Category Archives: Job Search

When asked, most peo­ple will reply to that ques­tion with “I work for XYZ Cor­po­ra­tion.” In real­ity you work for a per­son, a boss. CNN Money reg­u­larly pub­lishes the list of the best com­pa­nies to work for in the coun­try such as Zap­pos, REI, Google, and Weg­mans Food Mar­kets. Okay, can you assume that you are auto­mat­i­cally going to be sat­is­fied and ful­filled with your work–that the peo­ple around you and your boss will sup­port who you are? What if…

In the recent Econ­o­mist Issue The world in 2012, Matthew Bishop tack­les an area of great inter­est to us–how to hire the best peo­ple. link here.

I read a dis­cus­sion with high school stu­dents in The NY TImes this morn­ing. Their per­spec­tive on the future is worth a look.