Kontrary by Rebecca Thorman - Tech, Media and Life » Finding a job http://kontrary.com Kontrary provides a different take on tech, media and life by Rebecca Thorman. Sat, 21 Jan 2012 19:41:12 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Can you have any job you want? http://kontrary.com/2010/01/25/can-you-have-any-job/ http://kontrary.com/2010/01/25/can-you-have-any-job/#comments Mon, 25 Jan 2010 00:33:56 +0000 Rebecca Thorman http://kontrary.com/?p=997
Read more ...]]> http://kontrary.com/2010/01/25/can-you-have-any-job/feed/ 28 Who hires in a recession? http://kontrary.com/2009/05/05/who-hires-in-a-recession/ http://kontrary.com/2009/05/05/who-hires-in-a-recession/#comments Tue, 05 May 2009 04:32:25 +0000 Rebecca Thorman http://kontrary.com/2009/05/05/who-hires-in-a-recession/ Qvisory reports that nearly one in five young adults are unemployed or looking for work, and Harvard’s Jeff Frankel says the recession crisis is Read more ...]]> http://kontrary.com/2009/05/05/who-hires-in-a-recession/feed/ 24 Generation Y doesn’t need a reference http://kontrary.com/2009/04/08/generation-y-doesnt-need-a-reference/ http://kontrary.com/2009/04/08/generation-y-doesnt-need-a-reference/#comments Wed, 08 Apr 2009 05:22:40 +0000 Rebecca Thorman http://kontrary.com/2009/04/08/generation-y-doesnt-need-a-reference/ This post contains video. If you’re reading via email or RSS, please click through.

Read more ...]]> http://kontrary.com/2009/04/08/generation-y-doesnt-need-a-reference/feed/ 55 ‘Don’t burn bridges’ is bad career advice http://kontrary.com/2009/04/06/%e2%80%98don%e2%80%99t-burn-bridges%e2%80%99-is-bad-career-advice/ http://kontrary.com/2009/04/06/%e2%80%98don%e2%80%99t-burn-bridges%e2%80%99-is-bad-career-advice/#comments Mon, 06 Apr 2009 01:00:42 +0000 Rebecca Thorman http://kontrary.com/2009/04/06/%e2%80%98don%e2%80%99t-burn-bridges%e2%80%99-is-bad-career-advice/ This post isn’t about if you like your job. So please don’t write in the comments that you love your job and your boss so you would never burn bridges. Obviously.

People burn bridges when they don’t like their jobs and their bos Read more ...]]> http://kontrary.com/2009/04/06/%e2%80%98don%e2%80%99t-burn-bridges%e2%80%99-is-bad-career-advice/feed/ 60 Four ways to find a job without a specific degree or experience http://kontrary.com/2009/01/26/four-ways-to-find-a-job-without-a-specific-degree-or-experience/ http://kontrary.com/2009/01/26/four-ways-to-find-a-job-without-a-specific-degree-or-experience/#comments Mon, 26 Jan 2009 03:41:09 +0000 Rebecca Thorman http://kontrary.com/2009/01/26/four-ways-to-find-a-job-without-a-specific-degree-or-experience/ Consider getting an online Associate Business Degree to start building your business network and learn the basics of entrepreneurship.

Marketing jobs are all the rage despite the fact that marketing departments are one Read more ...]]> http://kontrary.com/2009/01/26/four-ways-to-find-a-job-without-a-specific-degree-or-experience/feed/ 34 Why Generation Y should job-hop, even in the recession http://kontrary.com/2009/01/07/why-generation-y-should-job-hop-even-in-the-recession/ http://kontrary.com/2009/01/07/why-generation-y-should-job-hop-even-in-the-recession/#comments Wed, 07 Jan 2009 10:18:19 +0000 Rebecca Thorman http://kontrary.com/2009/01/07/why-generation-y-should-job-hop-even-in-the-recession/ There’s buzz in the Read more ...]]> http://kontrary.com/2009/01/07/why-generation-y-should-job-hop-even-in-the-recession/feed/ 59 Back Off: Gen Y’s helicopter parents are a good thing http://kontrary.com/2008/03/10/back-off-gen-y%e2%80%99s-helicopter-parents-are-a-good-thing/ http://kontrary.com/2008/03/10/back-off-gen-y%e2%80%99s-helicopter-parents-are-a-good-thing/#comments Mon, 10 Mar 2008 04:51:43 +0000 Rebecca Thorman http://kontrary.com/2008/03/10/back-off-gen-y%e2%80%99s-helicopter-parents-are-a-good-thing/ On the third round of interviews for my current job, my interviewer was a Boomer whose opinion as the head of a similar and larger organization was valuable to my future Board.

After talking about Gen Y leadership, in which I blatantly Read more ...]]> http://kontrary.com/2008/03/10/back-off-gen-y%e2%80%99s-helicopter-parents-are-a-good-thing/feed/ 40 How I got my dream job (and survived) http://kontrary.com/2008/02/27/how-i-got-my-dream-job-and-survived/ http://kontrary.com/2008/02/27/how-i-got-my-dream-job-and-survived/#comments Wed, 27 Feb 2008 05:54:40 +0000 Rebecca Thorman http://kontrary.com/2008/02/27/how-i-got-my-dream-job-and-survived/ This post about going from bottom to top was inspired by this comment. Thanks, Milena!

I walked in and almost everyone was sitting down, and the speakers were close, sh Read more ...]]> http://kontrary.com/2008/02/27/how-i-got-my-dream-job-and-survived/feed/ 17 How young job seekers can use their workplace advantage for more http://kontrary.com/2007/07/08/how-young-job-seekers-can-use-their-workplace-advantage-for-more/ http://kontrary.com/2007/07/08/how-young-job-seekers-can-use-their-workplace-advantage-for-more/#comments Mon, 09 Jul 2007 02:35:07 +0000 Rebecca Thorman http://kontrary.com/2007/07/08/how-young-job-seekers-can-use-their-workplace-advantage-for-more/ Penelope Trunk argues that In today’s workplace, young job seekers hold the advantage. I wonder if this even matters when work no longer holds much meaning to Gen X and Gen Y. Having an advantage in a game that doesn’t challenge i Read more ...]]> http://kontrary.com/2007/07/08/how-young-job-seekers-can-use-their-workplace-advantage-for-more/feed/ 5