It’s amazing to me how the employer/employee relationship resembles the development of some romantic relationships.
I don’t mean an actual “chasing around the desk” cliche, I mean the  emotions and thought processes that we may have known when pursuing a potential partner.
First there’s the kinetic excitement of the intial flirting: “Nice resume, you went to Yale?..what did you major in?.”
Then there’s the innocuous ‘get to know you’ lunch (as dinner would be too soon). “No. shut-up! You like marketing reports? I love, love, love! marketing reports!”
Then it gets a little more serious. “Can you swing by tomorrow and show me …read more

Wouldn’t it be funny if in-house job posts were designed like the cover of a magazine? Or better yet, when companies send out recruiting materials to colleges, they should send a glossy pamphlet of abc corporation, perhaps with the CEO (in Prada) on the cover.
Think about how the cover headlines would be written to entice students or prospective employees to apply for a job:

CitiBazaar!
196 Ways To Attract A Recruiter!
Dream Jobs! — How The Wall Street Stars Do It!
12 Most Important Ways To Sex-Up Your Resume!
314 Answers To Match Any Interview Style!
8-pg Pullout Guide: How To Dress For The …read more

As you can imagine, the decision to leave corporate America to develop and launch The Pet Set was not an easy one. I’ll leave the unsavoury details of actually starting up a business for another post; but suffice to say, it’s about as intense as any endeavor you can imagine.
Now that The Pet Set is up and running and doing pretty well, there is an evil little voice in the back of my head who says (imagine a little devil sitting on your shoulder)

“look at that view–go, you know you want to get back in with go-getters, you …read more