How can you not like Taylor Swift? She’s likable. She’s versatile. And she dreams big. We should all take a page out of her career management playbook. Speaking of young talented people, Suzy Welch has advice for college graduates, entering the workforce during this recession. Today’s economic uncertainty has changed how we manage our career, Herrick warns that we may sending signals that we’re a poor job performer, putting our job at risk. Check out his advice on how to avoid looking like a unproductive worker.  BTW, the government’s still hiring, find out the details at Forbes.com.

1. Advice to College Graduates by Suzy Welch: In your first job, you may have to settle for a job rather than landing your dream job. “Settle and love it.”
2. Government Jobs You Should Apply For Now: Tara Weiss at Forbes.com explains how America’s biggest employer is hiring. Here are some of the better opportunities at the moment. Check out the “In Pictures: Government Jobs You Should Apply For Now“
3. Can You Bulletproof Your Job?: MyGlobalCareer.com offers four basic principles on how to bulletproof your job.
4. Self-Discipline – A Key Ingredient When You’re Unemployed: Todd Bavol, The Job Search Ninja, shares how to maintain sense of self-discipline when you have been unemployed.
5. 5 things that make you look like a poor job performer: Scot Herrick at CubeRules.com explains how even when we aren’t a poor job performer, we often look like one.
6. Soaring Past Annoying Little Coworker Things: Lisa Rosendahl offers advice on how to ignore the little things that annoying coworkers do by taking the high road and staying above the fray.
7. The Welch Way: Release Your Inner Extrovert: BusinessWeek Columnists Jack & Suzy Welch say that introverts employed by large organizations often find they have to outperform colleagues just to hold their ground. What’s an introvert to do? Release the inner extrovert.
8. The Three Laws of Performance - Book Review: Chris Young explains the two reasons why you need The Three Laws of Performance: Rewriting the Future of Your Organization and Your Life: (1) the thoughts and stories you have create your future; and (2) the thoughts and stories your organization has creates the future for your organization. He reminds us that the future is ours to create.
9. Harvard Business Ideacast 132: Why Smart People Make Bad Decisions: Featured Guest: Sydney Finkelstein, author of “Why Smart Executives Fail.”
10. Be Likable and Dream like Taylor Swift: Swift’s brand is consistently positive, likable, and hopeful. Swift is a success story that dreaming big, having vision of self, being talented, relentless discipline can help you achieve your career goals.

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