A few years ago, when I was looking for a job as a sales executive with a major advertising or publishing company, one of the resources I used for my search was a recruiter. I had good and bad experiences with different recruiters. With there Continue Reading →
One of my favorite quotes comes from Helen Keller who at 19 months of age became blind and deaf. When asked about her feelings about her disability she responded and said, “I’d rather have vision with no sight, then sight without vision.” I love this Continue Reading →
One of my favorite tv drama’s to watch is Mad Men on AMC. I love it because the show has many lessons that any career professional can learn from. The show is a fictional story about a group of advertising executives of Madison Avenue in Continue Reading →
There can be a time in our life when we dislike our job to the point that we simply give our resignation letter to our boss and quit. For Goldman Sachs executive, Greg Smith, he not only resigned from his company, but he published his Continue Reading →
The six-degree of separation theory is common knowledge to many people . We are only six people away from anyone else on the planet. In 2007 Jure Leskovec and Eric Horvitz revisited this theory wit a study. They examined the data of 30 billion instant message conversations of Continue Reading →
Over the weekend, I attended the Ascend Pan-Asian Leaders Convention. I met dozens of career professionals who were either looking to pursue a career in finance or were simply trying to bring clarity to their career path. I noticed that a common question I got Continue Reading →
For a job seeker who is either unemployed, underemployed, or simply dissatisfied with his job, it is easy to get caught up spending a lot of time looking for a job just anywhere and not giving any thought to whether your target company’s culture is Continue Reading →
In this video I share how it might be safer to take the risk of going after your dream job than staying at the job that is comfortable.
It is counterintuitive to specialize your resume, cover letter, and overall job search to specific industries and job functions because it seems that it will limit your opportunities. The opposite is true. This video talks about how specializing your job search will help you to Continue Reading →
Having a personal business card is one of the most underrated tools to have by many career professionals. I’ve attended over a 100 networking events and have met thousands of career professionals. Over 50% of the contacts that I made did not own a personal Continue Reading →
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