Category: Article

  • How Not To Suck At Interviewing For A Job, Part I

    How Not To Suck At Interviewing For A Job, Part I

    Congratulations, you’ve made it past the first hurdle. You’ve gotten past the gatekeepers, resume screeners, candidate tracking systems, and have gotten a call or email that someone would actually like to talk to you about hiring you for a job that they have open. Now, let’s not kid ourselves – even though you’ve made it…

  • Don’t Be That Guy – Distracted Guy

    Don’t Be That Guy – Distracted Guy

    “If I show up at your door, chances are you did something to bring me there.” – Martin Blank, Grosse Pointe Blank. This blog hit me like a ton of bricks this past weekend. I was playing baseball with my 7-year old daughter, and while we were out happily having a pleasant Father-Daughter moment tossing…

  • Live Broadcast Tonight: Beer, Nain Rouge, Empowering Women and More for 2/2/2015

    Live Broadcast Tonight: Beer, Nain Rouge, Empowering Women and More for 2/2/2015

    Rise and shine campers, and don’t forget your booties because it’s cooooooooooooooold out there!  It’s Groundhog Day, and the little varmint saw his shadow so there’s another six weeks of winter on the horizon. I’m sure you’re all as thrilled about that as we are at this point.  It could be worse…unless you’re a Seattle…

  • The Awkward Moment

    The Awkward Moment

    “If I show up at your door, chances are you did something to bring me there.” – Martin Blank, Grosse Pointe Blank. Every now and then, one of us does something that merits a little self call-out. Bob owned up with Drunk Guy, and so now it’s my turn with The Awkward Moment.  Now you…

  • The Dating Corollary: “It’s Not You, It’s Me” (hint: it’s you)

    The Dating Corollary: “It’s Not You, It’s Me” (hint: it’s you)

    As mentioned in the introduction (and you read the introduction, right? No? Go read it over here), in the first follow up (and you read that one too, right? No? Go read it over here), then in the next one about counter-offers over here, and we even covered how to handle a break up over…

  • Career Lessons You Missed from Fast Times at Ridgemont High

    Career Lessons You Missed from Fast Times at Ridgemont High

    “Well, naturally something happens. I mean, you put the vibe out to 30 million chicks, something is gonna happen.” – Mark Ratner, Fast Times at Ridgemont High It brought us inside the worlds of high school, the mall food court, and taking a date to a grown up restaurant. It’s the movie that introduced us to…