I've now shared details on five of my jobs and what I've learned through each of them. If you'd like to re-read any, they are as follows: My Jobs, Pre-College My Jobs, College My Jobs, Graduate School My Jobs, Introduction to the Real World My Jobs, Second Job a Winner If you recall, at the end of the last post in this series I talked about a few issues. … [Read more...]
The Value of Growing Your Career is Worth Millions More than I Thought
Anyone who has read ESI Money for more than 15 seconds knows I am a fan of growing your career (and thus your income). It's one of the keys that allowed me to retire early and a vital part of the "E" in E-S-I (earning). That's why I write posts like Two Huge Reasons Why Your Career Matters which highlights that 1) your career is your biggest financial asset, worth millions … [Read more...]
7 Steps to Millions More: Continue Learning and Developing Skills
In How to Manage Your Career to Make Millions More I listed seven steps to making the most of your career. Today we will be going into details of step #5: continue learning and developing skills. If you missed the other posts in this series, they are: 7 Steps to Millions More: Over-Perform 7 Steps to Millions More: Be Likeable 7 Steps to Millions More: Network … [Read more...]
How to Ace an Interview
One of my projects since retiring has been to help my son find a job. We started by going through a couple books from the library. First we read Private Notes of a Headhunter: Proven Job Search and Interviewing Techniques for College Students and Recent Grads and then Knock 'Em Dead 2016: The Ultimate Job Search Guide. I would give my son assigned, daily reading … [Read more...]
My Jobs, Second Job a Winner
I've now shared details on four of my jobs and what I've learned through each of them. If you'd like to re-read any, they are as follows: My Jobs, Pre-College My Jobs, College My Jobs, Graduate School My Jobs, Introduction to the Real World Today we'll continue this series by giving details on the second job I held after graduation. The second job I held … [Read more...]
ESI Money Reader Needs Interviewing Tips
We have an extra post this week. I am in the process of moving to four posts each week but this week there will be five. The reason is that I received an email Monday night with a sense of urgency to it. So I'm writing this on Tuesday (yesterday by the time it posts) and it's going live on Wednesday. As you'll see below, the reader has an interview on Friday, so we have … [Read more...]
Five Steps to Six Figures in Seven Years
As you can tell from the title, this piece is kind of provocative. That's the way I like it. :) I actually wrote this post several years ago and am updating it now. The promise in the title is even easier now than it was then and much easier than it was for me when I completed the task almost 25 years ago. Of course, six figures isn't what it used to be either, but I'm … [Read more...]
My Jobs, Introduction to the Real World
I've now shared my pre-college jobs, my college jobs, and the jobs I held while in graduate school. Today we'll cover my first "real" job. The fact that I had this job at all was somewhat of a miracle. I had set a goal of working for this Fortune 500 (top 25) years before in undergraduate school. The professor classified them as "the best" company that did what I wanted to … [Read more...]
7 Steps to Millions More: Be Attractive
In How to Manage Your Career to Make Millions More I listed seven steps to making the most of your career. Today we will be going into details of step #4: be attractive. If you missed the other posts in this series, they are: 7 Steps to Millions More: Over-Perform 7 Steps to Millions More: Be Likeable 7 Steps to Millions More: Network Sorry, But That's … [Read more...]
Should I Get an MBA?
Since I have an MBA and have had at least a moderately successful career, I often get asked by younger managers and students, "Should I get an MBA?" As you might imagine, there are a lot of different ways to answer that (and I will at the end of this post), but for now I want to share some general thoughts about MBAs. Just in case anyone doesn't know what an MBA is, it's … [Read more...]
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