Recently I interviewed Lisa Johnson Mandell author of Career Comeback. Lisa is an award-winning author, entertainment reporter, and film critic who has appeared on dozens of major news outlets and even Dr. Phil. Here's what she had to say about the new rules of job search for 2010 and beyond. 1. ...
Whose Job is it to Define Your Passion for Your Work?
There is a great conversation going on over on the Punk Rock HR blog about passion and whether or not passion can be or should be measured as part of employee performance . Some say passion is generally not a term that is synonymous with work and others say that passion is not a measurable performan...
No Smoking Policies at Work: Discrimination or Social Responsibility?
The co-op board of the building I live in is recommending a new policy that prohibits new renters and owners from smoking in their apartments and requires that current smokers stop smoking in their apartments after a period of three years. While it may seem odd to some of you that a residential buil...
Career Management: It Takes a Village
Last week I attended the first of many college planning meetings at my daughter's school. Jammed into the school auditorium with 200+ other neurotic parents of high school juniors, I listened to details about student entrance exam test dates, transcripts, and application deadlines. Parents who are g...
Commitment and Your Career: Where Do You Draw the Line?
There's a hot debate going on over at Jerry Albright's blog over a tweet by Dan Schawbel stating that you have to be as committed to your social media profile as you are to your husband or wife. Some disagreed with the analogy. Frankly, I think it's all overblown and Dan was just trying to say t...
A Lesson in How to Get Fired
I've been dealing with the phone company for over a week trying to get a problem with my business line resolved. After rearranging my schedule to accommodate theirs for the past five days, listening to their lame excuses, and giving them more than their fair share of chances, I am about to terminate...
Favorite Job Search Posts of 2009
I've blogged before about the fact that I kept a diary for many years. And at the close of each year I used to re-read my diary to reflect on what had happened over the course of the year to look at my successes and failures, beginnings and ends. I always spotted a few entries where I would think to...
Do New Year’s Resolutions Have to Happen on New Year’s?
Everyone's starting to talk about their New Year's resolutions...lose weight, exercise more, quit smoking, get out of debt, and find a new job are the ones I hear most frequently. And while I think that New Year's resolutions are a great idea in theory, I think that a lot of people fail to keep thei...
Branding Schmanding
The topic of Tiger Woods' tarnished brand is all over the Internet, TV, and print media. And while I understand the commentary I think that the concept of celebrity branding is doomed to fail because celebrity brands often represent attributes that nobody can maintain forever. No one makes the right...
Careers and Relationships: Are You Really That Different From David Letterman?
As a former HR manager and a current career professional, you'd think I'd be weighing in on the David Letterman story and reminding people why having a personal relationship with a co-worker is career suicide. And while yes, that seems like the logical thing to say, it's just not that cut and dry....