Are you curious about what it’s like to work at Google, Yahoo or Microsoft? You’re not alone. Even people who work or have worked at one of these cyberspace giants speculate and debate about the merits of one versus the others. And there are media mavens, including yours truly, who keep tabs not only of… Continue reading
Archive for June, 2007
A Careers Coach for Billy Donovan
You give your word that you will accept a job, but then you change your mind. As they say in basketball, “no harm, no foul,” right? Just 24 hours after Billy Donovan, famed coach of the two-time national champion University of Florida men’s basketball team, held a press conference to announce that he had signed… Continue reading
Are Founders Good Bosses?
Would you rather work for a founder or a professional manager? Yahooligans will find out in the wake of CEO Terry Semel’s demotion this week. Co-founder Jerry Yang is returning to shepherd the company. Yang is a sharp and savvy tech veteran who understands Yahoo!’s culture from inside out. Just as with Michael Dell, who… Continue reading
Change Agents – It’s a Risky Career Move
We applaud change agents who triumph over organizational resistance to blaze new territory. And we tend to hear more about successful change agents than we do about the ones booted out of a company. Former SAP AG executive Shai Agassi was characterized as a failed change agent by the Wall Street Journal last Friday. “I… Continue reading
Studying Abroad – Still a Foreign Concept?
Do foreign students realize that the university they chose is targeting them as part of a burgeoning billion-dollar industry? The fact that a few thousand colleges dispatched 7,000 educators to Minneapolis, Minn. this week to exchange ideas at a conference about global workforce development indicates that there is quite a bit of money and prestige… Continue reading
