Career Advice & Insights

Steve Hunt and his wife tried running their own bed and breakfast but found they preferred corporate corridors. Steve Hunt and his wife were living the dream in sunny Florida after leaving the cold, snowy winters of Connecticut and their high-powered corporate careers to start a bed and breakfast. But something was missing. For the … Read More

It’s a buyer’s market out there. How can top-priced talent make its pitch? Is being cheaper really being smarter? Whether we are downsized or right-sized, unemployment in 2009 is not associated only with mid-level and lower-level jobs. It’s an egalitarian phenomenon. We all know someone who has been laid off, from the corner office to … Read More

“Green-collar” jobs are mostly springing up at companies that sell sustainability; the rest of the business world isn’t rushing to hire a new crop of green execs. In the media and in political pronouncements, much has been made of the promise of “green jobs” and the new “green economy.” Championed by President Obama and his … Read More

David White used Ladders and his knowledge of the market to land a CIO position near his home in Wisconsin. David White was under no illusions that his position as director of project management for a large Wisconsin health-insurance provider would be permanent. As a former consultant, 46-year-old White reviewed local and national job boards … Read More

It’s easy enough to say you want to work for an environmentally sensitive company or take advantage of the growing “green economy,” but both are hard to find, even advocates admit. What’s a green-collar job? The easiest definition is any job focused on sustainability: limiting a company’s consumption of natural resources and production of pollutants. … Read More

To pursue opportunities in the United States and Japan, Mark Suzuki needed two sets of tools. Mark Suzuki was working for a data-storage management company in Japan, looking for a job with the U.S. based company. Whether he’d end up working in the United States or in Japan was up in the air. So he … Read More

Operations take a big hit in recessions; but those skilled in teaching other operations managers how to work more efficiently will find big opportunities. In most professions, when people realize the light at the end of the tunnel is a train, the normal response is, “Uh-oh.” In operations management, it’s more like, “The shipment’s here … Read More

Striking the perfect balance between work and play is hard enough to do without family and health emergencies, much less a job search. To manage all the surprises that come your way, take a note from the families who have gotten through it all. For most of us, the work-life balance is a delicate one. … Read More

Face time still counts. Though the ease of e-mail is tempting, be careful not to perform these e-mail etiquette crimes. The inappropriate use of e-mail and texting is widespread and its effects are far-reaching. This ethical issue has the power to threaten the personal and professional development across all ages and industries if left ignored. … Read More