Note from Chris – No, not the game of the same name Related to yesterday’s post about process flows, I’ve got a concept that I call My Second Life that I want you to consider. It takes just a little explaining, but then, the idea’s fairly easy to understand, adopt, and modify to your personal…

Annie Fisher wants you to be ready, should you need a job. Her first interesting point is that while tech jobs are growing overall, location matters. She mentions in the US that California’s growth is slower than other regions, for instance. So, location still matters to some degree. When you finish the first page of…

A week or two ago, during review time, the boss said to me, “If you want to move up in the company, you’re going to have to do _____.” I think I shocked him when I said, “Oh, I don’t want to move up. I like moving sideways.” Jobs used to be about seeing how…

Springwise, which is a site you should bookmark after following this link (do it!), has a post about a great new career idea: take a vacation wherein which the meat of the vacation is doing a test drive of your dream job. A few years ago, Vocation Vacations’ founder Brian Kurth left his job and…

A good part of the skill of living is the willingness to let things go without regret. Choose what seems best, acknowledge what you may have to give up to obtain it, and get on with your life. Don’t look back. Not now, not ever.

Too many resolutions barely last through January. Here’s how to make plnas for 2006 you’ll be certain to keep.

People put their own futures on hold all the time. How to they do it? By setting conditions that have to be met before they can move on.

Lizzy Klein over Get Your Life On has an good article on what should you do on your first day on the job. Most important is getting the first good impression from your boss, your colleagues, or your sub-ordinates. She provided some good tips on achieving this: Dress conservatively at first. Adjust that attitude. Smile. Make an effort to…

Good pay is not the only factor of the best job. People start to realize having a job which able you to balance on work-life maybe the best job offer. To help people realize this, some top B-schools have started to open some courses to help people on juggling their responsibilities among their work and…

What do you think when is the best time to move on and start looking for another job? Lisa Haneberg over Management Craft has an article on the same topic. She suggested there are five signals when need to move on: You do not feel like you are growing. You do not see that this will change in…

Over Slacker Manager, Brendon talks about how to fast tracking your career by yourself. Your organization may not have any fast track programs, nor you may not be eligible to it – but you can still do it yourself. He mentions there are four key factors for fast tracking: The right work in the right…

At QuintCareers, Randall S. Hansen has written an article on creating Personal Mission Statement. Personal? you asked. What are the differences between a personal and a company mission statment? It is similar to company’s for providing directions, but it creates a set of things that is important to your life and you will stick to…