Category Archives: 9 to 5

Ways to Break Out the Administrative Job Cycle (Part 2)

If you want change, expect your career to be more like a mosaic with various bits making up a whole

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Ways to Break Out of the Administrative Job Cycle (Part 1)

Making more money may actually distract you from concentrating on your career. You’ll inadvertently spend time concentrating on the money aspect of a job you may loathe and not enough time transitioning skills into a career you want.

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Thin Lines Between Empowerment and Entitlement: Both are Necessary for a Good Career

Entitlement, frankly, is the other side of the empowerment coin.

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Thoughts on Gen Y, Innovation and Bucking the Trend

I think innovation will take on far more interesting and intricate meanings if it were approached this way.

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In Honor of My Last Day as an Unemployed Schlep (& How to Cope With the Shock of Employment)

Therefore, I have to distract myself with something else besides bemoaning all the Oprah I’ll miss and not being able to stay in bed until after 7 am.

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How to Use Your Talents for Evil

When you cannot present what you produce in a way that means something to you and the world – your talents are being used against you. This is evil.

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Self-Security is the New Entitlement

There’s limited resources and the illusion of limited resources. Whether or not the job market is as dire as everyone thinks, it won’t matter. Young people will stay at their jobs longer to hedge their bets by adding longevity to their job record.

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This Blog Will Not Help You

No one needs instructions on how to quit their job. If you need guidance for that, I’m wondering how you managed to become gainfully employed in the first place.

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