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Career & Money – Part 11: Retirement
Sorry for the delays in the last installment of the Career & Money Series but here she Planning for retirement. It is a phrase that can confound the best of…
Weekend Entrepreneur: If You Really Want Something Done, Find a Busy Person To Do It
I recently spoke with Michelle Anton, co-author of Weekend Entrepreneur: 101 Great Ways to Earn Extra Cash, who shared with me her ideas about what some call achieving "balance" for…
Financing Studies Abroad
The British Pound currently converts to a little over two dollars, and the Euro is climbing toward one and a half dollars. With rates like these, making the decision to…
Just Lost Your Job? Top 6 Things You Need to Do Now
You just got laid off or fired. You are shocked to say the least. You are not alone. It happens to thousands of people each year. What do you need…
Gay Executive Life: the Politics of Early Days
As a newly-hired gay executive in a huge global company, how much do you reveal about yourself, and to whom? Your first moves could make or break your career with…
Acknowledging Something Queer on a Resume
Now that I'm out of a job, there will be times I feel compelled to address career topics as they arise in my own job hunt. The first topic that…
Gay Executive Life: Relocation
So last time I wrote about the long, drawn-out process of interviewing as a gay executive, including the day of fun (not) psychometric testing. In the end, I got the…
Brazen Careerist Lesson #5: Professional Wandering
"Not all those who wander are lost." -- Tolkien Here are my final thoughts on the Brazen Careerist by Penelope Trunk. This post is actually a continuation of Lesson #3:…
Gay Executive Life: Interviewing
Earlier in my career, job interviews were pretty straightforward: meet with the would-be boss and possibly a few other folks, all on one day, and then wait to hear if…
Career & Money – Part 10: Work & Happiness
"There is no happiness if the things you believe are different than the things you do." -- James Arthur Ray Can a career or job make you happy? Nope. Even…