http://www.thommitchell.com Navigating through the intersections of business and technology Sun, 05 Feb 2012 22:15:18 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.thommitchell.com/2010/02/24/beware-of-clms/ http://www.thommitchell.com/2010/02/24/beware-of-clms/#comments Wed, 24 Feb 2010 20:07:55 +0000 Thom http://www.thommitchell.com/?p=906 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 [...]]]> http://www.thommitchell.com/2010/02/24/beware-of-clms/feed/ 0 http://www.thommitchell.com/2009/10/19/your-first-hire-as-a-manager/ http://www.thommitchell.com/2009/10/19/your-first-hire-as-a-manager/#comments Mon, 19 Oct 2009 14:19:57 +0000 Thom http://www.thommitchell.com/?p=445 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. It may happen [...]]]> http://www.thommitchell.com/2009/10/19/your-first-hire-as-a-manager/feed/ 0 http://www.thommitchell.com/2009/10/14/resume-pruning/ http://www.thommitchell.com/2009/10/14/resume-pruning/#comments Wed, 14 Oct 2009 18:14:23 +0000 Thom http://www.thommitchell.com/?p=423 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 [...]]]> http://www.thommitchell.com/2009/10/14/resume-pruning/feed/ 0 http://www.thommitchell.com/2009/07/22/job-application-evolution/ http://www.thommitchell.com/2009/07/22/job-application-evolution/#comments Wed, 22 Jul 2009 18:20:31 +0000 Thom http://www.thommitchell.com/?p=237 Applying for jobs has changed a lot in a relatively short period of time. Not so long ago everyone went to the print shop and printed up their hard copy resume in bulk with no customization for a specific job. That was what the cover letter was used for. And a company posted their openings [...]]]> http://www.thommitchell.com/2009/07/22/job-application-evolution/feed/ 0 http://www.thommitchell.com/2009/05/12/jack-of-all-trades-and-master-of-quite-a-few/ http://www.thommitchell.com/2009/05/12/jack-of-all-trades-and-master-of-quite-a-few/#comments Tue, 12 May 2009 17:19:06 +0000 Thom http://www.thommitchell.com/?p=75 A recent Blog entry by Steven DiMaio struck home for me personally because I have a wide variety of skill sets and a large number of work experiences. This is usually a  very good thing because I can usually make connections between disparate tasks and industries striking to the heart of issue quickly providing resolution to [...]]]> http://www.thommitchell.com/2009/05/12/jack-of-all-trades-and-master-of-quite-a-few/feed/ 0