Definition of Success

I was taught the definition of success in business school.  We just finished 4 weeks of pre-term (refresher courses on math, accounting etc..) before my official 1st year at Wharton began.  My accounting professor used most of the time in our last class to give us a lecture on success and what it means. He [...]

How to Decipher Interviewer Response

A friend of mine received the following from a company she was interviewing with and asked me to help her interpret what they mean. “It sounds like you are pretty happy in your existing role, and we are still talking to candidates over the next few weeks. Please ping me in a few weeks if [...]

Build Momentum with a Census Job

Every 10 years, the US government conduct Census to take a snapshot of our population, determining how many people reside within the nation’s borders, who they are, and where they live..  It’s a massive effort and therefore will require hundreds of thousand of people to work for a few months in their local areas. I know a [...]

Five Most Common Interview Mistakes

Today, US News posted on Yahoo finance an interesting article called 50 worst of the worst interview mistakes.  While most of the listed are pretty obvious and funny, I want to comment on five mistakes that are commonly made even by people who have fairly good interviewing skills. #16 Failing to make a strong case [...]

Enjoy Often and Never Retire

Growing up, you always hear that everyone’s dream is to work hard, earn lots of money quickly and retire as early as possible  (maybe at 65, 55 or 45 if you can wing it).  Well, I say forget it!  That doesn’t sound like a dream at all.  Imagine working your butt off at 80 -100 hour weeks [...]

Future Trends of the Job Market

Great info graphic from Greg Voakes about future trends of the job market. Includes fastest growing industries and jobs in the next eight years. Click on the graphic to check it out in more detail.