by lewsauder | Sep 3, 2013 | Career Management
Most of us have had some exposure to a mentoring program. Many companies implement programs at various levels of formality and to various levels of success. Some organizations establish formal policies for mentoring. “Herman, you’ll be mentored by Fred”. Other...
by lewsauder | Aug 26, 2013 | Career Management
Working from home is a growing trend in the business world. In an effort to cut back on office space and other overhead costs, many companies have set up their employees with the technology they need to do their jobs in their home offices. The big issue that...
by lewsauder | Aug 19, 2013 | Career Management
Early in my career, I was once called at home around 9:00 PM on a Thursday night and told to report the next day to a project in a city, three and a half hours away from my home. The next morning I drove there to find out it was a project in trouble. They were way...
by lewsauder | Aug 12, 2013 | Career Management
The City’s Hero The city was experiencing a rash of fires. Arson was usually suspected but the source of the flame could never be proven. Fortunately, the city had a crack firefighting squad. Mark was the star of the show. Every fireman on the crew admitted that...
by lewsauder | Aug 6, 2013 | Career Management
I once worked for a consulting firm that did a lot of college recruiting. After our recruiting department had gone through the campus visit process, pre-screening interviews and had filtered out the most promising candidates, we would invite the remaining candidates...