Young and Employed

Perspectives on business from young marketing and public relations professionals

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Is this sexual harassment?

A few days ago a colleague of mine came to me with a rather interesting question. He wanted to know if complimenting a female co-worker on her cloths was sexual harassment. This colleague is not one of those men who consistently objectify women or judge them solely on their appearance. He just liked a co-worker’s dress and wanted to know if it was ok to say so.

Creating Work

I recently watched a video titled “To succeed in any job you need to create work” and I couldn’t agree more, especially for those just starting their career.
My first job out of college was at a software company where I was a Marketing Associate. I started in this position literally one day after graduating college, [...]

When even the lack of expectations remains more than you can handle

Back in the day when I was fresh out of Grad School, I landed a Job as a Marketing Manager for a company that had NO Marketing Department, and working directly under a President that had no knowledge in the subject.  He wanted me to do some “Marketing” but had no idea of what the goals [...]

The Connection Between Happiness and Your Job

Throughout my career I’ve always struggled with work life balance. I allow my job to become a part of who I am. A somewhat recent event in my life made me realize this might not be a healthy way to live. Like so many others, I was laid off earlier this year (don’t feel bad [...]

Get rid of the safety-net

I thought of starting this blog with a list of commonly known sayings about career choices, but I’m going right into business; I will start advising you to go into business… NOW!  Some years ago my brother took me to lunch and presented me the idea of starting our own business; he said: “There is [...]

The Five “A”s of gaining the respect of your co-workers

It isn’t easy gaining respect from your coworkers when you look and are young. But being young does not have to mean you are immature.

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