“The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over
and over and expecting a different result.”

Einstein’s quote is often used to motivate and inspire change. You’ll recognize it from Tucci Management’s ads encouraging practice owners to take action on their business objectives. For most of us mere mortals, making the changes necessary to follow [...]

The normally staid online magazine Slate ran a fascinating article recently about the impact on job searching of”Web 2.0″ — social networking sites like Facebook and Twitter.
It’s largely anecdotal, but there are some numbers worth noting. For example:
Every year, the employment consulting firm CareerXRoads conducts a survey of HR managers at large companies. The 2009 [...]

The Toronto Star’s career blogger Mark Swartz recently posted an interesting piece about applying for a job when overqualified. It’s not an unusual quandry, especially during a recession.
He has a piece of advice for anyone thinking of going this troute: look at it from the employer’s point of view and see if you want to [...]

When it comes to looking within, especially when we finds ourselves in an unhappy place in life, the question we tend to ask is, “where have I gone wrong?”
It’s not an unreasonable question to ask. However, all it does is point out mistakes we’ve made; it helps us locate the forks in the road where [...]