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Resume Tips from the Pros

Last year, an exasperated job-hunter sent his resume to career blog Jibber Jobber asking for help. Instead of responding immediately, the blogger compiled an impressive team of hiring managers and professional resume writers...

By Christopher Schonberger on 2/26/08
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Facebook Public Search: Good or Bad for Your Job Hunt?

If you're a member of Facebook, as of today, Zuckerberg & Co. are making limited details of your profile (e.g., name, picture) available to the public. Without even signing in, any user can search for an individual by name and will be presented with...

By on 11/19/07
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In a Nutshell: Career Planning

Mark Andreessen is the co-author of Mosaic, one of the original web browsers, and co-founder of Netscape. In this recent three-part series on his blog, Andreessen offers his advice on career-planning. It’s a little Silicon Valley-centric, but there are many useful pointers...

By Christopher Schonberger on 10/29/07
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Dealing with Insane Co-Workers

If your boss or co-worker is totally insane, can you have him or her institutionalized? It seems like a pretty clever plan—it’s late in the day, you’re hoping to get in a few good hours at the arcade later, but your boss is raving like an absolute lunatic. Instead...

By Christopher Schonberger on 10/26/07
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Responsibility: The Double-Edged Sword that Won't Kill Anyone

Apparently, love isn’t the only thing that can be lost in translation—the word nuclear, which is difficult enough to pronounce in English, mistakenly snuck its way into a report from a UN interpreter this week, exacerbating tensions between Syria and Israel...

By Christopher Schonberger on 10/17/07
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The New Dating Paradigm

Paradigm Shift #1: The office is the new bar

There was a time when office romance was considered anathema to a successful career. “Business and pleasure don’t mix,” said the conventional wisdom...

By Christopher Schonberger on 10/17/07
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Talkin' Bout My Generation...

In a recent Newsweek article called “Narcissists in Neverland,” Emily Vencat takes us Gen-Yers to task for making financial sacrifices early in our adult lives while forcing our parents to postpone their retirement to keep us going. She speaks to sociologist Jean Twenge...

By Christopher Schonberger on 10/12/07
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Touchdown!

On Saturday, the Division III Trinity Tigers found themselves on their own 39 yard line with two seconds left, needing a touchdown to defeat Milsaps College. For all intents and purposes, the game was done and dusted. But then...

By Christopher Schonberger on 11/28/07
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Cheddar Ted's Life Lessons

Ever since I joined the workforce, things literally ain’t the same for Gazo the Prankstas. What that means is I've started eating oatmeal regularly and actually writing out “hahahahahahaha” in e-mails and instant message conversations. I’ve also started behaving very appropriately in...

By Cheddar Ted on 11/28/07
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How to Travel for a Living

Ready to think outside the cubicle? Here are ten jobs that will take you places—literally.

Travel Writer
Now that most writer-editor...

By Jenny Williams on 9/07/07
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