Written by Paul Angone I have the secret to becoming an overnight success that I am going to share with you. Honestly, I probably should be selling you this formula for overnight success for $29.99 and a free set of steak knives (plus $69.99 shipping and handling), but just as long as you send 10% [...]
Career
Happy, passionate, fulfilling, growth-filled. That’s what I strive for in my own career, and I’m passionate about helping others do the same.
I’ve run the gamut of career experiences: I worked at a political-polling start-up as the first employee (and saw it grow to 30+ and get acquired), I worked at Google for 5+ and saw it grow from 4,000 employees to 30,000, and I recently left Google after five and a half years at the company to pursue life as a solopreneur. During my time at Google I worked for over five years in training, coaching, career development and Authors@Google. I’m also a certified Co-Active Coach who helps people find fulfilling careers they can thrive in – no matter what form that takes.
The posts below are a sampling of my own career experiences, philosophies, and exercises to help you assess what’s next and build a kick-butt career.
Start here: Career Planning and Optimization
- Happy New Year! 13 Thought-Starters for 2013
- Does Your Resume Say You Want to Be Friends?
- Thinking of Leaving Your Job? When to Wait it Out, When to Leave
- Guest Post: How to Find Your Perfect Work (by Julie Clow)
- Kick-off to 2011: Mind-Maps, Passion and Pancakes
- New Template: Plan Your Next Career Move
- What’s your soul-on-fire superpower? On Seth Godin, Spreadsheets and Creepy Crawlers
- Create a Professional Development Strategy (Part 1 of 2)
- Create a Professional Development Strategy (Part 2 of 2)
- 8 Ways to Practice and Improve Your Public Speaking Skills
- Promotions: 10 Tips for Moving Up the Corporate Ladder
- Networking Awesomely: Get the Right Systems in Place
- The Power of Informal Interviews
- Personal Image and Branding
- VIA Signature Strengths Survey
- Myers Briggs and Personal Updates
- Guest Post: 10 Tips to Shred the Competition in your Skype interview (by Jenny Foss)
My own career path: From Start-up to Google to Solopreneur
- Why I started Life After College
- Motivated by Achievement: a Blessing and a Curse
- Exciting Job Update! (Video)
- Job Transition Part One: Awareness, Discomfort & Red Flags
- “Skills are Cheap, Passion is Priceless” (Job Transition Part Two)
- I’m a Free Agent: From Six Figures to Suitcase
- Free Agent Part Two: On Big Decisions & Very Real Fears
- LocationRebel.com – Someday.
- 20 Lessons from 2 Months of Solopreneurship (Part One)
- 20 Lessons from 2 Months of Solopreneurship (Part Two)
- Escape from Cubicle Nation: Side Hustle & Flow Feature
- Video Interview for EntrepreneursUnpluggd.com
- Portfolio.com: Riding the Income Roller-Coaster
- What ONE THING will you regret not doing this year? My story as told through my journal
- Ignorance is not bliss: 5 resources for aspiring and new business owners
You don’t have to pursue your passion full time: Thoughts on side hustles
- The Ladder is Out: Career in the Age of the App (Video)
- You Don’t ALWAYS Have to Pursue Your Passion Full-Time
- 6 Ways to Manage a Side Hustle Without Going Insane
- Forbes.com: 5 Tips for Managing Your Energy, Not Your Time
- Busting the Work-Life Balance Myth
- Guest Post: How to take a career break to travel”
Philosophy on Career Development
- Guest post: How to find your perfect work
- Memo: You Are Not Your Job
- ThinQAction TV Video Interview: How do you move past fear to find your passion?
- Career Development for Gen Y: A Two-Way Street (Video)
- Learn to Love Feedback: It’s Your Career Currency
- Gen Y in the Workplace Webinar: A Smorgasbord of Thoughts
- If You Are Not Learning, You Are Obsolete
- Everybody Needs a Keepers File
Full Archive:
After stumbling across a recently-released book version of Neil Gaiman’s 2012 Make Good Art speech, I decided it’s a must-share with all of you (transcript below in it’s entirety for those of you who don’t like watching video). Even if you’ve already watched this speech, I highly suggest re-reading the transcript. It’s insanely good advice for all creatives, artists, [...]
Written by Melissa Anzman Genius comes in every age – and I’m guessing that you are one of the smart ones at work. Being one of the smartest employees in the room, and also one of the youngest, can be a frustrating conundrum. You know you have value to add in the conversation, you are qualified [...]
I hereby declare May the Month to Get Moving, and to that end I’ve got a little something up my sleeve. I have the great fortune of delivering a few big speeches this year (with a keynote coming up in Ireland at my corporate alma mater Google next week), and I have been noticing two [...]
Written by Melissa Anzman Your work persona is what you are “known for” at work. It’s not a complete picture of who you are, but it’s how you represent yourself. It’s the perception that you craft and hone. It’s the things you want to be known for. It’s what helps make you successful at work – [...]
Written by Melissa Anzman I don’t tend to get attached to companies – especially during the interview process. I use the “apply to anything that is interesting and you meet the requirements at 70%” rule when searching for jobs. And help us all if I kept a record of all of the jobs I’ve applied to [...]
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