Executive order creates new employment opportunities for students and new grads

Posted on March 14, 2011
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I have always been assured by my friends who work for the government that, “The government is always hiring;” although, admittedly, recent government hiring has, and it seems, will continue to slow or even stop. Nevertheless, over the next decade the government will need to step-up its hiring efforts. With baby boomers retiring the government is finding itself in need of not just a few new employees, but what some might consider an entire new workforce.  In fact, according to the Partnership for Public Service-run site Where the Jobs Are, the government is set to hire 270,000 new employees between FY2010-2012! Read more

When it’s OK to be late

Posted on March 10, 2011
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I can certainly attest to the fact that sometimes it is difficult to drop your work to go to a meeting. Although meetings are important—and therefore, should not be dismissed or brushed off—I have found it hard to pry myself away from my work; to find an adequate “stopping point.” I have found it so hard, in fact, that, in the past, I found myself working right until the last possible moment, when coworkers, irritated by my absence and ready to start the meeting, begin to shout my name from inside the meeting room, beckoning my presence. There is a thin line between waiting until the last moment to go to a meeting and being late, and in the past, I artfully straddled that line, but not always. Keeping this in mind, there are a number of factors you should keep in mind when debating whether to go to a meeting early, or risk being late. Read more

What we can learn from celebrity stars and has-beens

Posted on March 7, 2011
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The celebrity universe is full of rising and falling stars. With scandal as pervasive as acts of charity and goodwill, we often look at celebrities, and their lives, as sources of entertainment instead of instruction. The truth is, every human life is a narrative from which we might learn something. The difference is, celebrities (some begrudgingly) live public lives; putting themselves into perhaps unfortunate situations, which, because of their status, are laid bare for the world to see, talk about, and toil over. And although celebrity gossip and news quickly floods and then leaves our memory (today Kate Gosselin, tomorrow Kate Middleton), there are some celebrity career stories of great success and hardship from which we might derive tips about how, for example, to save a career drawing dangerously close to the precipice, or how to re-launch your career after a few severe professional missteps. Read more

See you at the watering hole

Posted on March 3, 2011
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The workplace kitchen is the modern day equivalent of a watering hole—a place where diverse species of animals can collect to escape the oppressive heat of the afternoon sun. Its modern day equivalent, the lunch room, is one of only a few places in the workplace where workers can relax, and enjoy the company of their colleagues. However, like animals at a watering hole, who inch closer and closer to its shores to come into contact with its nurturing waters—forgetting for a moment the threat of crocodiles which lurk just beneath the water’s calm, serene surface—employees at their watering hole must too be on their guard. Employees must be cognizant of how their actions within this context may impact their career. Caviler or reckless behavior could prove perilous, and the consequences of such behavior could be quite severe. Read more

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