Good vs. Bad Career Advice

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Nowadays, you can find career advice just about anywhere – online, offline, from friends, colleagues, your parents, mentors, bosses, career coaches, and anyone with a public blog :-).  So how do you know what career advice is good and appropriate for you?

My answer is only you would know what is good career advice for you.  Career advice is just opinions.  If you ask anyone for career advice, they will attempt to provide it, but that doesn’t mean they are all created equal. ...  read more

Choose Life Over Work Now

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What is your reaction when you see this post title?  Is your response “of course, I have a very good work life balance”?  Or is your response “I wish I could, but I have to work a lot to make money, get ahead, take care of family.  I have to wait to enjoy life later.  What choice do I have”?  If you are more like the latter, this is a story for you. ...  read more

Job Search Tips: Never rule out a second chance

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Just because you got turned down by a company for a job, it does not mean it has to be the end of the story.  A friend interviewed at a company for a Paid Search Marketing position.  He went for several rounds and everyone liked him but they turned him down saying they wanted someone with more experience.   While he was disappointed, he graciously thanked them for the opportunity and continued his job search efforts. ...  read more

It’s All About Portable Job Skills

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In the baby boomer era, the myth was “if you are loyal to a company, the company will take care of you.”  Many believed that until they were laid off at 55 after 20 years of service with no good prospect to find work again.  Then for Generation X (people in our late 20s to 30s), it became “if you perform well, you will be rewarded.”  To some extent this is still true until the financial market crashed and even very talented people remain out of work. ...  read more

Definition of Success

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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. ...  read more