My very first ‘grownup’ job was in Indianapolis, which happens to be JobDig’s newest market. Whoo-hoo. We are over-the-moon excited about bringing our unique employment media solutions to Indy employers, active and passive jobseekers and the rest of central Indiana. Interruption for a Great Deal for Boston area readers–Izabella Tabarovsky, a fantastic career coach out [...]
Archive for July, 2008
America’s a Great Place…
Posted in July 30th, 2008
by admin in Work-related
…because even in the financial doldrums, some enterprising entrepreneur/business will take action. Like, for instance, Chrysler just announced that they will no longer lease any cars, and GM and Ford followed suit yesterday, at least for their bigger vehicles. Makes sense, as the residual values on SUVs, out 3-4-5 years, must be in a literal [...]
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Seth Godin Got Me.
Posted in July 29th, 2008
Seth Godin is a marketing guy, author, blogger, consultant, founder of Squidoo, brand manager at Spinnaker Software, and book packager. Like Guy Kawaski, he is an entrprenuer turned advice-giver, and is now one of the nation’s pre-eminent marketing voices. Much like Harvey MacKay before him, he often writes for the Center of Really Obvious Things, [...]
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What Exactly is a Bad Boss?
Posted in July 29th, 2008
by admin in On The Job...
Over at US NEWS today, I relate the story of one bad boss here in Minneapolis. These stories are worth repeating, if only to reinforce the notion that there are good bosses out there. What is your definition of a bad boss? Can you share the story? Are there certain segments that have more than [...]
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Bad PR=Good PR; It Doesn’t Matter, I Guess.
Posted in July 28th, 2008
by admin in Work-related
Years ago, I heard somewhere that it does not really matter what is said about you in the media, good or bad, because people forget the context, and just remember that you were in the ‘news.’ I bet Madonna doesn’t even care today that the paper is running an unflattering picture of her coming out [...]
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Ode to Toys
Posted in July 27th, 2008
Ever since he was a kid, Conrad was the smartest kid in the room, but still played well with others. He grew up with a slide rule hanging on his belt, but mostly today it’s all about programming, from T-SQL to .NET, and he applies his wide experiences to solving business problems for his clients. [...]
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One Day. ONE $#%%@^ DAY.
Posted in July 24th, 2008
The contrary paralegal manages a two-office law firm in the southwest, as well as her young family, which consists of ‘the man’ and her three ‘dramas’ whose names are 17 (or VT = vile teenager), 11 and 8. For 15 years she has worked in almost every area of the law – seen everything, mentored [...]
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Five Lawsuits That Need Filing. Join In.
Posted in July 24th, 2008
by admin in Daily Wisdom
The newspaper-bashing arena is Toby’s domain, hobby and expertise (here, here and here) and he has already mentioned this news item re: an attorney suing a daily newspaper for not being worth the money he paid when he subscribed. Turns out, an attorney with more time than sense in Raleigh, NC, is suing the Raleigh [...]
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There is a Tool for Everything.
Posted in July 23rd, 2008
by admin in Daily Wisdom
In my mid-20’s, when I still had patience, I struggled for an entire Saturday morning trying to replace a screen on a screen door. It was soooo frustrating, because just when one side would get in the little groove thing-y, the other side would pop out. Grrrrr. Feeling no shame or embarrassment, I loaded it [...]
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MWBA, Updated and Validated
Posted in July 22nd, 2008
by admin in Work-related
Years ago, management by walking around was the rage. Does it still work today? I think it does and today’s post over at US NEWS and WORLD REPORT, Master the Hallway First, Then the Board Room, explains why.
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