By: Matt, October 18th, 2007
I read today on Secrets of the Job Hunt, referencing a Bureau of Labor Statistics study, that the average college graduate can expect to hold between 10 and 14 jobs by the time they turn 38. C.M. Russell, author of the blog, suggests that job hopping and free agency are the way to get ahead […]
Tags: career advancement, employer loyalty, entrepreneurship, job hopping, jobette
Posted in Entrepreneurship, Career Advancement |
By: Mick, September 20th, 2007
I am an entrepreneur and have been so for the last 10 years. With my trusted partner, we’ve been through several business models, traveled many paths and experienced various levels of success and failure. Both of us worked in the “real world” for a very short time - roughly two years - and our business […]
Tags: entrepreneurship, Generation Y, how to be an entrepreneur, how to start a company, ideas for companies, work life balance
Posted in Insourced, Job Search, New College Grads |
By: Mick, June 19th, 2007
…for never bothering to take that extra step to figure shit out. - Matt Taibbi, Rolling Stone.
That is the majority of a quote from an unflattering article about Rudy Giuliani and why he’s not the answer for president. But I liked it much more outside of that context and I think there is great truth […]
Tags: american culture, entrepreneurship, job search, tips for college graduates
Posted in Perspectives, Job Search, New College Grads |
By: Mick, May 15th, 2007
There’s an interesting article in Yahoo! Finance that discusses how Reaching the $5 Million Club Takes an Open Mind. The $5 Million plateau is significant because that is the generally accepted cut-off point for the wealthiest 1% of the nation. Once you have amassed $5 Million, you are truly among the fiscal elite. The article […]
Tags: entrepreneurship, risk takers win in business, risk to win, starting your own business, wealthiest one percent
Posted in Job Search, Entrepreneurship |
By: Mick, February 19th, 2007
I have seen a couple things recently that got me thinking about the concept of failure from the perspective of one’s career and/or professional aspirations. Having been involved in entrepreneurial pursuits since the infancy of my working life, “success” and “failure” have always been extremely fluid concepts, changing with almost every new realization, idea, […]
Tags: career advancement, career discovery, entrepreneurship, professional fulfillment
Posted in Perspectives, Job Search, Self Employment |