What do you look for in a good corporate careers site? Good jobs, certainly. A design that’s easy to navigate? Information about what it’s like to work at the company? Most companies forget that last point or possibly they don’t know where to start. Deutsche Bank delivered on all of the above when it created several…    Continue reading

Here are three telling data points which, when properly assembled, paint an unflattering picture about working in America today: The wealthiest 1 percent sees their income dramatically outpace others; Men in their 30s today earn less than their fathers did in the 1970s; A parents’ economic success is one of the biggest pointers to their…    Continue reading

Daniel Pink’s The Adventures of Johnny Bunko – The Last Career Guide You’ll Ever Need is anything but a simple comic book, even if it closely resembles one. Aimed primarily at recent (and impending) college grads, Bunko is a graphical story told in illustrated panels. Pink says it is the first US business book rendered…    Continue reading

Recruiters and hiring managers say that the demand for executives to globalize business operations and tap worldwide markets has exceeded the supply of globally experienced executives – at least in America. As business schools race to add global curriculum, dozens of new alumni-education programs and executive education courses suggest that there is a market waiting…    Continue reading

Penelope Trunk’s Brazen Careerist: The New Rules for Success is one of the rare career books that is often counter-intuitive in its guidance yet stays with you a little longer than expected. I was both amused and engaged by chapters entitled “Be a Sponge,” or “Assume the Job Description Was Wrong” or “When Writing Your…    Continue reading

Though we hear media reports about casualties of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan there is no spotlight shining on the thousands of U.S. soldiers who are unable to return to the jobs and careers that they had before the war.  Even less well understood are the steps that government and corporations are taking to…    Continue reading

You show up for a job interview at a company you care about. But the interviewer is ill-prepared, ill-mannered or clueless. Do you take the job anyway if it is offered to you? I would take a job if I liked the position, the upside and the company. That is, assuming that the interviewer I disliked…    Continue reading

Have you ever visited a poorly translated foreign website and wondered why the company hasn’t bothered to get it right? Building a “culturally-customized” website is not an action item for most businesses, except for those seeking an edge in global commerce. Effective global websites require much more effort than simply translating content: from rewriting marketing…    Continue reading

Do you work in a predominantly Christian workplace? Increasingly, Christian job boards are making this mission, as some put it, a reality. My take on the job boards that match “followers” with “Christian employers” is that a Christian workplace is at least partially about excluding non-believers who may undermine their value system. This statement on…    Continue reading

Looking for a better job? Check out thousands of new jobs in the U.S. and more than 36 countries in our Career Center, powered by Monster.com. There’s no larger or more global job board in the blogosphere. Editor’s Choice, Week of  Nov. 29th, 2010 Product Manager – Amman, Jordan – Yahoo! Business Operations Analyst– Singapore…    Continue reading

One of the joys of social networking is reconnecting with people you barely knew 20 years ago but would like to know better now. Like most people in my age bracket, I have held lots of positions. In my case, in publishing, I survived stints at CMP, Ziff-Davis, IDG and McGraw-Hill. I’m occasionally invited to…    Continue reading

Here’s a profitable way to mine your static social networking connections. Morgan Stanley’s Rainmaker program takes mid-career professionals who travel in upscale social circles and trains them to become financial advisors. Rainmaker’s stated “goal is to transform you into a successful financial advisor running your own profitable practice in just three years.” On the other…    Continue reading

Have you ever wandered into an office staffed by 55 employees who are mostly 24-years-old and in their first job out of college? It might be kind of fun, right? And in this particular office above Union Square in New York City, they throw the occasional staff party billed as the “Thursday Night Hang.” The…    Continue reading

When I get a warm and fuzzy feeling about a bank it’s usually because I’m watching a tearjerker TV commercial. Some bank has rebuilt a blighted neighborhood or loaned a struggling mom the dough to build a bakery. Until recently, I never saw a commercial that made me want to work for a bank. Between…    Continue reading

It’s that time of year.  No, not the time to take off because you are so worried about the stock market.  There could be New Year planning, creation of new visions and missions and bonus distributions to name a few.  Just when you want to coast through Q1 is the time when you need to…    Continue reading

Lost in the heated rhetoric of the endless immigration debate is the basic fact that people want to go where there is work and governments want to regulate the matter. In a tight labor market it’s not surprising to see workers relocate for the right opportunity. In a recent study Manpower reports that 78 percent…    Continue reading

If you interact with customers, suppliers or co-workers located in other countries you can appreciate the sublime challenges of navigating a global career. In between rare moments of exhilaration and fear lie the everyday challenges of mastering the virtual workplace. Fuzzy communications. Time zone gaps. Cultural differences. Puzzling global standards. Complicated logistics. These are among…    Continue reading

The graying of America’s workforce is an oft-reported megatrend that is yet to shake up the workplace or economy. Will 2008 be the year that mass numbers of Baby Boomers dust off their golf clubs? There’s a lot of speculation about the repercussions of this shift. In theory a lot of good jobs will become…    Continue reading

Let’s admit that it’s ironic to talk about talent shortages in a recession. Unemployment is rising in America, though it’s still better than in Europe. But in Manpower’s annual survey of 43,000 employers in 32 countries, nearly one-third of the companies experience difficulties filling open positions. Globally, that’s down by 10% in a year, clear…    Continue reading

Forbes released a careers package called  Worst Jobs for the 21st Century.  Although it’s neither uplifting nor funny, the report uses federal data to identify careers to avoid (assuming you still have a choice). Forbes reports that apart from manufacturing jobs, in decline because of productivity gains and offshoring, technology is undermining classic office jobs such…    Continue reading