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Nobody Has Time for Interns

 
Originally posted in Harvard Business Review
Interns take note: energy and enthusiasm are no longer enough. You’ve got to bring something more meaningful to the table.
A friend and senior executive at Yelp recently shared how busy she was balancing a demanding job, a busy travel schedule, and a newborn at…

A Guide for Summer Interns: Your Personal Matrix

As the midpoint of summer fast approaches, it’s time to take stock of your summer internship and make sure you’re moving in the right direction. Unlike the reliable guidance you may have received from coaches and professors over the course of your college career, by now you may have found that mentoring in the…

Summer Intern Boot Camp!

Ace Your 10-Week On-the-Job Interview
Congratulations, you’ve got the job! (For the summer at least…) Now it’s time to show your stuff. Your goals are to learn as much as possible, contribute and add value to your organization, make meaningful connections with colleagues, and get a full-time offer (if yo…

Generosity: The Real Key to Success

If you took a poll of critical skills most important to business success, you’d be hard pressed to come up with a list that didn’t include vision, leadership, drive, ambition, or intellect. You’d be equally hard pressed to find one that included, much less led with, generosity. That generosity is impo…

The 5 Biggest Communication Mistakes We Make

Everyone knows that the office can be a minefield of miscommunications, mishaps and misinterpretations. Most people think they personally do a great job of communicating but complain that their peers and managers are lousy at it—their boss never shares enough information, or shares too much. A manager barks orders e…

It’s Never Too Early to Start (Learning)

It’s not entirely surprising that this blog post is coming out a full week after pub date (May 10, 2011).  Happy belated pub date to me.  I was somewhat naive in terms of realizing that marketing a book was actually harder than writing the damn thing.  But it’s up, it’s out… Great on the Job is fin…

Why Chris Rock is on Broadway

Originally published on Harvard Business Review
Chris Rock recently spoke about his Broadway debut. Arguably one of the funniest men in America, Rock is venturing outside his comfort zone of stand-up comedy to perform eight live shows a week as an ensemble cast member. As Rock pushes himself to new heights, one wonders wh…

Guest Post: Need a Job? An App to Help You Interview

What is Entoview Career Edition, and who should be using it?
Entoview Career Edition is an iPhone app that helps prepare you for job interviews. It’s designed for young job seekers and people who work with them. We especially recommend it to college students and career services offices. Students can take the practice in…