Monthly Archives: April 2012

Free Kindle version – The On-Purpose Person by Kevin W. McCarthy

Mentioned on Seth Godin’s Domino Project blog today. Download your copy before offer expires. Kindle books are readable on nearly every computer platform using the free Kindle Reader software. You can also now read directly in your web browser. From Amazon.com… … Continue reading

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Acting and your career – Podcast

Given my focus on computer consulting and writing, it always seems to amaze people when I tell them that my college degree is actually unrelated to either of these areas. I graduated from Bowling Green State University with a degree … Continue reading

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Killer Innovations: Fighting the Corporate Antibodies by Phil McKinney

I have been listening to the Killer Innovations podcast since the beginning. Phil McKinney, former VP of Technology for Hewlett-Packard, is an expert on innovation and his podcasts always illuminate the thorniest innovation problems. After listening to this episode — … Continue reading

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Fire Me Now, I beg you! – great blog post and discussion

I came across this very interesting blog post and discussion thread today on Google+. Here is the original blog post that started the conversation. ROBBIE ABED’S PERSONAL BLOG: Fire Me Now, I beg you! In every situation I ask myself two … Continue reading

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Event: Goodwill Southern California Veterans’ Employment Program – Apr 17, 2012

Come Celebrate! Goodwill Southern California Veterans’ Employment Program 1 Year Anniversary and Job Fair Tuesday, April 17th 9am-11:00am Goodwill Southern California 342 San Fernando Road Los Angeles, CA 90031 All Veterans Welcome RSVP Required: Yvette Cowans, USN (Ret.) ycowans@goodwillsocal.org Auxiliary aids … Continue reading

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Los Angeles Machine Project Needs a Paid Intern for the Summer

I just received this in my Inbox. Machine Project is a cool place where cool people do cool things. (LAUGH) I have enjoyed quite a few of their events in the past and I think it could be a unique … Continue reading

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Look outside your industry for great new ideas – Podcast

“That’s not the way we do things here. That will never work in our industry. It wasn’t invented here so it can’t be any good. Things will never change around here.” How often do you hear phrases like this around … Continue reading

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CareerCampLA is just 14 days away! – Helping to Build the Career You Deserve!

http://careercampinternational.org http://careercampla.wordpress.com I would like to personally invite you to CareerCampLA 2012 which is happening Friday, April 20, 2012 at LA Southwest College. Register for your FREE tickets here CareerCamp is a community organized, career-focused, unconference which calls upon local … Continue reading

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Notes from #TChat on Talent Communities

Thanks to @ilovegarick, I checked into this evening’s #TChat – “At the intersection of talent and culture”, as it says on their web page. There was lots of talk about communities of all sorts, but especially about talent communities — people … Continue reading

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Counteroffer discussion on Google+. What do you think?

We are currently having an interesting discussion about counteroffers in the workplace over on Google+. Stop by and chime in with your comments. I would love to hear what you think. To join in, click the link below or Circle … Continue reading

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