First Class or Not?
Some people are of the opinion that having a first class does not guarantee career or financial life success. Others suggest that coming out of school with weak grades makes it very ...
10 Zen-like Approach to Email
Life is one big negotiating opportunity, and first impression is ultimate. Whether you are the recipient or the sender – you are negotiating for some attention or trying to negotiate ...
Stop thinking like Secondary School Students
I’m often asked by final year students and recent graduates, the most important thing in landing a dream job in the Oil & Gas or Telecom sectors – we know people are ...
Leaving the Shadow of our Parents.
Much of my 26 years on earth has been a conscious effort to please my parents and to live up to their high standards. It was their call. Every thing had to be the way they wanted it. ...
Lessons From a Freelance Writer
How can I ever forget that look on my mother’s face when I told her I wanted to be a writer—a you-are-joking-aint-you kind of look. Her fears were in two folds: why don’t you ...
The Dreamer
I am going to rattle you with this letter so you better brace up. If you haven’t been taken to the cleaners in a while I am going to give you a good dose of remonstrating. ...
The journeyman ratchets up the blame game
“The best time to plant a tree was twenty years ago, the second best time, is now.”
-Chinese Proverb
Research (don’t ask me who conducted it, find out) has shown that ...
5 Benefits of Career Counseling
There are many benefits of career counseling to consider. It’s easy to feel confused when it comes to what type of career path to choose. With so many choices in jobs today, career ...
Review your Career
They say all that starts well, ends well. This applies to goal-setting and achievement in our careers. However, you might plan and things work out in unexpected ways, stuff does happen, ...
Are you Hirable?
If you are currently looking for work or thinking about changing jobs, it’s a good idea to do a self-assessment to determine if you are hirable.
Get Honest
When assessing your ...
Let’s analyze your Character
Interviewers are more and more using psychometric and aptitude testing during interviews as tools to help them decide on the right candidate. This is because it is recognized today ...
The many failures of my journeyman
Failure is an event, never a person.
~William D. Brown
Nothing seems to qualify me to pen lines on this page except failures; yes you read me right, blatant, rip roaring, humbling ...
