It’s not the normal high-tech career stuff I usually talk about, but Aaron Ramsey of eApplicants.com sent me a note about the site he’s put together to help folks navigate the job application world of today’s top companies in retail, food service, and some other industries. As I looked around the information he’s gathered on…
“New platforms can be tools for connection with colleagues and outside experts, but can also serve as distractions while on the job” The results of the Pew Research study really tell us that social media is like any other tool, and yes I called it a tool. You can use it to get information and…
If you watched the NFL Draft on Thursday night, you may have caught Gatorade’s commercial tribute to Peyton Manning. If you didn’t, you can see it here: As I watched it, the one thing that jumped out at me was that all of these people who had handwritten notes from Peyton that they had…
That’s the message from the latest ILTA Publication – Litigation and Practice Support: A Career in Metamorphosis. There’s a lot of good information in there. I’ve only started browsing the articles but much of it resonates with what I’ve been seeing, and saying. The field has gotten much more technical. It had to. The key…
“The thought that networking would be one of the most important aspects of my career never occurred to me. It wasn’t until much later that I understood what people were saying. The problem wasn’t that I was a bad networker, it was that I was following a recipe that was just not made for my…
“Aside from salary, career development (33%) and work-life balance (25%) were cited as the most important factors for employees when considering new roles. However just 14% of employers said that work-life balance was important when attracting staff. According to the results, 43% of legal employees said their work-life balance was average or below average. Meanwhile…