Russell Muirhead
The image of perfect freedom neglects the fact that many attractive and enjoyable human goods require some discipline and practice. Our enjoyment of cooking or poker or baseball is amplified when we are good at them. It is hard to live a happy life if we develop no talent whatsoever. Becoming good at one thing precludes doing other things. The perfectly free life, with no … [ Read more ]
Content: Quotation | Source: Harvard Business School (HBS) Working Knowledge | Subjects: Career, Personal Development
Build Your Organizational Equity
There’s more to wealth creation than financial value. Think what rainmaking, reputation, and relationships can do for you and your company.
Content: Article | Author: Art Kleiner | Source: strategy+business | Subjects: Career, Organizational Behavior
Why Your Resume Isn’t That Important
Despite conventional wisdom you do not want to start your job search with a major resume effort. Shifting your focus away from this dreaded document can actually help land you a position. Take this quiz to test your job-search savvy.
Content: Career Information | Author: Taunee Besson | Source: CareerJournal (WSJ) | Subjects: Career Info, Job Search
Henry J. Kaiser
When your work speaks for itself, don’t interrupt.
Content: Quotation | Source: Unknown | Subject: Career
Don’t Let These Common Traps Snag Your Career Advancement
Women face plenty of obstacles on their way up the ladder, but those that are self-imposed may be among the most difficult to overcome.
Content: Article | Author: Eileen P. Gunn | Source: CareerJournal (WSJ) | Subjects: Career, Women in Business
Networking Is Added To B-School Curriculum
Networking is now considered a necessity for new M.B.A.s, and graduate business schools nationwide are no longer leaving the development of this skill to chance. Many schools are building networking instruction into their curriculums or creating extra-curricular programs designed to spur the activity. In other cases, students themselves are creating vehicles designed to boost networking.
Content: Article | Author: Perri Capell | Source: CareerJournal (WSJ) | Subjects: Career, MBA Related
E-Mailing Resumes to Recruiters Won’t Generate a Big Response
Don’t expect instant results from e-mailing resumes to leading executive search firms. Even top-level candidates report never hearing back about opportunities. Here’s why the odds are stacked against this method.
Content: Career Information | Author: Perri Capell | Source: CareerJournal (WSJ) | Subject: Jobs – Recruiting / Staffing
Don’t Be Blindsided By Recruiters’ Questions
Search pros are like courtroom attorneys: They never ask a question without knowing the answer they want. Here’s how to meet their expectations.
Content: Career Information | Author: Perri Capell | Source: CareerJournal (WSJ) | Subject: Interviewing
Earning the Salary You Want In Today’s Tough Economy
Don’t sell yourself short in the current economic environment. Although employers might receive an avalanche of applicants for every opening, if you’re the candidate whose skills match their specific needs, you have power.
Content: Career Information | Author: Valerie Patterson | Source: CareerJournal (WSJ) | Subjects: Benefits / Comp., Evaluating Job Offers
‘Tell Me About Yourself’ Doesn’t Mean ‘Tell It All’
This open-ended request allows you to showcase your abilities and personality and present evidence that you’re better than your resume says you are. Here’s how to frame an effective response.
Content: Career Information | Author: Arlene S. Hirsch | Source: CareerJournal (WSJ) | Subject: Interviewing
Keith H. Hammonds, Laura Nash
The [work-life balance] problem…is that while success at work is largely rooted in achievement, success outside of work mostly isn’t. The things most of us say we value in our nonwork lives — simply caring and being there for others — aren’t a function of accomplishing anything per se. Contentedness in that realm is less a matter of doing more than of cutting back.
Obvious … [ Read more ]
Content: Quotation | Source: Fast Company | Subjects: Career, Life
Coaching for Leadership: How the World’s Greatest Coaches Help Leaders Learn
Executive coaching is dramatically increasing in popularity. Leaders around the world are both using coached and becoming coaches. But, the understanding of what executive coaching is and how it can increases leaders’ effectiveness has not grown as fast as the application of this process.
Coaching for Leadership brings together the world’s best executive coaches to give the reader an understanding of:
– How coaching works
– … [ Read more ]
Content: Book | Authors: Alyssa Freas, Laurence Lyons, Marshall Goldsmith, Robert Witherspoon | Subjects: Career, Personal Development
The Power of Full Engagement: Managing Energy, Not Time, is the Key to High Performance and Personal Renewal
The authors, founders of and executives at LGE Performance Systems, an executive training program based on athletic coaching programs, offer a program aimed at stressed individuals who want to find more purpose in their work and ways to better handle their overburdened relationships. Just as athletes train, play and then recover, people need to recognize their own energy levels. “Balancing stress and recovery is critical … [ Read more ]
Content: Book | Authors: Jim Loehr, Tony Schwartz | Subjects: Career, Personal Development
Dr. Mark Albion
I don’t know that if you follow your dreams, the money will follow.
I do know that if you follow your dreams, the money won’t matter as much.
I don’t know that if you serve others, you’ll be rewarded financially.
I do know that if you serve others, you’ll be a happier, more fulfilled person.
Content: Quotation | Source: Net Impact | Subjects: Career, Personal Development
The Scarlet F
Executives and directors associated with corporate failures can get branded for life. But the stigmatization process is not always rational or efficient. Why are some executives tarred with failure while others seem to be Teflon-coated?
Content: Article | Authors: Batia M. Wiesenfeld, Donald C. Hambrick, Kurt Wurthmann | Source: STERNbusiness (NYU) | Subjects: Career, Miscellaneous
A Job-Hunter’s Guide To Executive Recruiters
Headhunters and candidates aim for the same goal: bagging a job. But although recruiters can assist you in finding a position, you’ll have to do some homework on your own.
Content: Career Information | Author: Robert L. Pearson | Source: CareerJournal (WSJ) | Subjects: Job Search, Jobs – Recruiting / Staffing
How to ace the case interview (Bain)
An overview of the case interview from one of its practitioners, Bain & Co.
Content: Career Information | Source: Bain & Company | Subject: Interviewing
Lester C. Thurow
Over time, the pay and promotion curves for managers and engineers handling production-process problems have fallen behind those in design and new product development. In the United States, production has ceased to be the route to the top. Among today’s CEOs of Fortune 500 companies, 34 percent come from marketing, 25 percent from finance, 24 percent from general management, and only 4 percent from production. … [ Read more ]
Content: Quotation | Source: Prism (Arthur D. Little) | Subjects: Career, Miscellaneous
Informational Interviews Pave the Way to Offers
It isn’t wrong to seek informational meetings when what you really want is a job. Here’s how to advance your career through such exploratory talks.
Content: Career Information | Author: Arlene S. Hirsch | Source: CareerJournal (WSJ) | Subjects: Interviewing, Job Search
Find Out What References Are Really Saying About You
Are past bosses saying things to discredit you with future employers? Learn about the reference-checking process and whether you should do a background check on yourself.
Content: Career Information | Author: Barbara Mende | Source: CareerJournal (WSJ) | Subjects: Career Info, Interviewing