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Beware of CLMs
Posted by Thom in Business, Work Experiences on February 24th, 2010
Unfortunately most CLMs aren't this easy to recognize.
Recently a soon-to-be college graduate set up a networking meeting with me. I willingly agreed, not only because I enjoy helping people if I can, but also because I usually learn something as well. What surprised me was the lack of awareness this individual had about the realities of today’s professional world. Over the space of one short meal he made five CLMs. CLMs for those of you who don’t know stand for Career Limiting Moves or Career Limiting Mistakes. And the worst part is that he is smart, hard-working and would be an asset to most organizations, once some of the rough edges are cleaned up.
Party Pic! More Lessons I’ve Learned From Work
Posted by Thom in Work Experiences on November 2nd, 2009
The all mechanical Nikon FM2 is still one of the most reliable cameras ever made.
I used to get paid good money to go to parties. In fact I made it my business to never miss the biggest and best parties at the University of Missouri. Of course I wasn’t there solely to have fun, I was paid to be there as a Party Pic photographer.
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Your First Hire as a Manager
Posted by Thom in Business, Work Experiences on October 19th, 2009
Saying these two words is almost as much fun as hearing them.
You always remember your first hire, especially when ultimately it’s your decision to make, and not one made by a hiring committee. Being promoted into a managerial role is a big step in every career – in addition to more responsibility, the work is usually more interesting and sometimes the pay and benefits are better.
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Promise and Pitfall of Resume Pruning
Posted by Thom in Technology, Work Experiences on October 14th, 2009
Being a substitute teacher required thinking on your feet.
There comes a time in every professional career when you must prune your resume to tell a more coherent story to potential employers, but that could cause a potential employer to miss the fact that you have certain skills and experiences which they are seeking. One of my strengths professionally is I have a variety of professional experiences to draw upon but that very strength can be a liability if an employer is looking for a standard career progression and isn’t used to seeing someone who has done a lot of different things professionally.
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Observations on Language Learning
Posted by Thom in Business, Education, Work Experiences on September 22nd, 2009
This is a great example of how Chinese writing has changed over time.
No one will ever accuse me of being a polyglot, but I’ve dabbled with quite a few languages: French, Latin, German, Japanese, Spanish, Portuguese, a little Russian and most recently Chinese, both spoken and written with the goal of becoming fluent enough to conduct business and read a newspaper entirely in Mandarin.
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