Career Opportunities

A collection of career items I found interesting this week.

• Mind Control Marketing: How to Quit Begging and Make People Want to Help You | Copyblogger – August 22, 2011

A collection of career items I found interesting this week.

• Executives and fake decisions – July 21, 2011 – You can be faced with this outside the executive suite, too. I find I am often presented with questions by people who have already made up their mind and are only looking foe further support for their position. This makes it very awkward when I don’t agree with them. I also find it a great waste of my time. Avoid doing it, or being on the receiving end of it, at all costs.

A collection of career items I found interesting this week.

• Working well with interns — was Intern, Get Me a Campari! – July 15, 2011 – An excellent article on making sure both you and your interns get the most out of the relationship. Some really good advice here.

A collection of career items I found interesting this week.

• Waiting for the fear to subside? – Don't! – July 11, 2011 – As someone who is not always the most fearless, Seth’s reminder is a great thing to put on my desktop so I don’t let the fear overwhelm me. There is also a great series of books, Feel the Fear and Do It Anyway (and others) than can help you overcome the paralysis that sometimes accompanies the fear.

A collection of career items I found interesting this week.

• 47 percent of employers plan to add workers by year’s end – July 7, 2011

Get a jolt of support this morning with this short video – 29 ways to stay creative. I do most of them, but could certainly do better at others.

What are you going to create today?

29 WAYS TO STAY CREATIVE from TO-FU on Vimeo.

A collection of career items I found interesting this week.

• Would Ralph Waldo Emerson wear wool? – May 25, 2011

A collection of career items I found interesting this week.

• Career Rule #1 – "I Don't Do That" – May 11, 2011 – Rule #1 in this list is so, so important. (Don’t do something that you don’t do) I have had to be careful over the years and I haven’t always abided by the rule — much to my detriment. You’d be well advised to know when to say you don’t do something and stick with it.

A collection of career items I found interesting this week.

• My favorite new website: Loosecubes is the global workplace – May 6, 2011

A collection of career items I found interesting this week.

• Tales of the Revolution: True Stories of People who are Poking the Box and Making a Difference ~ By: Seth; Godin – April 19, 2011