Talking Points and Listening Points
Everyone has heard of an elevator speech. That’s the imagined scenario where you get on an elevator with your prospective employer (or if you are an entrepreneur, your prospective angel investor or...
View ArticleMaking the Most of the Holidays–for Introverts
I am reading Susan Cain’s book, Quiet: the Power of Introverts in a World That Can’t Stop Talking. Although I maintain that I’m not an Introvert–my Myers-Briggs has me almost down the middle with a...
View ArticleFitting In: Going Out of Market
I am originally from Pittsburgh, though it’s harder for new friends to detect that than it used to be. I left Pittsburgh many years ago to take a great job in . . . Kansas. The job was headquartered...
View ArticleWhen It Doesn’t Go According to Plan
My friend Jay Delaney and I worked together when he lived and worked here in Florida, not that long ago. He always has the best way of looking at plans, one of my favorite subjects. Jay points out...
View ArticleThe Basics
I have been whispering about jobs and careers for a very long time, and publishing this little blog for almost five years. This month, it’s Back to Basics. Here are ten fundamental principles that are...
View ArticleOdds and Ends: Ten Things Not on Your Radar
These things have come up lately. . . . 1. Wash your car and keep the interior neat and clean. If someone walks you to your car after the event, asks you to drive them to the meeting, or just sees...
View ArticleOwn Your Story: Three Ideas to Help You Unleash Your Own Story
My friend Jay Delaney knows a lot about storytelling. I think of Jay as a mentor in some respects, as another thing he does very well is to take a big concept and make it operational; this is...
View ArticleRandom Career Rules
Over the years, mentors and friends gave me career advice that I didn’t necessarily heed or even value at the time. Some of the advice I heard over and over again, like it was conventional wisdom that...
View ArticleThe Other Bottom Line
In social enterprise planning, we talk about and plan for a second bottom line. One bottom line refers to financial success, and the second is the measurable social result, the greater good that comes...
View ArticleWhy You Didn’t Get That Job
You were sure you did well in the interviews: you dressed right, talked well, and knew the answers to all the questions. Your resume, cover letter, and writing sample all looked perfect to you and...
View ArticleChanging Careers: the Process of Reinvention
As the Boomers stroll or hurtle into into the last phase of their working lives, we hear the word “reinvention” a lot. But reinventing yourself doesn’t only apply to Boomers getting older and running...
View ArticleWhat Not to Mention
Somewhere in Job Whisperer History, there is detailed mention of the Dreadful D-words, from which it may be that poor Debbie Downer’s name derived. The D-words are the things you don’t talk about in...
View ArticleSelf-assessment: It’s All About You
I have a love-hate relationship with feedback. First, I love feedback; I don’t particularly mind if it’s good feedback, but not-so-great (okay, negative) feedback allows me to start an argument with...
View ArticleThey don’t need what you have.
And, as you know, you don’t have what they need. Sometimes it’s really hard to understand why you didn’t get a call back after applying for and interviewing for a position you really wanted. But it...
View ArticleRebranding In Place
You’ve been in the same job or company for a while; the honeymoon ended long ago, and you’ve been pretty comfortable. You work with friends, they know you well, and you have no serious complaints...
View ArticleA Letter From Your Mentor
This is a guest post contributed by my dear friend and mentor Professor Kristen David Adams, an extraordinary woman, author, and law professor. We have had many occasions to wonder together at good...
View ArticleMaking a List
I was once interviewed for a job by a very disorganized person. She was so disorganized that ten minutes into the interview, she very suddenly exclaimed “Oh My God; I forgot!” And then loaded me into...
View ArticleSo I made a list. . .
What was interesting about the whole list thing was that my husband Jim adopted it immediately. See number 3, below? Twenty-four hours after it was published, we had a replacement cable box. Now I...
View ArticleFive Things You Can Do Right Now
Without preamble, these are for you if 1.) You are not happy with the way things are going at work, or 2.) You are happy but concerned that you are not keeping up with your career plans, or 3.) You...
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