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Water Cooler Wisdom is Moving
Hi Everyone, it has been a pleasure hosting the Water Cooler Wisdom blog here at Getthejob.com over the last two years. I want to let you know that you can now view Water Cooler Wisdom at my personal website . Thanks for reading, and I hope to see you...
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Book Review: Bounce
A few months ago, I had the opportunity to meet longtime entrepreneur and author Barry Moltz in our shared hometown of Chicago. Barry has founded and run small businesses for more than 15 years, and he’s a nationally recognized expert on entrepreneurship...
02-06-2009, 8:00 AM by
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How to Make Money While Looking for a New Job
It’s easy for workers who have recently been laid off to quickly get discouraged, especially when faced with dismal economic news and grim job prospects. While traditional office jobs may be difficult to snag, there are many inspiring, nontraditional...
02-04-2009, 8:00 AM by
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Accountability Groups Help Unemployed Stay Motivated
The New York Times just reported on a new phenomenon in job hunting that has arisen as a result of the high unemployment rate among white-collar workers – accountability groups. According to the Times, membership in various networking organizations across...
02-02-2009, 8:00 AM by
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Get That Feedback and Get it Now
Thanks to WCW reader Amy for turning me on to the cool new service Rypple , which seems to be a direct response to Gen Y's need for constant feedback at work. The premise of Rypple is that successful people have friends, mentors, managers, and clients...
01-30-2009, 8:00 AM by
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Make a Deal with a Bigshot in 10 Minutes
Thanks to ProBlogger’s Darren Rowse for sharing an excellent piece by Laura Roeder on making deals with bigshots in 10 minutes. Here are some highlights of Laura’s advice, which is sound and absolutely worth following, because no matter how great you...
01-28-2009, 8:00 AM by
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Economic Downturn Humbles - But Does Not Negate Needs of - Gen Y
I’d suspected as much, and then I read it in the Economist . Sometime between the beginning of the economic downturn and now, Gen Y has become unentitled. Says the article that confirmed my thoughts: Jessica Buchsbaum first noticed that something had...
01-26-2009, 8:00 AM by
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Book Review: Lead Well and Prosper
Nick McCormick recently sent me a copy of his new book, Lead Well and Prosper: 15 Successful Strategies for Becoming a Good Manager . I’ve read a lot of books on management, and too often they’re gimmicky and theoretical. What I liked about this title...
01-23-2009, 8:00 AM by
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Have You Taken the Myers Briggs Lately?
Thanks to my friend Jason Alba , this week I headed over to HumanMetrics.com to take the Myers Briggs personality test for free. I’ve taken the test before, but it’s cool to revisit it occasionally to see if the results are the same. In the interest of...
01-21-2009, 8:00 AM by
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Are THEY a good fit for YOU?
In their eagerness to get a job offer, many prospective employees forget that they are making a choice too. Presumably they’re going to spend a good chunk of their lives with this organization, and yet they don’t take the time to really evaluate whether...
01-19-2009, 8:00 AM by
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A Global Perspective on Millennials at Work
In a soon to be published podcast with the fabulous Peter Clayton at Total Picture Radio , I discuss this new survey from Price Waterhouse Coopers that aims to provide a brief insight into the minds of the Millennial. While I’m not sure I agree 100 percent...
01-16-2009, 8:00 AM by
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5 Signs of Poor Productivity - And What to Do About Them
Some people are just not all that productive at work despite spending significant face time at the office. And the worst thing is, you might be one of those people and not even realize it. Check out some signs of poor productivity and what you can do...
01-14-2009, 8:00 AM by
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Work and Play on the Other Side of the World
I just received a press release about this incredibly cool overseas work opportunity, which my friend Lindsey Pollak also featured on her blog this week. Tourism New South Wales is sponsoring a contest to win a free working vacation in one of the greatest...
01-12-2009, 8:00 AM by
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Help! My Co-Worker is a Communist!
Back in the 50s, admitting you were a communist at work would be enough to land you in jail, so you’d keep your mouth shut. But nowadays, people will divulge any and all details about themselves to colleagues. The question is, what do you do when a close...
01-09-2009, 8:00 AM by
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Don’t Annoy People by Committing these E-mail Sins
For those of you who need New Years resolutions (and by the way, I’m not doing a post on career resolutions because I feel that topic has been substantially covered in the blogosphere already), here are two ideas for improving your reputation through...
01-07-2009, 8:00 AM by
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Laid Off NPR Reporter Uses Irony to Her Advantage
In September, Ketzel Levine, a senior correspondent for National Public Radio , came up with an idea for a series about how Americans were handling economic pressure. Called “ American Moxie: How We Get By ,” it began in early December. The subjects were...
01-05-2009, 8:00 AM by
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Book Review: Dig Your Job
G.L. Hoffman has long billed himself as the wise, older mentor. He’s behind the successful blog What Would Dad Say? , and like most highly educated fathers, he always gives excellent advice. G.L. is a 25 year veteran of the business world. He’s also a...
01-02-2009, 8:00 AM by
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My Work Life Balance is in Jeopardy!
This just in from a WCW reader: “Dear Alex, my new department works really hard. How can I maintain the work/life balance I’ve tried so desperately to attain?” One of my favorite managers used to say that perception is reality, and there is nothing stronger...
12-31-2008, 8:00 AM by
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2008 Career Lessons From High Profile People
For the third year, I was invited to weigh in for Yahoo! Hot Jobs’ annual assessment of career lessons learned from high profile people. Here’s the article , and what I had to say about each of editor Tom Musbach’s picks: DO stay focused on achieving...
12-29-2008, 8:00 AM by
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Making a Case for Telecommuting
In order to encourage better work/life balance, and as a response to technology that allows workers 24/7 accessibility, many organizations are implementing telecommuting policies. In fact, according to The Telework Coalition , more than 45 million U.S....
12-26-2008, 8:00 AM by
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5 Ways to Be Productive Between Christmas and New Years
If you have to be at work during the “dead” week between Christmas and New Year’s, what are you planning on doing with yourself? For corporate employees, this is traditionally a time where people sit at their desks and twiddle their thumbs because the...
12-24-2008, 8:00 AM by
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Should You Take a Voluntary Severance Package?
Way too many of my friends and acquaintances have been faced with this dilemma recently: my company has given me the option of leaving the company voluntarily with a severance package that sounds pretty good. Do I take it and run, or stick around and...
12-22-2008, 8:00 AM by
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Book Review: The 29% Solution
Says Ivan Misner, the founder and chairman of BNI , the world's largest business networking organization: “It’s not Net-SIT or NeT-EAT, it’s Net-WORK. Successful networking is about learning how to work the networking process, not just letting it happen.”...
12-19-2008, 8:00 AM by
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Free Agency: Are We Talking Near Future or Far Future?
If the journalism world is any indication, one would think free agency is just around the corner. I’ve heard through word of mouth that nearly a dozen of the top media outlets have announced layoffs in the last month, and lately, when I do an interview,...
12-17-2008, 8:00 AM by
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Should You Accept a Counteroffer?
My friend Anita Bruzzeze has a terrific post on the perils of accepting a counteroffer. You might not think this applies to too many people in this rotten economy, but you’d be surprised. The counteroffer dilemma is something that faces nearly every halfway...
12-15-2008, 8:00 AM by
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