If you’re reading this, you probably don’t need to worry too much about bad decision making or judgment. Most of the time, people who amble through life are barely making it, and give as much “thought time” to their behavior as a cow does. Nevertheless, it’s good to occasionally think about this issue before you [...]
I’m excited to share a follow-up post from social media career expert Miriam Salpeter. Miriam was a recent guest on Making a Living with Maggie sharing tips on social networking for career success. Read below for her tips on how to leverage the latest social media tool, Google+… When Maggie and I talked about [...]
The best way to understand earning power—no matter what your age—is to understand the factors that go into it. For example, most people who have careers that are plateauing usually have a learning problem that manifests itself as an earning problem.And for parents, schooling discussions are really earning discussions. Because you can say that kids [...]
Tue, October 11, 2011 at 12:00 Many years ago I was listening to a senior manager speak about why we didn’t think of our career like a functional review. In other words, rather than writing a time-line based resume of our working experience, why not consider how much we knew about all of the functions [...]
Its graduation time for college seniors across the nation and according to the National Association of Colleges and Employers, companies plan on hiring 19% more new grads this year than last. But what if you’re not a graduate with healthy job prospects? Worse, what if you’re a parent who’s son or daughter is graduating with [...]
My homeschool blog is mentioned in the New York Times. It’s a small mention, but it’s a big deal for me, because lately I’ve been obsessed with how people learn, and what makes a successful adult. It’s appropriate that the Times would link the day I wrote about what my day is like trying to [...]
Improve Your Success Potential College students need to be pursuing a wide range of tactics for finding a good job after graduation. In a rough economy with more candidates than job slots, a great job opportunity immediately after graduation is no longer something to take for granted. Students need to use every asset at their [...]
Steve Jobs, late Apple co-founder and world-renowned technology and business innovator, once said, “Your work is going to fill a large part of your life, and the only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work. And, the only way to do great work is to love what you [...]
