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I Train My Employees to Leave For Better Jobs (On Purpose!)
By J.T. O’Donnell In a couple of recent posts, I’ve mentioned the nine college interns from UNH who have been working for Careerealism.com throughout their fall semester. What many people don’t know is that these students not only had to go through a pretty rigorous application process that involved submitting short essays to ten multi-part [...]
Job Seekers: Are You on the Road to Nowhere?
You must be living under a rock not to know there’s a job search frenzy going on right now. Are you in between jobs right now?
This 4-Letter Word Is Your Career’s Worst Enemy
Ph.D., Gregory Berns, is a neuroecomonist. A what?! He studies and decodes the decision-making systems of the human mind. He wrote an excellent article for the NY Times this week on what happens when fear takes over our brains. Fear has a grip on many workers today. 500K+ jobs were lost in November. We’d be [...]
Your Order Has Been Received! Here’s What Happens Next…
In the next 24 hours, your order will be processed by our company and you will be sent a personal invitation join the CAREEREALISM Club private network. PLEASE NOTE: Sometimes members find the invitation in their SPAM filter. If you don’t see it within a few hours, please check there first. If you don’t find [...]
10,000 Hour Rule: Why Young Workers Struggle after College (and why some seasoned professionals do too!)
By J.T. O’Donnell The popular business author seen here, Malcolm Gladwell (wrote The Tipping Point and Blink), has a new book out that explains how professional success may not just depend on intelligence and talent. In Outlers: The Story of Success, Gladwell argues that it is how one takes advantage of a particular opportunity, at [...]
Now’s NOT the Time to Wear a Scarlet “E”
“First it’s the free lunches, next it’s office supplies, and before you know it, they’ll be canceling the birthday gift cards too,” I overheard one employee complaining to several of his co-workers while they sipped their lattes in a local coffee shop this week. My immediate thought: Yep, he’s wearing a Scarlet E – be [...]
Are You FUNGIBLE? (Hint: You Don’t Want to Be in Today’s Labor Market)
NOTE: This article was originally posted in September ’08. But given the amount of lay-offs occurring, we thought it worth re-posting.) I just finished reading Business Week’s article entitled, “Management by the Numbers,” in which they review how IBM has been building mathematical models of its own employees with an aim to improve productivity and [...]
CAREEREALISM TV – Job Searching in a Recession
This week, author, career strategist and nationally syndicated advice columnist, J.T. O’Donnell, and her co-host, UNH senior, Greg Barrette, discuss the hard reality of finding a job in a recession. ATTENTION College Students and Recent Grads: College teaches you everything EXCEPT how to get the job. This program is for anyone who wants to learn [...]
