I was reading an article earlier today in USA Today about Katie Holmes. The article I read was http://usat.ly/LbVDg2. It is obvious that she is going through a change as she and Tom Cruise go through their divorce and their new lives apart from each other. Now I am not one to be focused on tabloids, but I do look for interesting articles that can bring insight into my life and this one did. In...

I recently went in for an interview with a very reputable company. I had prepared for this interview for hours. I did research on the company. I even met with a friend who knew all about the company for a couple hours going over history, product education and management structure. I wrote down all questions I thought they would ask me and wrote down how I would answer them. I thought that I had...

I had two experiences that helped me with my topic today. The first was I had an interview yesterday with a great company. The other was a relative of mine had recently jumped out into the job seeking world and posed a question on her facebook page. The question was, “Should I send a thank you letter to the person I interviewed with today?” The answer to her and the topic for today is YES....

The most enjoyable part of my life growing up was swimming and water polo. I loved those sports more than anything. The summer is coming around soon and the Summer Olympics will be upon us again. This is a great time for me as I watch the best in the world compete for their country. By July 2nd we will know who will be the swimmers representing the United States. One of those will be Michael...

As I am writing these articles about furthering your career or changing jobs, I think of one of my former colleagues. I will refer to him as Fred. The reason I share his story today is that he exhibits the best of changing careers. This is not a passive process. You must go after the change in career or job like you really want it. Fred was going through a career change at the end of 2011. Fred...