Don’t Be A Know-It-All

A provocative post about Helicopter Parenting on Modite this morning reminded me of some advice I frequently give to job-seekers, but I don’t know that I’ve ever really mentioned it clearly here.
Don’t lie. Admit when you don’t know something… but immediately prove to me that you can assemble the resources to get it figured out.
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The Next-Greatest Generation?

SPOILER: I am going to talk about religion (namely mormonism) and business and millenial generation differences all in the same blog post. If this offends you, may I suggest lolcats instead of the following.
No, these aren’t a group of Mormon Missionaries.
They’re high school “kids”. And they’re also not dressing up for career-day, or college admissions [...]

I’m So Millenial

According to Penelope Trunk’s “What Generation are you a part of?” quiz, I am double the millenial than the Gen X-er I always thought I was by scoring 22 on my test. Does this mean I can no longer have deep-seated fits of grunge-style rage?

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Developing Students for a Competitive Workplace, Request for Comment!

Tomorrow, I am speaking to a group of thirty high school marketing teachers as part of the Utah Association for Career and Technical Education’s mid-winter conference. (This invitation to present is thanks to a referral from Jason Alba who said I am “one of his favorite recruiters” which, for most people, is a very, very [...]

Tiffany Fallon Was Fired Because She’s Millenial

The Donald made a big mistake last night firing Tiffany Fallon and not Omarosa (links to video), but I don’t blame him. Everybody’s doing it.
[NOTE: I really have no idea if Tiffany Fallon, the first Celebrity Apprentice contestant to be fired (last night) by The Donald officially fits in the age category of "Millenials" or [...]