Jul

22

Networking Events: Some Are Not Worth It

July 22, 2009 | 2 Comments

The Situation:
With a networking event I mean those by open invitation, where you pay a small fee for a couple of hours of chit-chat with fellow networkers and spill out your 30 second elevator speech hundreds of times while guzzling appetizers and drinking cheap wine (others describe it similarly). If you are lucky, the [...]

Jul

10

Can you survive on your own?

July 10, 2009 | Comments Off

Independently I mean. Without the help of your parents? And without the help of adoptive parents in the way of an employer? No shame in accepting that you can’t: most people can’t. However, it is an interesting mental exercise, and an interesting idea to explore.  In an age of almost 10% [...]

Jul

9

I am bored: I can do my daily job in 2 hours!

July 9, 2009 | Comments Off

I have heard from many people:  I can do my daily job in 2 hours.  That is one of the reasons many people arrive late to work, leave early, and spend so much time on facebook or shopping on amazon.com.  I know it, because I have been in that situation at some point in my [...]

Jul

9

Flexible Time Pittfalls

July 9, 2009 | Comments Off

Many companies give their employees the option to work a flexible time schedule instead of a 9 to 5 one. This is all good when the company operates in extended business hours (as in 7 to 7 or nights and weekends). However, for the traditional business world that still runs on a 9 to [...]

Jul

8

The Importance of Travel In Your Career

July 8, 2009 | Comments Off

Few things have propelled my career more than my willingness to travel. I think there are many reasons why you might want to become travel-flexible. And when I mean travel flexible I do mean the less glamorous parts of traveling: being away from family a few weeks at a time, having to wake up at [...]

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