I don’t consider myself a nomadic professional, but I have lived, worked and/or studied in Cairo, Berlin, Bangkok, and Seoul – where I am now. In a matter of weeks I will move to Singapore, where I am exploring my next career opportunity. Professionally, my background is in high technology having been mentored in Silicon… Continue reading
Archive for May, 2008
What to Give a 2008 College Grad
Worried about what to give a college graduate who has everything but a job? Have you considered pummeling them with career guides? Just a hunch, but I think they would prefer your money. Still, I generally take the passive road and give them a book store gift certificate and let them choose a nifty career… Continue reading
Worst Tech Jobs for New Grads
One of Silicon Valley’s cleverest blogs, Valleywag, features a special report called Tech’s 10 Worst Entry-Level Jobs. How bad are the jobs? Not that bad, really, and at about $50,000 – $80,000 a year they pay way above the national average for 2008 college grads. “Soon America’s most bright-eyed graduates will enter the workforce and… Continue reading
Big Fish On a Small Job Board?
A site called Job Profiles recently published a list of 100 specialty job boards apparently to help recruiters hunt for qualified job seekers in a dozen different fields. True, that doesn’t cause my pulse to race either. Yet, for job seekers, specialty boards may be an essential place to promote your resume. Think about it:… Continue reading
Where MBAs Would Choose to Work
You can’t fault popularity contests – they’re so democratic. But are they a useful way to help job seekers find a job? Universum, a Swedish research firm, fields an annual study of MBA students on behalf of Fortune that ranks the 25 most popular potential employers. The MBA graduates who participated were asked to list… Continue reading
Down is the New Up
Today’s papers tout that April’s job losses aren’t quite as bad as feared. One possible exception to that would be if you’re the one affected. U.S. employers cut only 20,000 jobs in April – some economists had predicted four times that number. That gap’s not surprising considering all the announced corporate layoffs, particularly in the… Continue reading
Would You Use Twitter to Find a Job?
If I belonged to a football team, a fraternity, or an office of 20-somethings, I’d use Twitter to “tweetup” with my friends. It’s not the place to find a job – is it? Boris Veldhuijzen van Zanten, an Internet entrepreneur based in Amsterdam, recently posted a job listing on Twitter that caught my eye: Wanted:… Continue reading
