NEWSFLASH: No one cares about your resume. What’s that you say? You’ve spent hours perfectly crafting every word in order to make yourself look fantastic on paper? You even read my advice on resume building? That’s very kind of you, but I repeat, no one cares, and here are 5 reasons why. Resumes are boring. No ... Read the rest »

I’ve never been much for the “standard” way of doing things, because I know if I put my own style behind it it’ll be more memorable. So this post is a blend of a standard blog post and a parting or “keep in touch” letter to my colleagues, in which I out myself as a ... Read the rest »

It seems like there are too many young people worrying these days.  As I checked Facebook on New Years I read way too much of the “Thank God 2008 is over!” or “2008 Sucked! Let’s hope for a better ’09″ status updates.  Quite frankly, 2008 was a pretty good year for me.  Mary and I ... Read the rest »

Today I did something that I haven’t done in over a year: I Googled my own name and the reality of my e-life slapped me across the back of the head pretty good.  In the past the results have yielded a famous Australian blogger (who owns my name’s domain name), a magician, a wikipedia article ... Read the rest »

He stares at me, mocking my every move, shaking his over-sized head every time I bang my desk in frustration, boredom, or even joy. I think about how he sees every moment as an opportunity to continue his Machiavellian rise to power, as he tells me “You are the Treasurer of this company.”   This makes ... Read the rest »

For the next few weeks I will be doing a series for recent grads called Getting a Job.  I want to cover things that are imperative to know going forward after graduation.  Chances are you didn’t learn these things in school, and/or your career development center at school sucked. The Resume: A 10 step crash ... Read the rest »

A couple months ago I walked into my bosses office after a few weeks of pure boredom in my job: “We need to talk,” I said, “I enjoy working for you, and I feel like I have gained a great deal of priceless experience, but I’ve been increadibly bored over the past few weeks and ... Read the rest »