Rules for writing your first resume

September 29th, 2003

Hey, all you college kids! It’s time to get off your butts and start applying for jobs. Do not delude yourself into thinking you can wait until May. Spring is the time to be buying clothes for the job you already have. Top internships, management training programs, entry-level investment banking jobs and the other good …

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Stay focused on your goals

Posted to: Knowing yourself | Productivity | Resumes

September 24th, 2003

My ex boyfriend emailed his online personals profile to me and asked me what I thought. I thought it made him look needy and told him so. I said that if he wanted to attract someone with an independent personality he should change the profile. I wrote a few paragraphs that he ended up submitting …

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List of things I hate

Posted to: Productivity | Resumes | Self-management

September 10th, 2003

Here is my current list of things I hate. It's an on-going project that simmers week after week until it reaches boiling point and I have to spend a column venting.
1. People who are not coachable. They get good advice and don't take it because they think they know better. Everyone has blind spots that …

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9/11 two years later

Posted to: Finding a career | Knowing yourself | World Trade Center

September 5th, 2003

For most people, September 11 has come and gone, but the anniversary will always be important to me because I was a block away when the first building fell. The people I have met who were at the World Trade Center that day never stopped associating the event with their work, and I am no …

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Relish uncertainty – It’s what makes life interesting

Posted to: Knowing yourself

September 4th, 2003

If you could see a movie of your life before you lived it, would you want to live it? Probably not. The thrill of living is that you don't know what's coming. In other words, uncertainty is what makes our lives fun.
Sure, it's hard to see uncertainty in such a positive light when you are …

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