Posts Tagged ‘careers’

Ninja-itis

Some time ago I was approached by a recruitment agent (‘agent’ sounds fitting – she was a tad stealthy) about two positions. When I went to look at the postings, I was rather gobsmacked by the language used to describe the roles.
Other than the usual assertions about my (presumed) gung-ho, work-hard-play-even-harder type personality, and the [...]

Jobs for futurists

[updated 2010-02-02]-version 03
Ever dreamed of a job that simply doesn’t exist yet? Or a career in an unheard-of field or discipline? You might just be a generalist/futurist-in-waiting, born centuries too soon (or into the wrong branch of the multiverse).
But titter ye not. You don’t have to be a life coach or motivational speaker to create [...]

School for life

Quite a lot of higher-education institutions (universities, vocational colleges etc.) have become what I like to call enrollment businesses. What do I mean by that? It means educating you is something that happens, almost by accident, somewhere along the way toward more important business goals. I often joke that the money is made when you [...]