In my thirty-plus years in the field of career services, I have met many talented individuals whose career opportunities were hindered severely because of deficiencies in their educational backgrounds.  Whether the missing credential was a Bachelor’s, Master’s, or Doctoral degree or perhaps a Certificate in a particular discipline, the lack of an employer-required educational credential [...]

Some sage once said, “There’s a sucker born every minute.”  Be sure you’re not one of them, when trawling the Internet in search of gainful employment!

Among the ever-widening sea of job hopefuls, Internet job searches have increased by 7% in a two-year period (73% in 2007 versus 66% in 2005 as per The Conference Board).  [...]

In my more than twenty-five years in the career services industry, I have met many people who were unhappy with their careers.  The sources of their unhappiness, in some cases, may have been with the particular circumstances relative to their places of employment.  But, for far too many, their dissatisfaction rested with their actual position [...]

Has it crossed your mind to wonder why contemporary legends David Bowie and Madonna are still holding their own quite nicely against their much younger, hipper musical counterparts?  Hint: both the Thin White Duke and the Material Girl are savvy business people as well as artists.  To retain their competitive edge in an industry whose [...]

The longer that we remain in the same place of employment, the deeper we sink into that comfort zone that can, in the end, be anything but comfortable.  If the old phrase “Familiarity breeds contempt” sounds familiar, consider how that might translate into the workforce.   Your employer might share off-color jokes that make you squirm, delve [...]

As a child of honest, working class parents, I was taught to always tell the truth.  However, every rule has its exception.  If my mother hated a friend’s new hairstyle or dress, she would nevertheless gush that she loved it.  Once the lady was out of earshot, my mom explained that her “little white lies” [...]

Most of us raised in the post-World War II “fattened calf” years, and most of our children, could not have envisioned the current economic wasteland sweeping America from sea to shining sea.  Into this desert has strolled new opportunities; albeit, half a world and more away.
 
Overseas, labor and production costs are cheaper than their U.S. [...]

There is a concept that holds that the universe contains everything we need, essential to our survival and happiness, and that the universe, in turn, is contained within each one of us.  Although a best seller entitled The Secret hinted that this concept is largely unknown, it is actually an ages-old hypothesis with its roots [...]

A perversion of Albert Einstein’s famous theory states, “All things are relative.”  Indeed they are, and people’s attitudes toward work are no exception to that concept:  business environments breed various types of employees.  Despite my many years of gainful employment, it is two specific categories of worker that keep me scratching my head.  These are the [...]

With the current economic crisis, more jobs are at risk of “going away” than in the past twenty-six years.  In attempting to save money and cut costs by reducing their workforces, employers are manufacturing reasons to push hardworking people out of their jobs.  In better times, people held jobs for far longer periods of time [...]