With Christmas now receding into the distance, the rush is on in Japan to (literally) clean things up before 2008 ends and 2009 (the year of the Ox) begins.
I too have been busy - starting with a review of my own vision-roles-goals and then drilling down into what worked and what didn’t in [...]
Happy Xmas, Kuri-chan here.
Sired from prize champion American Cocker Spaniel stock.
Started a new life - flew all the way from Kyushu to Tokyo 5 years ago.
Ended up with this chump - thinks he knows how to run a career change blog
Bow Wow! Throw him a bone. No, don’t do that! Throw me one.
I’m [...]
Apparently some Tokyo IT Headhunters have a sense of humour - judging by the “Pre Great Depression 2 Party” email I got from one I know quite well.
It’s been a challenging 2008 for him and others here as many “Gaishikei” (foreign companies) have frozen both temp and permanent IT hiring plans. Ouch!
Seems like 2009 is [...]
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Around 19:00 hours Saturday, Japan time, my blog’s email autoresponder service will send a special password to all “blog post by email” subscribers.
This password will open a new protected blog post to be published at midnight Saturday, Japan time.
And inside this protected post you’ll find out how to ‘maybe‘ claim your 1 hour ‘Laser [...]
Coming 25 Dec (or sooner, if my outsourced elves keep creating the digital pixie dust) is a unique career coaching and consultancy service for mid-career Information Technology Professionals.
Click on Tech Career ZigZag and see if this is for you.
I’ll be running a 48 hour special starting this Saturday midnight Japan time, where just 5 people [...]
For some months now I’ve been replying to career and coaching-related questions in the Q&A section of LinkedIn. I’m up to the grand total of 30 which impresses me but pales in comparison to those who do that many in one day!
I’ve learned a lot from many of the comments left by others - as [...]
Here’s a simple but thought-provoking self-coaching tool I’ve been playing with.
It works like this:
On a scale of 1 to 5, what are your beliefs about life in general right now?
1- Life sucks.
2- My life sucks.
3- I’m great. You’re not.
4- We’re great, but they aren’t.
5- Life is great.
I heard about these 5 levels at a recent [...]
Here’s a Christmas Career Coaching Special for IT Professionals - but you must act quickly…
… because there are just 12 slots and the offer finishes midnight 30 Nov.
Take action today and inside Santa’s stocking you’ll soon find these coaching goodies delivered to your digital in-box and (within a few weeks) to your doorstep:
1 CD copy [...]
Hey, don’t shoot the messenger, will ya!
I recently spent several hours reading every single blog post of one, Jerome Alexander - the self-titled corporate cynic.
How exactly I found his blog I can’t now remember, but the urge to explore was stimulated by a comment written by Simon Stapleton on my “How List Writing Can Make [...]
