Criticism, Your Career, and Your Life

Throughout your career, you will encounter a series of friends, confidants and others who will come up to you and let you in on various things that “people are saying about you”. I am not talking about the sort of people that are happy to pass along good news; rather, I am talking about the sort of people who are mostly interested in passing along bad news about you, criticism of you and more. There are people like this in every company and every organization, and the more you try to accom

Which Generation is Losing the Career Fight? (It’s Not Who You Think)

By J.T. O’Donnell I recently attended a dinner party where the attendees ranged in age from 23 to 68. Not surprisingly, the conversation turned to the recession and horrible job market. The more ’seasoned’ workers at the table started to rant about their circumstances. The dialog drifted from the lack of raises given out at their companies to the various friends whose spouses had lost their jobs and how it was making finances tight in their households. The 23-year old, a recent grad, sat sile

After a Job Rejection, Ask for Feedback and Don’t ‘Catastophrize’

There’s no need to beat yourself up after a job rejection, although it wouldn’t hurt to get some feedback on ways to improve your approach and support from friends or even a therapist. That’s the advice of legal recruiters Valerie Fontaine and Roberta Kass, writing the last in a series of articles for the National Law Journal on career advice for older lawyers. They say it may be helpful to ask for feedback after a rejection, without demanding an explanation. A post mortem with a friend or your

5 Ways To Rescue Your Rotten Résumé

This is a guest post from Kerry K. Taylor , author of Squawkfox , a blog where frugal living is fun. On today’s episode of The Personal Finance Hour , Jim and I will be discussing job-hunting skills. First, though, here’s Kerry’s advice about résumés. If you’re anything like my friends, your résumé is probably a little stale and perhaps a lot rotten. I’m sure your skills are not rotten and don’t deserve to be trashed as rubbish. But honestly, very few job hunters know how to write a résumé

ReThinking Mixing Friends And Business – Part II

This is part II of a three part set of posts on ReThinking Mixing Friends And Business. Part I can be seen here . Eventually, if you’ve been around long enough you’ll have the opportunity to hire or work with your friends. It happens all the time. On more than one occasion I’ve been involved in a conversation that leads to someone saying, “we should just get the band back together again.” When you’ve created magic, fought battles, and seen each other succeed it’s tough not to get nostalgic

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