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“Anything worth doing, is worth doing right.” – Hunter S. Thompson
So when you look for job opportunities, do you just do a search based on job openings or do you have a “list”? If you are now thinking “what list?” then this post is for you. So, just like today’s quote, getting the right [...]
“The price of success is hard work, dedication to the job at hand, and the determination that whether we win or lose, we have applied the best of ourselves to the task at hand.” – Vince Lombardi
New Year, new start (right?)! Any resolutions? How many will you keep and how many will you break? [...]
“Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don’t matter and those who matter don’t mind.” – Dr. Seuss
The year is winding down and we will soon have the usual flood of “the best of” and “year-end top 1000 countdowns”. So, in case you’ve missed some of my posts [...]
“As technology advances, it reverses the characteristics of every situation again and again. The age of automation is going to be the age of “do it yourself”.” – Marshall McLuhan
I traveled down to Wall Street in NYC from my midtown location the other day having not been down there in a few years. I [...]
“It doesn’t matter how many times you fail. It doesn’t matter how many times you almost get it right. No one is going to know or care about your failures, and neither should you. All you have to do is learn from them and those around you because… All that matters in business is that [...]
“When the truth is found to be lies” – “Somebody to Love”, performed by Jefferson Airplane (written by Darby Slick)
Very tough times at work lately. So, in order to put some hope in my day, I went off and purchased a lottery ticket. I’m not sure about you, but for me buying a lottery [...]
“Just because nobody complains doesn’t mean all parachutes are perfect.” – Benny Hill
If you’ve been a long time reader of CareerAlley, you will notice that I’ve been including a fair number of “Top List” posts. This helps me shake up the content a bit but also provides readers with a quick hit list [...]
“I don’t look to jump over 7-foot bars: I look around for 1-foot bars that I can step over.” – Warren Buffett
You’ve had a late night and work and are headed to the subway and a very late dinner at home. It’s raining out tonight, so you decide to take an underground short [...]
“Perfection is achieved, not when there is nothing more to add, but when there is nothing left to take away.” — Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
So what exactly is an entry level job? According to Wikipedia (and this is an excerpt) – “An entry-level job is a job that is normally designed or designated for recent [...]
“Almost everything–all external expectations, all pride, all fear of embarrassment or failure–these things just fall away in the face of death, leaving only what is truly important. Remembering that you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to lose. You are already naked. [...]
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