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Career adjustments: Tips from Liz Phair

Posted to: Fulfillment | Productivity
November 23rd, 2005
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Liz Phair has just released a new CD, titled Somebody’s Miracle. I’m not saying you should go out and buy it, but you have to respect Liz Phair’s ability to manage her career.
For those of you who did not spend 1991 listening to her widely touted CD “Exile in Guyville,” go buy that CD now. …

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Interview mistakes you shouldn’t make

November 20th, 2005
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I interviewed for a job. I haven't interviewed for the last three years. Since my first son was born. I felt that awkward feeling that people describe when they break up with their long-term significant other and have to date again.
It was a writing job. Most writing jobs don't require an interview. You just send …

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Starting a business is less risky than it seems

November 13th, 2005
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Entrepreneurship used to be an inclination that festered until a midlife crisis. But the entrepreneurship bug isn’t something that hits in middle age, so why wait that long? Today, the people who start most new businesses are under 34 — and if they’re doing it, so can you. Don't be stifled by your age or …

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The end of the glass ceiling

Posted to: Women
November 5th, 2005
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Forget the glass ceiling because it’s about to become irrelevant. Not because women are finally going to get to the top of Fortune 500 companies in forces of more than two companies at a time. That may happen, but no one’s holding their breath. The glass ceiling is going to become irrelevant because the women …

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