Category Archives: Career

Good Karma For Your Career

Posted on March 29, 2007 by Toby Lucich

To add to the career management pile-on of Rick and Toby’s recent posts, I wanted to extend the “it’s not what you know” line of thought around networking. Forget standing around a dull conference hall or bad party with a … Continue reading →

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Every square is a rectangle, but not every rectangle is a square

Posted on March 29, 2007 by Rick Turoczy

And every time you engage in a job search you’re engaging in career management, but every time you engage in career management you’re not engaing in a job search. So says Matt (can I call you Matt?) Blevins, over on … Continue reading →

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Intel's 'Hard Knocks' Performance Reviews

Posted on March 29, 2007 by Toby Lucich

Mike Rogoway of the Oregonian writes today about the employee evaluation process at Intel, a Portland area employer of some 16,000 in the area alone. These evaluations, or Focals, drive reward and punishment at the area employer. Bonuses to probation, … Continue reading →

Posted in Career, Kumquat, Performance, Review | 2 Comments

What practical things do you do every day to manage your career?

Posted on March 29, 2007 by Rick Turoczy

Continuing the career management versus job searching conversation, Get that job offers some advice on how to keep managing your career, even when you’re happy with your current job. To wit: I try to do a little bit every day … Continue reading →

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Remember to have some fun

Posted on March 29, 2007 by Rick Turoczy

Much of the time, we at little ol’ More than a living tend to get on the soapbox a bit. Raining fire and brimstone down upon the modern day workplace. Its foibles. And its inadequacies. Sometimes that can seem a … Continue reading →

Posted in Career, Corporate Culture, Creativity, Fun | 1 Comment

How's your career road map coming along?

Posted on March 28, 2007 by Rick Turoczy

Today, Toby, Amy, and I sat down to discuss some of the future features and functions of Kumquat. Okay, I can hear you already. “Wha…? Why don’t you get the first one out the door before you go planning 18 … Continue reading →

Posted in Career, Kumquat, Product management | 6 Comments

Job Search or Career Management? There's a difference

Posted on March 27, 2007 by Rick Turoczy

Just stumbled upon a great post over on the JibberJobber blog, entitled “Paradigm Shifting: Job Search vs. Career Management.” It hits upon the same points about which we’ve been carping recently. You shouldn’t be looking for a job or working … Continue reading →

Posted in Career, Involvement, More than a living, Passion, Perspective | 4 Comments

Do you have a growth mind-set or a fixed one?

Posted on March 27, 2007 by Toby Lucich

What kind of employee would you prefer to have (or be)? A naturally intelligent one focused on performance, or a hard worker focused on learning and growth? According to Stanford professor Carol Dweck’s research described in her new book Mindset: … Continue reading →

Posted in Career, Develop, Failure, Growth, Performance, Success | 1 Comment

Should Rachel Ray work at KFC?

Posted on March 27, 2007 by Rick Turoczy

Toby and I have been chatting quite a bit about “personal brand” as of late. About its value to both you and your organization. But I’ve been struggling for a way to describe the value of personal brand in a … Continue reading →

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Performance Review Hard Luck Story: Number 237

Posted on March 26, 2007 by Toby Lucich

Here is a new “performance review hard luck story” for the files, courtesy of JoJo’s World: During my stay here for 2.5 months, my supervisor kept on changing. My leave approval and performance assessment is done by different bosses and … Continue reading →

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