by Mike McCormack | May 5, 2017 | Business, Individuals
The National Association of Colleges and Employers (NACE) has just released the responses to its 2017 Job Outlook Spring Update which asks employers about their hiring plans. This should be of interest to not only those of you who are on the hiring side of the...
by Mike McCormack | Mar 27, 2017 | Business, Individuals
This month’s Fast Company magazine has an article by Alex Daly called How I Created My Dream Job That Didn’t Exist. In her article she talks about how she did research on jobs that she was interested in pursuing, “When I was working in magazines,” she...
by Mike McCormack | Feb 16, 2017 | Business, Individuals
The Japanese have a term, Ikigai, that also addresses the job/career/calling paradigm. It is usually used to indicate the source of value in one’s life or the things that make one’s life worthwhile. Secondly, the word is used to refer to mental and spiritual...
by Mike McCormack | Feb 13, 2017 | Business, Individuals
Most people know I spent the first 20-plus years of my career working in ten different jobs for five different companies (and I was never let go because of poor performance). And out of those ten jobs, there are about eight that I hope I never get to go back and do...
by Mike McCormack | Dec 9, 2016 | Business
One of the best analogies I read of the recent Presidential election came from journalist Salena Zito who said, ‘The media took Trump literally, but not seriously, and the Trump supporters took him seriously, but not literally.” Regardless which side of...
by Mike McCormack | Dec 2, 2016 | Business, Individuals
Salaries for 2016 college grads are on the rise. Computer Science and Engineering grads continue to lead the pack in terms of starting pay, but all of the top 5 categories saw significant increases over the 2015 numbers. The average starting salaries for all majors...
