Two posts in one: For tips about a summertime job hunt, scroll down. I have an update for those of you who read the What’s Holding You Back? post about my swimming phobia. The Philadelphia Olympic triathlon was this past weekend and I was a swimming machine! Although I wasn’t the fastest thing in [...]
This week I was reviewing the resume of someone who had a brilliant career trajectory and credentials through her first 8 years but then took a mysterious wrong turn and had a bunch of short, incongruent jobs since. This got me thinking about the doors that open and close, and how our lives are re-directed [...]
Hey, do you remember when you were a college student and could hit the snooze alarm without a care in the world? Class was optional and the only place you needed to be was the bar by 5:00 for 25-cent wings. Those were the days, right? Last month, a million college students hit [...]
Right now, you’re toying with the idea of consulting or starting your own business. You have visions of working in your pajamas, slipping out to run mid-day errands, spending more time with your kids. The thing that’s holding you back is the fear that the business won’t come, or that you’ll miss collaborating with a [...]
