‘career’ Archives
A Grown Up Snow Day
My cell phone rang at 5:50 this morning. I was already awake. It was forecast for us to get 5 – 12 inches of snow, and Indianapolis drivers do not handle 2-3 inches of snow well. I had given time to dig out and extra drive time. Our college might close. I mean it has [Read More]
Job Searching While you Still Have a Job
I have a job. I have a decent job. So why on earth am I trying to do a job search in this lousy job market? Regardless of the economy, there is a point where you have grown as much as you can in your current job and it is time to start looking into [Read More]
You Try Working from Home
In today’s economy, it isn’t uncommon for people to have multiple jobs. Many people juggle two and three jobs just make ends meet. I am no different, except in that two of my jobs let me work from home. For some reason, people don’t understand that concept. If I [Read More]
Success, Failure, and THEN Happiness
Sometimes you have succeed in order to fail. Sometimes success is failure. Sometimes you have have to fail before you can succeed. Sometimes, no, all the time, success isn't success unless you're happy. Those words are contradictory, yet coherent. Sometimes [Read More]
Finding a Job in 2008: The Hunt
I've been a recruiter, professionally, for nine years. Recently, it seems more and more people are asking me about the best ways to find a job or how to improve their resumes and cover letters. It's obvious, no matter which political side you sit on, [Read More]
Confessions of an Office Slacker
I work at a small office. A very small, very boring office where we do menial work that would be done far more efficiently by a computer or a zombie. Honestly, a computer could do my job far more efficiently and I live in fear for the day that my employer realizes this and [Read More]
Bring Your Dog to Work
According to a CNN/Money poll in 2006, 75% of all dog owners would work longer hours if they could bring their dog to work. In this day of employers trying to create "work-life harmony" and adding more value to their employee's' benefits, bringing a [Read More]
