Archive for December, 2007

Best Blog Posts of 2007: Finding a Job

Written by
Rusty Weston
and published Dec 31, 2007.

Here are five blog posts related to finding a job that I found especially worthwhile in 2007. Of course, I will throw in one of ours, and we hope these four other favorites knock your socks off. Why Advanced Search Doesn’t Advance Your Search – My Global Career My colleague Jennifer Hamm, a former expat journalist, penned…    Continue reading

Rain Falls on Social Networking Parade

Written by
Rusty Weston
and published Dec 19, 2007.

I wander through life empowering experts to deal with chronic problems such as product safety, cancer, poverty and Internet privacy. Like taxes and dry cleaning, I often don’t want to know the nitty gritty of how things get done. Don’t worry, that still leaves me plenty of issues to wring my hands over, like finding…    Continue reading

Crossing the Line to Evangelism

Written by
Rusty Weston
and published Dec 14, 2007.

There’s a thin line between mavens and evangelists. We trust mavens to recommend movies, restaurants or even dry cleaners. We fear incurring the wrath of evangelists who contend that it’s a huge mistake (or worse) not to drive a Volkswagen, buy an iPhone or skip reading The Kite Runner. (It’s on my list of things…    Continue reading

Finding Yourself in Malaysia

Written by
Rusty Weston
and published Dec 10, 2007.

Patrik Runald and his wife Susanne sold their things and left Sweden to build a global career. He and his wife, key employees of a Finnish security software firm, moved to London three years ago, resettled in Singapore and then tried Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. When the Runald’s pine for Sweden they go to the nearest Ikea…    Continue reading