Last week I did a program at the University of Iowa prior to an Etiquette Dinner.   This program is a freaking blast.  I just wish we would have had more time.  Here are a few things we talked about: Why The Job Market Is Going To Be The Hardest For 2010 / 2011 Graduates [...]

Last night I was chatting with @Claudinerenee on Twitter.  Claudine is a career services professional at Purdue.  She asked for input on how companies can recruit and attract Millennials with their job postings.   At the moment, I was desperately looking for a reason to procrastinate… Luckily, her question gave me the perfect excuse.  So [...]

One year ago today I was in Florence with my girlfriend.  In fact, if you’re reading this and it’s the afternoon, we were probably walking by the place Galileo lived.  Fast forward to now:  Today I’ll be spending the afternoon in my cube reviewing 2009 marketing initiatives.  That’s how much my life has changed in [...]

Yesterday was a rough day at work.  We had to let 550 people go… Yuck.  For those that haven’t experienced this type of environment, take it from me… It sucks.  A lot of us had heard rumors that “cuts will be coming Tuesday morning.”  But none of us knew what to expect.  These RIFs (Reduction In Force) [...]

I recently wrote about whether or not I should get an MBA…  Yesterday I ran across this opportunity from Seth Godin. He’s looking for a few smart, nice, charismatic, fast moving, motivated people to be part of a six month program with him.  This is what the program will consist of: One hour a day [...]

If you’ve been following me on Twitter, you know that I’m in the middle of a large decision: Do I start an MBA or not? One of my favorite things about my blog is getting advice from people I know and look up to… So here are a few of my thoughts: Principal pays up [...]

I came to a realization a few weeks ago:  People treat others based on personality. I should have realized it when I was watching Harold and Kumar’s Trip to White Castle. Remember when Harold’s co-workers dumped all that extra work on him?  That’s because Harold was a pushover… until he stood up to them.  (Riding [...]

Since college I’ve had three major transitions in my life.  Going to college.  Studying abroad.  Getting a job. Transitioning to college was great.  Social interactions were easy for one reason:  we were all in the same situation. It was everyone’s first time being on their own and being in a new world that no one [...]

I spent last Tuesday night at a career fair in Madison.  Personally, I’ve always thought career fairs are entirely worthless. But after being on the other side of them, I realized that they’re only mostly worthless… I was expressing this opinion to a co-worker of mine and she said, “Well at least it’s a great [...]

I went to the Chicago New Media Summit on last Monday and Tuesday… but I didn’t do it the traditional way.  By that, I mean I didn’t pay… and I figured out how to make yourself the luckiest person at the conference. Here are a few tricks I learned that worked great: Volunteer – Instead [...]