Category Archives: Radical Career Change

Tips for a Resume Makeover

July 10, 2007 – 12:09 pm

I recently became acquainted with Abby Locke, a resume writer and personal branding expert here in Washington DC.  I am impressed with her approach to the resume as a personal marketing document.  Particularly the way she utilizes the resume in different contexts by creating documents to support meetings of various kinds.  In addition to the [...]

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Einstein’s Three Rules of Work

July 9, 2007 – 6:29 pm
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Networking You Can Count On

June 18, 2007 – 6:35 pm
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Keep Up Your Job Search in Summer

June 15, 2007 – 12:42 pm
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Cycles of Personal Productivity

June 11, 2007 – 10:17 pm

Here I am again, back after a few weeks away from this blog.  Since I started  blogging earlier this year I’ve become very aware of my natural cycle of creative productivity.  I’m noticing that every 2 months or so, I drop off the blog for 2-3 weeks.  It’s not even writer’s block, it’s more like [...]

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History of Retirement

May 15, 2007 – 3:20 pm

Yesterday after ranting about retirement (or lack thereof) I started wondering where this notion of retirement comes from.   
Turns out that retirement stereotype, with decades of financially independent leisure, is a relatively new concept.  Retirement was rare until around 1900 when workers began migrating from the farm to the factory and the Industrial Revolution [...]

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