Eight years ago, I wrote an article about how people need to be careful about posting on social media because it may negatively impact their career. It still amazes me that after nearly 10 years of social media, people are still willing to post ANYTHING, including but not limited to: pictures of their drunken escapades, […]
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Six degrees of separation is the theory that you are connected to another person on Earth within six or less people. We always encounter someone who knows someone who knows someone. Six degrees of separation is very important in your career development. As you develop your social network, you’ll find that the six degrees of […]
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Let’s face it – based on what we’ve seen during the 2000s, the economy is unstable, and even in 2015, we’re still trying to recover. With the Dot-com bubble of early 2000s and the great recession of 2008, people in all career paths lost jobs, and it took between 6 months to 2 years to […]
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In the past, people often received career advice about how important it is to get a mentor. Now, people are receiving career advice about how having a mentor is passe because the mentor allegedly prevents you from innovating and improving the day-to-day operations of an organization. The new buzz in career advice is getting an […]
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In my career as a manager and professor, I have unfortunately seen people choose Information Technology (IT) as a career for the wrong reasons. The primary reason why they choose IT is money. Yes, it’s true that IT is a relatively high paying job and requires less schooling than other high paying professions like doctors, […]
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