Life Between Jobs

What’s a brand worth?  People have been debating that for years.  The hard core business types often poo-poo any hint that their hard won achievements alone do not qualify them for sainthood.  And I am not here to say they aren’t important.  But they need to be integrated together along with all of the other [...]

Last post – Feb 13th, 11 days ago.
The pace of life has certainly not slowed down with unemployment.  It’s not that I’m unemployed, its that I am now, not being paid, per se.
I have an interview tomorrow – it’s actually the 3rd – first two were on the phone.  The first with someone from staffing, [...]

It is said that confession is good for the soul, and I think it is.  There has to be an accounting somewhere publicly.
So here goes… 
I have not always been sympathetic to people who, in the past, have gone through a job loss.  I grew up in a household where my father was very successful, and [...]

I lost my job 2 weeks ago.  I worked at a major technology firm in the Minneapolis Twin Cities Area.  I worked there 18 years.  I liked working there, but I guess the gig was up. 
Getting laid off was not the most enjoyable event in my life.  But it was not unexpected.   What I was [...]