Articles in Career Management
The Smart Lemming recommends these Harvard Business Review podcasts for managing your career:
HBR IdeaCast 4: The Joys of Deliberate Mistakes and “Middlescence” with Tamara Erickson
HBR IdeaCast 17: Science Business and Be Your CEO with …
With so much valuable information on personal brands in book and blogs, don’t lose the forest for the trees. Personal branding ≠ career management. I repeat, personal branding by itself is NOT managing your career.
You have only a few seconds to make a good first impression. Packaging matters in the workplace, and you are a package. The image you project influences the way others perceive you. Everything about you from your shoes to your hairstyle to your wristwatch communicates some kind of message.
The first in The Smart Lemming’s new series “What NOT to Do in a Job Interview” (yes, sadly, there are so many dumb things people do in job interviews that it warrants an entire series), …
To get your next promotion, you have to learn how to take initiative, have patience, master your body language, and not burn bridges. Don’t walk over peers and superiors either.
“The Best of Both Worlds - …
Intelligence, certainty, and confidence contribute to a successful career. How communicate with others, specifically speak to others influence how others perceive us. But what does tone have to do with our communications with others? Everything. …
I was inspired by Mike Sansone’s post “The 6 Ps of BizBlog Practice.” His 6 Ps model was easily transferable to managing your career. I call it the 6 P’s of Career Management. It’s a …
10 Ways to Actively Manage Your Career Now
All the Advice on Happiness You’ll Ever Need in One Post: Mr. Zen, Leo Baubuta, has compiled his favorite articles on happiness. Everyone knows that happiness is a …
The U.S. lost 467,000 jobs in June, pushing the national unemployment rate of 9.5% to its highest point in 26 years. If you still have a job, then now is the time to assess your …
“Please don’t promote me! It’s stressful.” First of all, what?! I always felt like doing cartwheels or something when I was promoted. When I read “Please Don’t Promote Me” by Joseph Weber, I did a …
Smart Lemming Actions Items lists 10 New Book Releases to Proactively Manage Your Career Now.
SmartLemming.com highlights five career management articles on how to hit the ground running in your new job, how volunteering can lead to your dream job, how meetings are useful contrary to public opinion, how white collar workers can find the best blue collar work, and how the five stages of decline impact great companies.
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 …
We’ve all done it. We’ve looked for another job while still employed at our current company.
During this recession, workers are keeping one eye on the job market and the other eye on job security. It’s …
10 Action Items to Proactively Manage Your Career Now
1. Don’t Know Your Next Career Move? Write a Five-Year Strategic Plan: write your mission, vision, and values in your strategic plan to help you discover your …
