Career Action Steps

Spring Brings Change

Matt Hugg — Tue, 27 Mar 2012 14:00:18 +0000

If you’re blessed to be in the Northeastern United States this year, you’ve probably marveled at our unusually mild weather. Here we are in late-March, and it feels like May. Who remembers the foreboding snowstorm right before Halloween 2011? Clearly not a harbinger of things to come. I, for one, am grateful. I am also [...]

Nice Guys Finish First

Matt Hugg — Tue, 20 Mar 2012 14:00:10 +0000

Did you know that most people would rather buy a product from someone they like than from someone they don’t? It’s true. Even if the product isn’t as good as another similar product, and even if it costs a little bit more money, people still want to buy from someone they like over someone they [...]

Now That the Conference is Over …

Matt Hugg — Tue, 13 Mar 2012 14:00:44 +0000

You would think that the favorite hobby of thousands of conference goers every year is collecting business cards. If you’ve been to a conference lately you know why. You can come home with what seems like hundreds… and in about a week you just might remember who half of those people are, and in a [...]

Time to Buy Some Seeds

Matt Hugg — Tue, 06 Mar 2012 15:00:57 +0000

It’s spring, and it’s time to plant. So right now I want you to call your local print shop, and order some seeds. “Wait,” I can hear you say. “Shouldn’t I be going to a garden store for that?” No, I mean the print shop, because the seeds you’re buying are made of card stock [...]

Don’t Write Your Resume

Matt Hugg — Tue, 28 Feb 2012 15:00:05 +0000

I love to write — I’ll let you decide whether you think I’m any good at it — but either way I enjoy doing it. I also read a lot of resumes of people who also share that passion. Too bad. Writing resumes is not about writing. It’s about reading. Not your reading — your prospective employer’s. How [...]