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COMMENTARY, PART 4: Is loyalty extinct?

My father had one job for 44 years. I’ve had 11 in 45 years (plus summer jobs), including the one I have now – working for myself for 16 years. Some difference! The workplace has changed. In this, the fourth of six commentaries on sweeping changes...

COMMENTARY, PART 3: Obsession with technology

“We are perishing for lack of wonder, not for lack of wonders.” So observed G. K. Chesterton (1874-1936), the inimitable English writer, philosopher, poet, and journalist. His words gain more relevance as the years push them further into history,...

COMMENTARY, PART 2: How we take in the world

Last week began a six-week commentary series on overarching trends and patterns that have emerged – or still are emerging – in the American workplace (and culture) over the decade I’ve been writing this column, the most imminent of which is the up-...

COMMENTARY, PART 1: Is that “Gen V” up ahead?

Approaching the culmination of ten years writing this column, I beg your indulgence, asking that I may veer slightly from my prescribed role of career advisor to that of commentator. A decade is just a split second in history but an eternity when...

Take the long view.

Remember when you learned to drive a car? The first thing they taught you was to look far ahead of you down the road, not just beyond the hood of the car. Remember? Well, it’s time to apply the same advice to job searching and career planning,...