“Fail, fail again. Fail better.” Samuel Beckett Recently I’ve found myself irritated (and that’s a nice way of putting it) when I see clients/friends/acquaintances who are not – as I see it—working to their potential. Luckily for… Read More
Interview Preparation: Know Yourself Originally published on Mrs. Professionalism July 17, 2012. Interview or visit to the dentist? Interview or an hour of traffic on your way home from work? Interview or working on… Read More
Advice for “Experienced” Job Seekers Let’s face it: if you’re an “experienced” job seeker, this means you’re often one of the older candidates – and being an older candidate can sometimes mean you make the… Read More
5, 4, 3, 2, 1, Happy New Year!! I’m imagining that many of you who read this headline thought my auto-send was terribly broken—that you were mistakenly getting my New Year’s missive on the 4th of July. Think… Read More
Redundancy Alert (Or ‘One More Reason Why Adele’s Song “Someone Like You” Drives Me Mad’) Just for fun (Remember, we all have different ways of making our own fun.) I keep a list on my iPhone of all the redundancies I bump into: in conversation,… Read More
How to Handle that (Hideous) ‘Softball’ Question In my line of work, a softball question is anything that’s so big you don’t know what to swing at. (In your day-to-day life, it might sound something like, “Read… Read More
5 Steps to Cleaning up your Online Identity By Ritika Trikha, CareerBliss Writer on June 5, 2012 Did you know that every time you tweet the deets or update your status on Facebook your brain gives you a… Read More
Don’t Hang Your Dirty Laundry Online As millions of new college graduates enter the job market, a few words about why you don’t want your dirty laundry hanging online, what to remove, and what to keep.… Read More
Let it Grow, Let it Grow, Let it Grow (Year Two) As (very few of) you likely remember, I wrote a piece last year on the hazards of growing grass, and the business takeaways I experienced as a result of indulging… Read More
Appropriate Attire for All Occasions What to Wear to Wow: I recently did another set of videos for eHow, this time the on “Appropriate Attire for All Occasions” What kind of occasions did I cover?… Read More