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Volume 8, No. 6: June 19, 2009
Career Courage
In personal challenges, it takes real vigilance to acknowledge there are things we are doing that are heroic. Our own sense of panic causes us to discount the courageous actions we take, especially if they do not produce immediate results.
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Volume 8, No. 5: May 8, 2009
The Hero's Journey
When unemployment figures are announced, the media takes up the challenge of trying to show what x% of joblessness looks like in human terms, and the images they choose are predictable—long lines of applicants trying to get into job fairs, rows of jobseekers at computers in job centers busily scanning listings.
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Volume 8, No. 4: April 10, 2009
I'll Take Anything
It’s true that the job market is a buyer’s market these days, but the attitude that you’re willing to take anything is not going to make you stand out from the crowd. If you see an advertisement with the words, “Will take best offer,” what does it say to you? Do you think it’s something you want?
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Volume 8, No. 3: March 13, 2009
Career Undertaker
And what if the ax does fall? Aren’t you in a better position if you have started to develop a plan of action than if you’ve spent your time holding your breath hoping it wouldn’t happen? It’s a shock no matter what, but your situation is improved if you’ve laid a foundation to stand upon in case you are faced with a worst-case scenario.
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Volume 8, No. 2: February 17, 2009
The Accidental Entrepreneur
It’s important for me to get out of the office on a regular basis and talk with groups of people who, in the neat language of business jargon, are part of a statistic called “job churn,” the movement of people in and out of the labor market.
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Volume 8, No. 1: January 9, 2009
Dealing With Someone Else's Job Loss
Judging from conversations I’m having these days with loved ones of those who have suddenly found themselves unemployed, or fear that they might be, there are a lot of people entering 2009 with concerns about another person’s employment status.
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Volume 7, Nos. 1-12 (2008)
Volume 6, Nos. 1-12 (2007)
Volume 5, Nos. 1-12 (2006)
Volume 4, Nos. 1-12 (2005)
Volume 3, Nos. 1-11 (2004) |
