Archives for March 2011

I love a good prank… on television. I have long admired the stapler in the jello from The Office. In real life, not so much. My personality just isn’t built for it. I’m an introvert, and pranks are a public display. I like to watch from a safe distance, and television is the perfect distance. …

I think career progress is overrated. Many bad decisions are committed in the name of “advancement.” When I moved up to an editor position after being a writer for years, I was initially thrilled. I earned enough to afford my own apartment, finally. I bought my first piece of new furniture, a red couch with …

I don’t have much on my mind this week, career-wise, except the workers in Japan who are racing to contain radiation at the nuclear reactors in Japan. I can’t say how much I admire the 50 who stayed, their dedication to their jobs and their country. I hope this is all over quickly, and they …

As a career counselor, I get a lot of requests for resume help, and sometimes I’m asked to write a resume from scratch. I always tell people the same thing: I only critique them. I think there is a lot of good help out there from experts, but in the end, I believe job seekers …

Thfffffpppt…. Hear that? That’s the sound of hours of your life sucked into the void of the Internet, never to return. It’s so easy to sit down at the computer, focused, ready to find your dream job, and then look up hours later to wonder, what have I accomplished? How to avoid that feeling? Get …