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Don’t Be That Guy: The Unprepared Graduate
I’ll spare you my horrific karaoke rendition of “the children are our future”. You’re welcome. One of the things that I did recently was a return engagement with a class over at Lawrence Tech. It’s something that I’ve done a few times now over the years, and I really genuinely enjoy it. Basically, it comes…
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How Not To Suck at LinkedIn: 2014 Edition
Bob gets an assist on writing this one. What started as an update to an earlier entry I wrote in 2012 became one of the presentations that we’ve done for several groups now, from MEDC’s Shifting Gears classes to an SMCD EDU event among others. Much like The 10 Commandments of Networking and The 10…
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Don’t Be That Guy: There Are No IT Jobs in Metro Detroit
“If I show up at your door, chances are you did something to bring me there.” – Martin Blank “Y’all gonna make me lose my mind…up in HERE, up in here” – DMX Got you all good and riled up with Part One of this rant, didn’t I? Bet you thought I was going to…
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The Recliner Principle
There really is nothing better than sitting back in a comfy, oversized recliner. Feet kicked up. Back tilted at just the right angle. Game on the big screen (Go Wings!). Snack of choice balanced perfectly on…let’s be honest…the stomach that’s just not quite as flat as it was 5 or 10 years ago. Heaven must…
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Lessons From A Child’s Toy
Inspiration comes from many places. I’d like you to imagine a standard workday. A day like every other day. A day when the sound of the alarm clock is akin to nails being dragged across a chalkboard. Not just any chalkboard either…the world’s longest chalkboard. A day after a night when you decided that sure,…
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The 7 Deadly Sins of Job Search
We gave you The Ten Commandments of Networking. We even gave you The Seven Deadly Sins of Networking. And then we gave you The Ten Commandments of Job Search. So now it’s time for the important follow up – The Seven Deadly Sins of Job Search…
