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How Military Veterans Can Turn Their Skills into a Corporate Career

Harvard Business Review

Transitioning from a military career to the corporate world can be a fraught process for the nearly 360,000 U.S. In addition to networking their way into new professional circles and learning new cultural mores, veterans have to face down the even more fundamental questions: what career will best suit them?

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Salespeople have questions. Jeffrey has answers.

Strategy Driven

Jeffrey, I’m an independent commercial real estate lender and commercial real estate mortgage broker. ” All the people you’re talking to in the real estate business only want to get a deal done. Search LinkedIn by keyword to see who may be “looking for career offers.” Fair enough?”

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2013 Trends and The Power of Women

Women on Business

I was recently asked to think about how 2013 trends will impact women in the work force and how women will impact the trends. As a female entrepreneur who has built a successful company over the past decade, I forced myself to look even further ahead and determine what might be coming, not just in 2013 but in the next five years or so.

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Why Do App Developers Still Live with Their Moms?

Harvard Business Review

With the virtual disappearance of major white-collar employers like Eastman Kodak and Westinghouse — once fairly reliable career on-ramps — young talent is focusing on entrepreneurship as a path forward. The Thiel Foundation president points out that “the safe career track is totally broken.” This is true. since 2000.

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Keeping It Professional When You Work in a Family Business

Harvard Business Review

Experience in an outside firm should be a requirement before embarking on your career in the family business, says Lachenauer. You’ll also gain much-needed perspective on what you hope the arc of your career might look like. Define your role and career path. ” Create separate spheres immediately. Have a backup plan.

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The “Four P’s” of Marketing a Law Firm Online

Strategy Driven

Frank at Sagapixel told me about a conversation he had with Eric Diaz, a prominent real estate attorney in Philadelphia. I was lucky in that early in my career I gained experience in a fairly narrow area of practice in government service, then was able to parlay that experience into my own appellate law firm.

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Writing Your Résumé When Your Job Title Doesn’t Reflect Your Responsibilities

Harvard Business Review

You’re ready to make a career move, up to a higher level or into a different industry or an entirely new field. And she wrote her summary headline — a prime piece of résumé real estate — to immediately show that she had the experience these new positions require.

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