Yesterday I told you about my adventure to the Midwest which didn’t quite work out except for picking up a rental property so let me tell you the rest of the story. After a disappointing year with a new employer, I found a new job relatively quickly in yet another Midwest state at a much…
Category: Careers
The Great Midwest
In late 2020, the company I was working for offered a very nice severance package to exit the company early and I took the money, ran, and quickly found a new job in a new state. The great part of the new job is that it came with a relocation package and the firm offered…
I Can See The Light At The End of the Tunnel!
I began my dual MBA program in the Fall of 2009 and it is now the Spring of 2012. I won’t be done this year but certainly next year. I could speed it up a bit if I took summer classes but quite honestly, I can only take the academic environment one semester at a…
Taking A Look At High School Boarding Schools
So we went to prep school fair this past weekend and ran into quite a few prep schools based mostly in the north east like Connecticut, Massachusetts, Vermont, a few in the south and a couple in the west. The few schools my oldest was interested including one in Hawaii (Hawaii Prep Academy) and one…
The Secrets Women Executives Tell Me….
I must have a face that reads, “Come and deliver me from my ills” because over the past four companies I’ve worked for I’ve had interactions with women executives that frequently come in my office (or theirs when I’m there) and confide in me some of the problems they perceive themselves as having.  I say…
Job Opportunties Picking Up
This week I received phone calls and e-mails about some potential job opportunities and that’s a tremendous increase from the near ZERO I got from January thru July.  In one week I was solicited six times with some potential opportunities so something is actually happening out there that is causing some employers to think about…
Why Are American Workers So Vain?
Here’s a story…Over the last few years I’ve traveled all over the world on business and not once while I was in India, West Africa, South America, Mexico or anywhere else I traveled did I encounter workers at our branch offices that had this mentality, “My job is so unique and I’m so special(ized) that…
If You’re Going To Get Laid Off, Ask It Be Done Quickly
There are so many states that are overwhelmed by unemployment claims that many can’t keep up. Worse yet, many states are starting to run low on cash to even pay claims so I can foresee a scenario where the first ones laid off get paid and last ones out get nothing.  It’s been three weeks…
Bloody Hell, I’ve Been Sacked!
I had such an interesting week that climaxed with my termination on Friday. There goes 200k+ in compensation out the window but I’m actually glad it happened. This was the second or third round of lay offs at the company and the way things are deteriorating, I won’t be surprised if there isn’t bankruptcy in…
Build A Career Out of A Job, Not a Job Out of a Career
It never ceases to amaze me the predicaments people get themselves into in the corporate world but during an economic crisis, it is vitally important that people understand the distinction between a career and a job. A job is: a small miscellaneous piece of work undertaken on order at a stated rate b: the object…