Category Archives: Employment

You're hired, you're fired

Posted on December 20, 2007 by Rick Turoczy

Anyone who talks to me about their current corporate career will likely have heard me utter—likely innumerable times—my quintessential thought about staying in one place too long, “You’re not going to retire from there.” Truth of the matter is that … Continue reading →

Posted in Career, Employment, Firing, Hiring, Jobs | 7 Comments

Top 10 mistakes made when applying for the CSS gig

Posted on June 28, 2007 by Rick Turoczy

Ahem. It’s been awfully quiet around here, as of late. And for that, I apologize. Everyone is busy. Busy busy busy. But I’m rarely, if ever, too busy to chat with you, gentle reader. So why don’t we get to … Continue reading →

Posted in Employment, Kumquat, Perception, Recruiting | 18 Comments

Alma Pater

Posted on May 24, 2007 by Rick Turoczy

Follow me, if you will, through a little scenario. Let’s say you get a job offer. This job entails your spending four years attempting to complete a project. You can take longer. You can take less. But four years is … Continue reading →

Posted in Corporate Culture, Employment, Loyalty | 3 Comments

This American Dream Job

Posted on April 12, 2007 by Toby Lucich

I’m a big fan of This American Life, the NPR radio show (and now TV show) which is consistently great week to week. The most recent episode, called “Nice Work If You Can Get It,” showcases stories of people with … Continue reading →

Posted in Employment | 2 Comments

I Love My Job: New Interview Series

Posted on April 4, 2007 by Toby Lucich

We talk often on this blog about the quest to find work that is personally meaningful, much more that just a paycheck, and ultimately a job that is THE job — the one you’d prefer to have over any other. … Continue reading →

Posted in Career, Employment, Fulfillment, Meaning, More than a living, Purpose | 8 Comments

Employee types from Kathy Sierra

Posted on March 20, 2007 by Rick Turoczy

Okay, I know she’s using employee types to describe software applications. But, I mean, c’mon. Strip that away and you’ve still got some archetypal employee types. This is well worth the read: Creating Passionate Users: Is your app an ass-kisser? … Continue reading →

Posted in Corporate Culture, Employment, Truth, Workplace | Leave a comment

iFired

Posted on March 19, 2007 by Toby Lucich

Firing an employee is a sensitive thing. You don’t actually hear about a lot of people getting fired these days — layoffs, “RIFs” and other corporate double-speak for letting people go is more typical. Actually firing a person is (in … Continue reading →

Posted in Career, Communication, Employment, HR, Human Resources, Performance, Review, Wrong | 2 Comments

Working on the Information Assembly Line

Posted on March 5, 2007 by Toby Lucich

The report on the rise of small businesses noted in Rick’s recent post got me thinking about why people leave or avoid corporate jobs in favor of something more personal. Many of us aren’t interested in working for large globo-corp … Continue reading →

Posted in Career, Corporate Culture, Develop, Employment, Growth, HR, Motivation, Talent | 4 Comments

Are you reading Brazen Careerist, Penelope Trunk?

Posted on February 26, 2007 by Rick Turoczy

If you’re not you should be. Why? Well, for one reason, Brazen Careerist is good. Really good. All of it. Most everything Penelope Trunk writes. (She is part of 9rules, after all.) I’m serious. But today, especially, in this post: … Continue reading →

Posted in Career, Change, Employment, Experience, Fear, Success | 2 Comments

Kathy Sierra's bad marriage metaphor dead on for employees, too

Posted on February 26, 2007 by Rick Turoczy

You don’t need me to sit here and prattle on, yet again, about how much of a genius Kathy Sierra is. If you do, I’d be happy to do that. But I won’t until you ask. (Maybe I’m just tittering … Continue reading →

Posted in Corporate Culture, Employment, Hiring, Passion | Leave a comment