leaders do stupid stunts from time to time.  My time in HR gave me a front row seat to such tragedies.  It’s not a […]

Telecommuting is fast becoming part of the mainstream workforce.  If you’re considering a career change that allows telecommuting or planning to implement a remote workflow into your current job, these tech tools will help make cutting the office cord work for you, and – more importantly – for your employer. A Tablet Turns the World […]

I find it ironic (and mildly stupid) when people feel they’re at a social disadvantage if they eat differently from everyone else in a social situation, as if they have to conform to fit in. No, conformity puts you at an enormous social disadvantage. Being different is a godsend. Eating differently can enhance your social […]