Shortly after college football coach George O’Leary was named the head coach of the Notre Dame football team, it was discovered that he too lied on his resume.  Subsequently Notre Dame, which is known for its high academic standards, immediately terminated O’Leary. Since the story broke last week of Yahoo CEO Scott Thompson Lying on [...]

“Stay foolish. Stay hungry.” – Steve Jobs A friend of mine shared this with me yesterday on Facebook.  A friend of mine that I consider to be very intelligent and is working on a cool startup called doccaster. This post isn’t about him.  This post is about the Apple new hire letter that he shared [...]

One of the best articles I’ve read in a while was posted on Mashable a couple of days ago.  The article specifically spoke to how luxury brands can better prepare for the growing number of affluent millenials. Millenials are individuals between the ages of 18 – 29. This growing segment yields more power and influence [...]

For those of us that work in the world of HR, Recruiting, Career counseling or the employment industry in general, we operate on a lot of assumptions.  By assumptions.  The biggest assumption of them all is that getting a job is the most secure way to establish stability and build a future.  Is this really [...]

Most of us have dreams of retiring some day.  What we do in retirement will naturally vary from person to person, but that dream is there nonetheless.  According to a recent survey conducted by CareerBuilder, it seems as if more and more individuals are deferring those dreams and opting to continue to work instead. Most [...]

According to the Sydney Morning Hearald, 5 Moroccan men set themselves ablaze in the capital of Rabat as part of large demonstration over the lack of jobs.  The men were part of the “University Graduates”, a collection of graduates demanding jobs. Moroco’s unemployment currently sits at 9.1 % (16% for graduates) , just a shade [...]

This past Wednesday, the internet went dark in protest of SOPA, the Stop Online Piracy Act.  Support to stop this bill was so overwhelming that many of its original supporters like Florida Senator Marco Rubio quickly shifted their positions. It was great to see the internet community both large and small rally around a cause [...]

Yesterday, Inc, had an interesting article on why psychology should play a bigger role in the hiring process.  I agree to a certain extent.  Obviously, you don’t want your office to resemble a loony bin, but I don’t want a bunch of people that look like and act like me to running around the office [...]

If you haven’t heard of SOPA by now, chances are that you’re going to hear about it at some point in time today.  Many websites are “blackedout ” today in protest of the proposed censorship bill.  Just go to Google, and you will see the iconic colorful logo blacked out. To provide a little bit [...]

We’re all familiar with the Apple’s products and Apple’s wildly popular retail stores.  Apple has redefinied everything from the MP3 player to what a retail experience should be. Even for a long time BlackBerry user and new Kindle Fire owner like myself, I enjoy walking into the lively, well lit Apple stores at our local [...]

For job seekers, this year is going to bring about some new job opportunities, but for employers it’s going to bring about a new set of challenges. As the number of new job opportunities begins to grow, employers are faced with a problem they haven’t had to address in a few years.  How to retain [...]