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Career Sanity Defined
In a downturn, as jobs become scarcer, some employers may become more demanding – but as customers become scarcer, smart employers will realize that they can’t afford the inefficiencies and lack of goodwill caused by nuttiness at work. read more »
Background for careersanity.com
But the real issue regarding my background is this: what have I done, what have I learned, what have I figured out that can be helpful to you in your attempts to create (or re-create) a decent career for yourself? I will do my best to answer that here. read more »
What is "Career Sanity"?
Smart organizations are realizing that it is just bad business, especially in tough economic times, to waste resources on old-style corporate nuttiness. The ones most likely to survive will be the ones that maximize their efforts to do the best possible job for their customers. read more »
Achieving Career Sanity
Whatever you do along the way to your “real” work, do it so well that it brings tears to your eyes. If you wind up flipping burgers for awhile, be the best damned burger flipper that ever breathed. Others will notice. So will you.
read more »Frequently Asked Questions
There is a ton of information available about the obvious aspects of developing a career: skills, aptitude, education, networking, resumes, career fairs – no shortage. Much of it is excellent and provides essential information.
But there is not as much information or discussion about the less pleasant facts about careers – primarily, the fact that they don’t work very well for a big percentage of the human race. read more »
Who's Invited?
But career, like life itself, is a moving target -- and "young" is a relative term. I'm certainly not "young" in a clinical sense but my career is evolving faster than ever. So once again, anyone can benefit. All you need is an open mind, along with enough nerve to maybe try some new things. read more »
Why I Created careersanity.com
My name is Marc Linn. As Paul Simon said
I had a childhood that was mercifully brief
I grew up in a state of disbelief *
Disbelief is pretty accurate: I remember as a small child suspecting that something was wrong with the world, that the grownups weren’t quite sure what to do or how to do it and they weren’t real happy about that. read more »
Feeling Lucky?
Maybe your career won't be affected by the economic meltdown. Maybe.
“When most people playing a game wind up losing, maybe it’s time to rethink the rules.” read more »
