Firstborns feel family pressure to excel and science backs it up: birth order is an important driver of career choices. What is less well understood is the role of birth order and intelligence – at least in my family. Birth order might sound a bit farfetched for a science or careers topic, like astrology, biorhythms… Continue reading
Archive for April, 2009
Why Advanced Search Doesn’t Advance Your Search
There’s something job boards aren’t telling you. Have you ever thought that if you figured out the search techniques, you would be able to find your dream job? You click on the advanced-search function, fill in the blanks and hit return. But the matches still aren’t what you’re looking for. Despite improved functionality on many… Continue reading
Have Webcam, Will Mentor
If you’re not in your company’s mentoring program, you’re stagnating. Or, if you’re in a senior position, then you should establish a succession plan or talent retention program that involves mentoring someone worthy of your time. Take that bromide, plus two Advil, and let us know how it goes. Despite a slow and imperceptible payback,… Continue reading
Why Job Seekers Should Read Annual Reports
In this post-Enron era of mandated transparency, corporate annual reports offer greater insights to a broader range of stakeholders, not just investors. Though annual reports suffer from an excess of glossy prose and disclosures, savvy corporations realize that it’s not just financial analysts and investors reading between the lines. Increasingly, job candidates are mining annual… Continue reading
Will You Flip for Peter Sheahan?
When was the last time you learned something useful from someone a couple of decades younger than you? Overcoming age bias is all in a day’s work for Peter Sheahan, a consultant and author of a book about Generation Y. Sheahan, a 28-year-old expert on workforce trends and generational change, says that he has consulted… Continue reading
