Tag Archives: career
Professional networker at his best…
Last week NYT profiled David Topus, who regularly gets on an airplane for the sole purpose of meeting potential clients there.
“It doesn’t really much matter where it’s going, he says, as long as the fare is right.”
I was surprised that he was able to engage so many people on an airplane without immediately turning them [...]
Getting started in Sales
How does one get started in sales? And what kind of sales? The old conundrum of starting any new career is that it’s hard to start without any prior experience to guide you along, and give you credibility when talking to someone about it.
When I was looking for my way into the profession, I focused [...]
The Decision to Change My Career
Recently, I decided to change the direction of my career. Well, not that recently. It’s been brewing for almost 6 months now, probably since I got married last August. Getting married really made me redirect my attention to what I was doing with my life, and I found that I wasn’t as happy with my [...]
No Recession For Me
Join No Recession For Me. I know I did.
Informational Interviews
While I was still in college, I went to listen to a panel of speakers, organized by my university’s career services department, to discuss “Informational Interviews.” After that panel, I went to an informational interview with one of the panelists and ended up meeting 4 people, I would have never met otherwise.
Here is one of [...]
Scholarship for Graduate School.
As I’ve talked about in a previous post, I am definitely thinking about going back to graduate school. I thinking about going to either business school or law school – or both.
This brings me to the issue of affordability. Graduate school will cost around $50,000, not to mention the opportunity cost of lost wages.
If I [...]
Is Law School For Me?
Recently I’ve been contemplating getting a law degree. For some reason I’ve never even considered the possibility until now, probably because growing up I didn’t know anyone with a law degree and the prospect of studying law seemed very remote.
I am not sure if I want to be a lawyer per se, but am [...]
New Job
I finally found a new job. I will be working for a large corporation providing employee health benefits consulting.
This was my first serious effort in job hunting. Before I’ve only had to ask. So, here are a few stats accumulated over the last 5 months:
32: employers resume sent to
14: interviews; 8 in person and 6 [...]
Looking for meaningful work