The Quick & Dirty MBA Job Search Guide
I was sitting in front of the Christmas tree a couple of weeks ago, thinking about MBAs and job hunting. I have a soft spot for folks in full-time graduate programs, because it’s hard to spend two...
View ArticleYou Won’t Find Your Passion from a Test
Oh geez, I thought as I answered my office phone, first thing this morning. A PR call at eight a.m.? The young man on the phone was trying to sell me on writing a column about his company’s...
View ArticleCan I Still Make a Career Change, At My Age?
Dear Liz, I have been in banking for almost twenty years, but recently I lost my position. I have an appetite to try for something outside of banking, but I don’t know if it’s feasible at my age. I’m...
View ArticleHow to Answer Stupid Job Interview Questions
“Trifecta,” said my friend Becky on the phone, although she lives in Colorado; if there’s a racetrack around here, it’s news to me. “Trifecta what?” I asked her. “I just got home from a job interview...
View ArticleJob-hunting? Look for business pain
My young friend Mikayla is a brilliant chickadee, and she’s been that way as long as I’ve known her. Mikayla is my daughter’s friend, and the two of them are sophomores in college now. Back when the...
View ArticleLet the kid study music, already
[media-credit name="Andy Cross, The Denver Post" align="alignright" width="300"][/media-credit] Denver School of the Arts percussion student, Zach Bahn, 11-years-old, jams on the Djembe drum on the...
View ArticleForty Ways to Get Unstuck Career-wise: downloadable EBook
I worked in a fast-growing high tech company, and it was all fun and games until the CEO said, “Hey, I’m selling the company.” I only got to tell one person, my friend Diane, because Diane and I had to...
View ArticleTen things over-fifty job seekers needn’t worry about
The first time I was pregnant, I got deluged with advice. I was having twins, so my pregnant state was obvious from about the fourth month on. By the time I was six months pregnant, I couldn’t go...
View ArticleThe truth about college & careers
[media-credit name="Denver Post file photo" align="aligncenter" width="495"][/media-credit] The campus at the University of Colorado at Boulder I’m standing in the lobby of my kids’ high school,...
View ArticleHow to Fire Your Boss
“And then, you won’t believe what my boss said after that,” continued the young woman, replaying the painful scene in her head. “He said I’m one of the weakest marketers he’s ever known. He said ‘You...
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