Careers: The Workplace

What I Came to Understand About Education The older I get, the more I understand that education is about much more than what happens inside a classroom. We are usually taught that you go to college to earn a degree, learn a profession, and hopefully find yourself a good job. All of that is true,

The Interview Is One Stop, Not the Destination One lesson I have learned about looking for work is that we can give one interview entirely too much power over our emotions. We walk into that room hoping this particular company will recognize our experience, ability, and potential. We prepare our answers, put on our best

What Are You Looking for in an Employer? There is one interview question that sounds simple, but I have come to see that it can reveal a whole lot about both the applicant and the employer. The interviewer may ask, “What are you looking for in an employer?” or “What would your ideal company be

Interviews Are About Value, Not Fancy Words I have learned that a job interview is not really a contest to see who can use the biggest words. The employer is trying to determine whether the person sitting across the table can solve problems and contribute to the organization. A candidate can have an impressive résumé

When Work Friendship Feels Like Real Friendship One thing I have learned about working with people is that spending eight hours together can make strangers start feeling like family mighty fast. You see the same faces every morning, drink coffee together, complain about the same problems, and laugh about things nobody outside the workplace would

When the Interview Starts Winding Down I have been through enough interviews and business conversations to know that what somebody says at the end can sometimes tell you as much as everything said in the beginning. You may have spent forty-five minutes answering questions, explaining your experience, and trying to show why you would be

What an MBA Can Give You The Master of Business Administration, better known as the MBA, has become one of the most recognized graduate degrees in the world. For generations, ambitious professionals have viewed it as a road into management, finance, consulting, entrepreneurship, and corporate leadership. I can understand why somebody wanting to learn business

A Changing Job Market For generations, we told young people that a college degree was one of the safest roads to a good life. I still believe education matters because a degree can open doors that would otherwise remain closed. But the job market has changed, and a diploma by itself does not guarantee employment,

Applying Online Is Only the Beginning Looking for a job today can feel like sending your résumé into a black hole. You may be qualified, experienced, and ready to work, yet hear nothing but silence. Sometimes an automated rejection arrives before you believe anybody had time to read your application. That does not always mean