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07/11/2025

Professional relationships are just as important as any other facet of your career, but too often neglected because, let’s face, it’s not glamorous or particularly fun. And yet, it’s really, really important, especially in a moment like it is now when the job market is in a freeze.

Professional relationships are just as important as any other facet of your career, but too often neglected because, let’s face, it’s not glamorous or particularly fun. And yet, it’s really,...

09/11/2024

Not to pick on a particular employer, but I just came across this job posting, and if I'm confused, I can only imagine how baffled job seekers are:

*Listed in Coral Springs Florida
*Platform advertises itself as the "world's #1 source of full-time remote jobs"
*The job description indicates it's a full-time, in-person role in Austin

09/01/2024

Are You Suited To A Career With A Private Equity-Owned Company?

A recent article in Forbes chronicles the rise in popularity of private equity . According to the article, as of 2021 private equity firms accounted for 20% of U.S. businesses, and between 2016 – 2021 the number of firms increased 58%. As the name implies, private equity invest money to buy busine...

06/18/2024

Leadership comes in many forms, and in today's environment of smaller, "flatter" organizations, mastering Cross-Functional Management is essential toward driving your career growth.

Join me online this Thursday, June 20 for this free webinar presented by the BU Alumni Association webinar! The link to register is below. See you then!

Thursday, June 20 | 12–1 pm ET

04/15/2024

Sometimes the hammer is going to come down and there is little you can do about it.

During your professional life, you are likely to encounter circumstances that are beyond your control. Even at times of personal achievement and success, such as positive performance reviews, promotions, and compensation increases, you may be caught up in a sudden upheaval. Buyouts, mergers, acqui

04/13/2024

Yes, that job posting you're looking at online is probably the real deal, and not some "phantom" job. Here's why.

Applying for a new job can be a labor-intensive process that seemingly takes place in a vacuum. No matter how organized you are, no matter what personal goals you set and meet (e.g, five applications a week), no matter how many people in your network you tap, sometimes the response is silence. What....

03/26/2024

If you want an occupation with iron-clad job security and salaries rising to historic heights, look no further than accounting.

If you want an occupation with iron-clad job security and salaries rising to historic heights, look no further than accounting – there is a widespread shortage of accountants in the U.S. market. Over the past twenty-five years, the number of people choosing to become accountants plummeted while de...

03/21/2024

Cross-functional leadership can be your ticket to accelerating your career. It can provide you an opportunity to work across departments, indirectly manage people who have different skill sets and personalities than you, provide you with new work experiences, and if your project goes off successfully, it can elevate your profile (and hopefully your future) inside the company.

“Cross-functional leadership” is the way of today’s leaner, meaner working world. Sometimes referred to as “matrixed leadership,” the best way to understand cross-functional leadership is to walk through a real-life example. Let’s say you work for a company that decides to invest in a co...

03/03/2024

Imagine that as you walk into a job interview, before meeting the hiring manager your potential employer asks you to sign a Non-Disclosure Agreement (NDA), and at first glance, it’s a pretty onerous legal document. If you don’t sign, the interview is over, and your candidacy ends. What’s going on? What do you do?

Imagine that as you walk into a job interview, before meeting the hiring manager your potential employer asks you to sign a Non-Disclosure Agreement (NDA), and at first glance, it’s a pretty onerous legal document. If you don’t sign, the interview is over, and your candidacy ends. What’s going...

02/23/2024

How long you should stay in a job is based on contradictory realities: potential employers will always be wary of applicants who they perceive as job hoppers and those same employers will dump you in a heartbeat if it’s good for their bottom line. To walk this tightrope, you must simultaneously look out for #1 (that’s you) and approach your job with long-term strategic thinking.

Except for the “return-to-the-office vs. work-from-home” tug of war, the labor market seems to have snapped back to its normal ebbs and flows. And with that comes self-reflection on your career, including the determination of how long to stay in a job before you jump to another one. A recent pol...

02/16/2024

The trick is to remember that AI can do a lot of great things. It really can. But it is incapable of inherently knowing you.

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