Under the heading of the best laid plans… September flew by before I knew it and I missed my chance to post anything to my blog. It was a month of many events, including celebrating 15 years at Right Management. If you've looked at my Career Timeline on this website, you may have noticed that I've had lots of jobs at lots of companies. They were all full of surprises, variety and challenges: just the way I like it. No one is more surprised than I am at how this anniversary came to be. I must...

You got the call you have been hoping for regarding a great position with your first-choice employer, and naturally, after weeks (or months) of back and forth conversations, the recruiter is pressing you hard to make a decision in a short period of time. Even if there are no other hot prospects pending, and even if the ease of just saying 'yes' is very attractive, you owe it to yourself to take a step back and evaluate each component of the offer before making the commitment to accept.
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Numerous reliable sources have recently reported that by the year 2020 fully 50% of all jobs will be 'contract'.  If you haven't begun to think about what this may mean to you and your career, the time is now upon you to begin giving this some thought. Contract work covers a broad array of arrangements between a company and individuals performing work for them.  

Contract work based on managing and completing a specific project. In this type of assignment the organization and the individual...

We have all heard the saying "You only have one chance to make a first impression". I am not completely convinced that it represents an absolute truth, but it seems a reasonable guideline to keep in mind when preparing to network with a potential contact for a job lead. Notwithstanding all the factors such as being appropriate in attire and deportment (since visual elements contribute significantly to the experience) the actual words we use to introduce ourselves are worthy of some serious...

Is it June already?  Is it really time for mid-year performance reviews? Why is no one ever ready (including me)? Why does everyone find performance review writing an onerous task, even if we intellectually recogize there is merit in the process?  Good thing that as Career Muse  I can merely muse without feeling an obligation to respond to all these pesky questions.  Instead, I have a little performance review story for you... with a very happy ending.

Some years ago in another phase of my...