Research and colored note cards

The first research paper I ever did was on the history of cloves, which is a bit strange because I was a second grader at the time. While other kids were looking for information on kangaroos or the history of chocolate, I was reading about the history of spices. This may all seem [...]

Keeping Your Name Out There

I was at a holiday party over the weekend and a group of people started discussing their jobs and whether or not they like what they do. Some were unhappy, some were content and others were very happy. I fell into the latter group. I make a pretty good living and like what I do. [...]

Building a Network

As established in my earlier blog, if you want a job you need a network. Networks account for the vast majority of new hires every year. Your greatest chance at successfully getting a new job is through a network.
Great, so how do you get one of those network things?
A network consists of everyone you know [...]

Time for a Career Change?

It’s time for a little cubicle anthropology. We all love to do it so don’t be shy about it. If Marlon Perkins was still alive doing Mutual of Omaha, he surely would have run through the entire animal kingdom and refocused his energy on the different breeds of workers throughout the corporate world. So, in [...]

Importance of Networking

I’m a traditionalist. When, as a young lad, I set out to find a job I did it the only way I knew how: I looked for a “Now Hiring” sign in a store’s window, then went in and filled out an application. I got my first job that way. It worked for me once [...]