SATs: Coming Back To Haunt You

Some things make me feel young again, but not for the better.

For example, this Jezebel article about how companies are asking recruits for the SAT scores.

I wish I were just talking about college grads, but no, they are asking this of people, like me, who barely remember taking the test, let alone what the outcome was.

My score got me into college. Is that not enough?

All the more reason to stand by my 2/23/14 post about Google.

Technology, Simply Put

This Forbes article about understanding technology should be of particular interest to anyone who didn't grow up in the digital generation, aka your bedtime stories weren't read to you on a Kindle.

"Keeping It Simple Doesn't Mean You're Stupid" transcends technology and can apply to how to follow anything: politics, current events, etc.

As Einstein said, "If you can't explain it to a six-year-old, you probably don't understand it yourself."

Planning Ahead: Where Good and Bad Jobs Will Be

In case you're making a 10-year plan:

http://www.theatlanticcities.com/jobs-and-economy/2014/02/where-good-and-bad-jobs-will-be-10-years-now/8470/

Are You An Entrepreneur?

Just when you thought it was safe to call yourself that...

http://www.economist.com/blogs/schumpeter/2014/02/our-schumpeter-columnist

Jay Leno: Knows How To Go

The 63-year-old is out and the 39-year-old (Jimmy Fallon) is in. A familiar scenario.

Jay Leno has had a great career. After years as a successful standup comedian, he beat David Letterman out replacing Johnny Carson as the host of The Tonight Show, then after two decades wanted his own primetime show. Because his employer (NBC) loved him, Jay got what he wanted in the from of The Jay Leno Show, and Conan O'Brien got his Tonight Show chair. When Jay's show bombed, Conan was ousted and Jay was back in. This man knows what he's doing, hence why "Jay Leno's 6 Lessons For Leaving A Job You Love," (or even don't like) is worth reading.

Susannah Breslin: Her Forbes Blog Is Gold

This is SB.

Susannah Breslin was a successful journalist with a television background, who got fired, got cancer and started freelancing. She blogs for Forbes now. Subscribing to her blog is not a bad idea.

Here's a taste via two of my faves:

1. "How To Sell Yourself"particularly hit home with me, as in my advertising life I sell other people's products -- with aplomb and gusto, I might add; however, when I am the product, I am hesitant.

2. I particularly like "Here's Why No One Wants To Help You" and it's page 2 follow-up, "How To Get People To Help You," because I have often found myself in convervations with other job-seekers wondering why we know so many people but no one wants to drop everything to help get us work.

If Only All Companies Were Like Google

Mountview, CA Headquarters

This is a great New York Times article, but don't let the title -- "How to get a job at Google,"-- fool you.

The advice and vision about hiring can translate to any job in any type of business.

"Do you step in and lead. And just as critically, do you step back and stop leading?"
Well, do you?

"Do you embrace the better ideas of others?"
Well?

"You need a big ego and small ego in the same person at the same time."
Sounds like a tight squeeze, but perhaps worth a try.

There is a reason these people are successful: there attitude towards hiring is out of the box and unconcerned with whether you were president of the chess club.