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LinkedIn Tip: The New “Contacts” Functionality 22 Aug 2013 | 10:56 pm
Are we there yet? Have we reached the point where LinkedIn has become so powerful, and so well-established in the business world, that we should now rely on it to serve as our complete “network manag...
Age Discrimination: Playing Defense 13 Aug 2013 | 10:49 am
In my most recent post, which you can find here, I shared some thoughts on the subject of age discrimination and encouraged older professionals to “go on offense” and focus on framing their years of e...
Age Discrimination: Playing Offense 9 Aug 2013 | 02:59 am
In preparing for a recent presentation I gave on the topic of age discrimination, I uncovered two interesting bits of trivia that may surprise you 1) Age discrimination IS actually legal in some res...
The Power of Trying 5 Aug 2013 | 01:00 pm
The older we all get, the more we realize that many of the worthwhile things in life don’t come easy, don’t we? In fact, most of the important goals we set for ourselves are actually pretty damn hard...
Target Companies, Not Job Leads: Two New Lists 11 Jul 2013 | 03:57 am
One thing it pays to always remember, if you’re looking for a new job, is that the job market is not a stagnant entity. Even in the most challenging of economic times, there will always be a certain ...
Keeping Current: Google Reader Alternatives 9 Jul 2013 | 02:28 am
Having just returned back to the office from a week off, where I forced myself to tune out completely from the world of career and business affairs, I’m finding myself quickly scrambling to catch up o...
The Extra Mile: Building Your Interview Cred 18 Jun 2013 | 03:38 am
While I’m not sure if everybody has been impacted by this trend, over the last few weeks I’ve seen a strong uptick in the number of people landing interviews — with at least a half-dozen clients repor...
Humblebrags & Humilfidence 13 Jun 2013 | 08:22 am
It is just me or did the notion of “straight talk” go away in the nineties or something? These days, especially given the rise of social media, we’ve seen a real challenge arise in terms of how you go...
LinkedIn Tip: New Interface, New Features 4 Jun 2013 | 11:02 pm
As many of you may have noticed, the programmers over at LinkedIn have continued to be busy little bees — and have started rolling out a major interface change over the preceding weeks. This update i...
Asking for a Raise: My Take 30 May 2013 | 04:21 am
Last week, I had the pleasure of being contacted by a Seattle Times reporter who was writing an article on the topic of “asking for raises” and wondering what advice I’d share with people who were thi...
