MR. Career Guide

Professional services, aka consulting, is a good place to start a career or transition to a different field. I've been in the consulting...

"There are managers, and then there are leaders." A mentor once said to me after I was promoted into an executive position. "This company...

According to a recent study conducted by LinkedIn, the biggest skills gap in the U.S. is not coding, it is communications skills! This is...

Sometimes the difference between landing a job and not, are two words: "thank you." I wrote about this topic in a post about how to reach...

We are often told of the value of networking. The same norms for face-to-face networking can be applied online. LinkedIn is a great tool...

Mr. Career Guide is a website about finding the right job, it’s not about quitting. But sometimes expectations differ from reality. That...

I’ve managed to jump jobs quite a lot during my twenties and into my early thirties. There are pro’s and con’s to experiencing different...

There’s nothing quite like college. Television, movies, blogs, or books won’t prepare you for what it will be like living on your own for...

It doesn’t matter how smart you are, if you can’t hold a conversation with someone, or are selfish and entitled, you won’t get as far as...

Resume Series 1: Resume Fundamentals To write the perfect resume, let’s look at the origins of the ticket to your future job first. This...

They say first impressions are everything. They are. It doesn’t take long for co-workers to size you up the first day on a job. Your body...

Career Finance Series 1 In college, I would hold long discussions with classmates on geopolitics, the economy, business, history and...

Four years go by and you’ve managed to take twenty years off the life of your liver. You’ve partied hard. By the time you reach senior...

Hearing your name called as you sit in the crowd. You head up the stage, look back at your family sitting in the stands and hold out your...

We’ve all had that feeling. The feeling where we need to have it all figured out. We look at our parents, our successful friends,...