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Entries from April 2008

Archive: Beware the Pundit - April 1, 2005

April 30th, 2008 · No Comments

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I am sure you have seen this before. A new technology is announced and it takes only moments before writers across the globe start to predict its demise. There is a [...]

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Elsewhere Online: Heads Will Roll: 17 Signs of Impending Layoffs - HR World

April 29th, 2008 · No Comments

Yep, yep, yep. Some of these might seem obvious, but I have seen others miss even the most obvious signs of layoff.
You should always be watching out for yourself, so here are a few reminders of warning signs.
Heads Will Roll: 17 Signs of Impending Layoffs - HR World
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Organizing can be a great boost to your career

April 25th, 2008 · No Comments

Organizing can be a great boost to your career
By Douglas E. Welch

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Meetups are everywhere and the topics they support include technology, sewing, writing and a thousand other things. You might even attend some of these meetups or other user group meetings or conferences on a regular [...]

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Archive: Get out of town - March 25, 2005

April 23rd, 2008 · No Comments

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Usually when we have the thought, “I’ve got to get out of town”, we are thinking about recreation – getting away from it all. While there is always some benefit to [...]

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An interview with landscape designer, Susie Duboise

April 18th, 2008 · No Comments

An interview with landscape designer, Susie Duboise

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Special Note: I want to highlight the listeners of Career Opportunities here on the web site. Send me a 100 word description of you and your web site and I will start to include them here. Email to career@welchwite.com.

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Archive: Entrepreneurs - March 18, 2005

April 16th, 2008 · No Comments

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What is an entrepreneur? How do you become one? Is it worth the time, energy and aggravation? Recently, Rob Spahitz, a reader of this column, posted to a discussion on the [...]

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Elsewhere Online: Johnny Bunko: The Last Career Guide You’ll Ever Need

April 14th, 2008 · No Comments

Ok, this trailer got me. Now I want to see the book. I hope it lives up to the video. It sounds like its sensibilities are very much in line with my own.
Johnny Bunko book trailer
Last week, my friend Dan Pink sent me a copy of his latest book, The Adventures of Johnny Bunko: The [...]

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Your job depends on those around you

April 11th, 2008 · No Comments

Your job depends on those around you
By Douglas E. Welch

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As many of you already know, in the corporate world, relations between departments can often be adversarial. Finance fights with creative, sales fights with manufacturing and almost everyone fights with IT. The problems that arise from this go much [...]

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Archive: Joining an IT Conversation - March 11, 2005

April 9th, 2008 · No Comments

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One of the most important ways of expanding your high-tech career is finding resources that can help you expand your knowledge beyond your immediate hands on experience. Sure, you can learn [...]

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Don’t air your troubles in public

April 5th, 2008 · No Comments

Don’t air your troubles in public
By Douglas E. Welch

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I could feel the chill as soon as I walked into the small bakery near my son’s school. I had come in to pick up a coffee, but ended up with this column. The chill had nothing to do with the [...]

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