All Things Related to career development
08.22.2010
Last week I started a new job as a marketing manager for a software company here in Austin (which I hope offers a sort of apologetic explanation for my hiatus). The first week is always a mix of excitement, bewilderment, and high anxiety. It was also a chance to practice some ethnographic techniques which I’ll [...]
04.14.2010
“I owe my success to having listened respectfully to the very best advice, and then going away and doing the exact opposite.” ~ G. K. Chesterton Asking for and receiving career advice can always be a tricky proposition. We often ask for help when we’re stuck in the muck or otherwise when we’re most confused. [...]
12.05.2009
There’s a rather lively conversation taking place at Olivier Blanchard’s The BrandBuilder blog about social media “certification” being promoted by the International Social Media Association (ISMA). I put certification in quotations because I question the very idea of whatever this organization is pushing as true certification. I’ve been on the professional association side of things [...]
07.22.2008
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 [...]
01.03.2008
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 [...]
01.01.2008
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.
12.12.2007
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 [...]
