Despite the numbing loss of over millions of jobs – and the worst job market since WWII— young professionals, job-seekers and career changers can and do get jobs today. They are accomplishing this by adapting to a morphing workplace, determining how they can add value to the industries and jobs that matter now, and swiftly… Continue reading
Archive for October, 2009
Everything’s Negotiable In Your Career
Terry Hird is a professional negotiator in Silicon Valley who enjoys teaching others the craft. Arranging a time to interview him by phone didn’t involve a lot of back and forth. It was a take it or leave it proposition. Well, not really, I suppose I could have held out for an in-person meeting and… Continue reading
The Invisible Rise of Cross-Border Telecommuters
Fernando Ara faces an extreme virtual commute from his Orange County, CA office to Madrid, Spain. Ara is in the vanguard of worldwide cross-border telecommuters. Ara is the U.S. country manager for Redkaraoke, a social networking website, but works out of his California-based home office and travels when necessary for meetings. Ara’s colleague, Justin Abbott,… Continue reading
Before You Hit Send, Count to Ten
One evening in May 2006, the president of the China division of a $10-billion-a-year multinational locked himself out of his office. Using his handheld, he fired off a nasty e-mail to his secretary, ordering her to start checking with her superiors every night before she went home. He also CCed others in the company before… Continue reading
Forget the Laws of Supply and Demand
It’s no joke: there really are too many lawyers. And there are too few nurses and accountants. At least, that’s the employment outlook this year. What if you could glimpse the future and foresee low demand for your skills in 2012? Would you change careers based on that data or would you continue to chase… Continue reading
Don’t Lose Sleep Over Employment Tests
If you’re applying for a job at a global company, you may be asked to take an aptitude or personality test. Hearing this, you may be nervous about your test-taking or language skills. Don’t be. We spoke to several experts in global testing, and here’s what they told us. What Companies Want to Know. Companies… Continue reading
Do You Have the Right Mindset for Success?
Carol S. Dweck, author of Mindset, the New Psychology of Success, contends that your success or failure in life, career and relationships is attributable to a fixed or growth mindset. The fixed mindset believes that your personal qualities – intelligence, personality and character – are set in stone. The growth mindset believes that your qualities… Continue reading
