Tag Archives: careers

Conversation-Starters: Career

If you’re feeling stuck in your career or want advice from your elders, the holidays are the perfect time to talk to family, friends, and colleagues about their professional paths. Ask them about a career milestone or a new business venture you’re … Continue reading

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College Career Counseling

Oh sure, they know what you and the spouse do, we hope, and maybe have in mind a half-dozen occupations they’ve either come into contact with or admired from afar. A survey of 600,000 teens by the Organization for Economic … Continue reading

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Advice from a Horoscope

Today is an 8 — Review educational options. Investigate potential directions and subjects. Studies flourish. Pursue a fascinating thread, a history that seems to be repeating. Learn new tricks. Positively Purging – I welcome your feedbacks in the comments and your … Continue reading

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Why you should not avoid failure

This sounds counterintuitive. Who likes failure? Nobody, of course. Few people relish risk and uncertainty, not to mention the public embarrassment that often accompanies a pratfall. Worse, when it comes to our careers, failure can have a very real, very … Continue reading

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Career Mistakes that New College Grads Should Avoid

The journey to the top can prove more challenging than expected, especially when a graduate makes some common career-path mistakes. Rediscovering this article, 8 big career mistakes that new college grads should avoid I thought it best to share with … Continue reading

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