Career

Writing a resume is not a great deal of fun. There are the old ways of doing things, the new ways of doing things, and a dozen different "expert recommended" ways of doing things. In today's times it pays to have your resume stand out. After all, you usually need to rise to the top of a stack of hundreds of resumes. However, you don't want your resume to stand out in the ways that the ones I am about to share with you do. Don't make these best of the worst resume mistakes on yours.  Read more

Except when she can't be found. Except on those days when your mind is as blank as the page or screen in front of your eyes. Except on those days when your creative process is on strike. Days when words stick like super glue to the ends of your fingers — they won't flow from your hand to the page.  Read more

The reason why a brand is necessary for survival is because it doesn’t just promote, it filters and curates. As the distribution barriers collapse and more and more people publish online, readers need to know where to go and who to trust in order to find great material without sorting through all the crap. If readers trust you, and your well-defined creative vision, they will go to you to find cool stuff to read, and also to share and recommend to their friends.  Read more

LinkedIn isn’t Facebook -- and that’s a good thing. LinkedIn’s audience is older, richer, better educated and more male than both Twitter and Facebook’s -- basically a reflection of who holds the power in business. While it may be annoying from a social perspective, when you’re networking, having access to this power base is quite helpful.  Read more

Unlike those 2015 commenters, I've watched the story unfold from the front lines. The comment section reveals exactly what you'd expect: Everyone has "good ideas" when they're comfortably employed. But as someone who knows them personally, it has been terrifying to watch their situation continue week after week. It has been a reminder of how thin the line is separating the employed from the unemployed. In this economy, there are no guarantees for employment. Top-tier education, excellent references, years of job experience -- none of these things ensure that you'll move easily to a new position once downsized.  Read more