Who has the marbles to walk into an interview and drop this resume on the table? If I was recruiting for my company and someone submitted this resume, I would probably hire them on the spot.
You can write the most thorough resume with strong action verbs, the nicest layout, with the best schools and GPA, [...]
Dear MBA Student,
These are my thoughts as a 2007 Stanford GSB grad after sitting on a career panel at The Columbia Graduate School of Business. Let me know what you think.
This has not been checked for grammar. It’s a freewrite. Thanks for reading.
MBAs are risk averse.
Business school students are among the smartest and [...]
Dear Failure,
I remember when we first met. You were wearing all black and I was afraid of you. At the time, I was dating Good Enough. I didn’t want to take a risk on you. With Good Enough, I was safe, secure, and comfortable. But Good Enough wasn’t good enough. I needed more. I needed [...]
Dear Resume Writer,
Your resume should not be a carbon copy of your job description.
Most people simply find the job description that attracted to them to the job their transitioning from (and usually hate), cut, copy, and paste it to their resume and think they are done. WRONG! That’s the surefire way of attracting more [...]
5th Grade Graduation Speech at P.S. 329 in Brooklyn, New York
Thank you Miss Dawson, teachers, and parents for giving me the opportunity to address your bright children today. If you don’t mind, I would like to turn the podium to address them.
There were two students from the same neighborhood who went to the same [...]
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If you (have graduated or) are afraid of graduating college unemployed or underemployed with an expensive piece of paper and a pile of loans, then you should consider taking Route 66. Route 66 is an alternative way to move through college that will maximize your personal, intellectual, social, and financial capital so that you can [...]
Procrastination is a huge issue for a lot of people. Working for myself for the past month has exposed my issues with it even though I’m doing what I love. I procrastinate. The day ends. I stress and feel guilty. I go to sleep. And then I do it all over again. There’s got to [...]
Today I spoke to a group of about 40 undergrads at the University of Michigan on the topic of Purpose + Passions + Profession: How to align your life, work, & goals. The event was sponsored by the University of Michigan Ross School of Business Women’s Initiative. Feel free to watch the speech [...]
I remember when I was little, physically and young, I was known for having heart. Even if I wasn’t the best, I always played the hardest and heart-est. Because my best friend was older than me, I was always the little guy and the last to be picked, therefore I was the underdog [...]
This morning I read a powerful article in YES Magazine called “Blessing Revealed” by Puanani Burgess. In it she tells the true story of special ed student whose gift is speaking to the animals of the ocean. In the article she poses the question “What would his life have been like if this [...]
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