Hire someone to rewrite your resume: It worked for me

May 22nd, 2003

There came a point in my career when my company went bankrupt, the economy was in the dumps, and my network of friends and acquaintances was getting me nowhere. Like all job hunters, I had good days and bad days. On good days, I brewed coffee for that caffeinated, I-can-overcome-anything feeling. On bad days, I …

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Public Speaking 101

Posted to: Management | Promoting Yourself | Self-management

May 19th, 2003

Each month my husband selects a concert for us to go to. I used to pick, but I would select music I knew, like Beethoven or Mozart, and my husband, the over-educated music student, would scoff at my pedestrian tastes. Now I am at his mercy, and I endure the type of music that requires …

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Go to the gym to pump up your career

Posted to: Money | Productivity | Self-management

May 12th, 2003

You can keep your career on track by going to the gym; The same attributes that drive someone to succeed at the gym are the attributes that drive someone to succeed at the office. In fact, going to the gym will even help you develop personal tools for coping with unemployment. Here are some places …

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Lessons learned from SARS

Posted to: Management

May 9th, 2003

Good decision-makers are good information-gatherers, but in the end, they trust their gut.
When a few people were infected with SARS from skinning frogs alive or working among chicken carcasses, China might have contained the problem. Instead, China made a very bad decision to cover up the disease.
In hindsight, it's easy to say which problems are …

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