If you want to know what my five-year professional plan is, ask me what I do on a Sunday afternoon and not what’s ticking on my career clock.
By Lindsay J. Westley
I was in a job interview last week that was going well. I was connecting with my interviewers, I’d done my research on the position, and the job 
sounded like it would be a good fit for my writing skills and desire to mentor undergrads.
Then came the killer question:“Where do you see yourself professionally in five years?”
This question really only has three answers, and when posed to an ambitious Gen-Y candidate, none of them will make you look good. Here’s what I mean: Continue reading
by putting kindness to work.
she says. “You exude confidence by not being ashamed that you’re between jobs.” LinkedIn, which functions as an electronic resume, is a valuable tool to help you spread the word.
got tossed in a stack of hundreds of other resumes. Or maybe—just maybe—it’ll find its wayto the hiring manager’s desk.
with our best faces forward, whether it’s through photos of ourselves smiling atop Machu Pichu onFacebook or being endlessly clever on Twitter. And since we all know we’re guilty ourselves, we commonly cut each other some slack when someone’s vocabulary, say, isn’t as extensive in real life as it is online. 
Unfortunately, your LinkedIn profile may not be helping you to create those connections. 
In 1955 IBM’s legendary CEO, Tom Watson Jr., gave my mentor, Louis R. Mobley, a blank check and carte blanche to create The IBM Executive School. Fresh from successfully implementing IBM’s first supervisor and middle management training programs, Mobley confidently set about churning out executives as well.
improve myself. I would be honored to work with your firm and hope I am blessed with the opportunity?”
author Shawn Parr joins a long list of commentators, psychologists, authors, and consultants who’ve used that dietary line to argue that company culture is a greater determinant of success than competitive strategy.