Posts Tagged ‘jobs’

Job Descriptions Can Be Stupid

Friday, October 16th, 2009

I contend that people think, act, and express their passions at work in ways that don’t always fit into rigidly-defined department or job description boundaries:

  • Someone on the accounting staff may be a stud PHP programmer.
  • Someone on the web team may also be a phenomenal print designer.
  • Someone in marketing may have built the next killer app in his/her spare time.

But we’re often bound by our job descriptions, forced into completing only the tasks  we’re assigned in that proverbial big binder we all got on our first day. This, I think, is a shame.

Age Discrimination isn’t just for Grandpa (Guest Post)

Friday, September 11th, 2009

If someone tells you ageism does not exist in the workplace today they are lying…

Background: I recently had the honor of writing a guest post for Abby Wambaugh. Excited to add some snark from another voice, I asked her to reciprocate. Excluding projects like ideaAnglers, this is the first time that I’ve asked someone to return the guest-post favor.

The Silent Interview: 3 Simple Ways Social Media Helps Job Seekers and HR

Tuesday, July 7th, 2009

With constant tales of people either (1) getting hired because their online presence is so phenomenal or (2) posting stupid things and getting caught, there’s no doubt that social media is factoring into the hiring process.

But it’s not always simple for HR. Chris Penttilla (@workplacediva) writes on Entrepreneur.com:

Social media sites have become an integral piece of the hiring puzzle; it’s how to leverage these sites most effectively as a recruiting tool that has companies scrambling.

Add corporate confusion to the already blurry professional/personal line in social media, and you’ve got yourself a real HR conundrum.

moving for a job?

Saturday, March 21st, 2009

As the economy remains in a slump, many of us are going to face the bitter reality of joblessness—whether it’s because we’ve been laid off, our companies have failed, or we’ve just graduated form college.

I’m continually assured that there are jobs out there somewhere, you just have be willing to relocate (check out this list of unemployment rates).

Which, depending on your life situation, may be either frightening or exhilarating.

For me, it was a little of both.

I moved from Nebraska to New York not too long ago. And I thought I’d share three things about my experience: