As I muddle my way back into blogging shape, Sam Decker gives me a fantastic way to return. Today, he writes about what makes the 5 Stars of a “Rockstar” Employee. If you’re a hiring manager, you’ll want to read this because with each star Sam offers interview ideas for determining whether the guy or [...]

Once upon a time, I worked in the professional association world as a membership development professional. While I may no longer be working in nonprofits or this particular field, I do continue to promote the value of joining and participating in a shared community of professional practice. As Barbara Safani mentioned a couple of days [...]

Related to yesterday’s post on my own commitments for the new year…Barbara Safani at Career Hub suggests eight terrific Career Management Resolutions for 2008…Arnie Herz at Legal Sanity highlights Keith Ferrazzi’s Goal Post app for Facebook, a new cool tool that gets your Facebook pals to help you stay on target to achieving your goals.

Here’s an interesting perspective on work and career management from the design world. Carl Alviani at Coroflot writes:
The punchline is that many other professions are starting to resemble ours. Increasingly service-oriented, globalized economies are bringing this type of transience to once rock-solid professions, to the point where analysts and middle managers are building portfolios too, [...]