Are You Letting Great Ideas Bubble to the Top?
When I sit down to write, I allow my thoughts to wander. I ask myself, “Kathleen, what has caught your attention the most this week?” …And the phrase that keeps coming to mind is – profoundly disconnected. Here’s what we should all know by now. There’s a generational gap in the workforce that has caused […]
The Two Most Important Criteria for Getting Hired #thecandidate
It’s Candidate Experience week on Blogging4Jobs powered by the cool folks at Talent Circles. Check back this week to follow 25+ blogs published on Candidate Experience and follow the conversation on twitter at #thecandidate. You’ve just received the phone call. The interview is set for next week. Awesome! Now the only question is – How are […]
Setting Goals Beyond the Performance Appraisal
What motivates you on the job? The promise of more money and a nice title seem like the most logical choice to me. Is there supposed to be another answer? Most of us approach life from the attitude WIIFM – What’s In It For Me? …and then we decide how much effort we’re going to put […]
Tackling Your Next Career Change Head-on
For change? Are you still motivated to get up every morning and go to work? …Or are you just slowly slipping into depression? What’s your next career “chess move” in life? YEARS GONE BY Sometimes I wish things were the way they used to be. When I was fresh out of college, I was so […]
You Make Your Bed You Lie In It…
I’m divorcing from my kids. Well, maybe a legal separation. Seriously, when I stop and think about the current problems of the world I KNOW it’s the gridlock of – “How we were raised when we were kids” vs. “How we’re raising the next generation of leaders.” A few decades ago, we were all abused. […]
The Learning Curve of Life
I start a new job on Monday in a whole new industry – Insurance. The irony is, I don’t know a lick about rates, quotes, or collision; insurance was the last place I would have thought my next gig would be! So far in life, I’ve worked in 3 different fields: Accounting, Media Advertising (Sales […]
