Penelope Trunk

OCTOBER 21, 2009

It’s one of the most important ways you can create career stability, by being who you are and connecting with people who like you for who you are. Your blog is a career-management dream-come-true. " That's true– if the primary purpose of your blog is building a professional network to advance your career.

Media 111

Media Networking Career IT 111

Penelope Trunk

JANUARY 21, 2010

It would be so great, and helpful, if college career centers could be front and center in every student’s planning. But most career centers are useless, because most colleges presume you still need college to teach you how to think critically. So they can get away with having incompetent career centers. How does this help you?

Education 111

Education Management Management Career 111

Penelope Trunk

MARCH 14, 2010

About this blog | About my company, Brazen Careerist | Penelopes guide to starting a blog How to find the most fulfilling careers Posted to: Finding a career | Fulfillment March 14th, 2010 Del.icio.us Stay away from career paths with an end game of getting power or being famous. Because those careers are largely unfulfilling.

Career 110

Career Engineering Real Estate Education 110

Penelope Trunk

SEPTEMBER 13, 2010

Posted by Alex Lowery on October 15, 2010 at 11:31 am | permalink | Reply Leave a Reply Cancel reply Subscribe to new posts RSS 57,280 subscribers About Penelope Trunk Penelope is the founder of 3 startups -- most recently, Brazen Careerist , a career management tool for next-generation professionals. The one from Ada, Ohio. Take this test.

Management 107

Management Management IT Electronics 107

Penelope Trunk

MARCH 18, 2010

About this blog | About my company, Brazen Careerist | Penelopes guide to starting a blog Live video chat: How to find career fulfillment Posted to: Career fulfillment March 18th, 2010 Del.icio.us Her career advice appears in more than 200 newspapers. Is this your first time here? Subscribe -- free! " So forget webinar.

Career 85

Career IT Management Management 85

Penelope Trunk

MARCH 11, 2010

Tweet This Facebook StumbleUpon Email this post to a friend Related Posts The official announcement of my blog How to blog about a co-worker (or someone else close to you) Use blogs as a career tool for becoming super-connected What I've been doing while I've not been posting All-new launch for my company. The one from Ada, Ohio.

Entertainment 89

Entertainment Career Management Management 89

Penelope Trunk

JULY 25, 2010

The next path is a career. But next is the career path and I know he is feeling concerned about it. Her career advice appears in more than 200 newspapers. 481 comments) Dont try to dodge the recession with grad school (436 comments) Bad career advice: Do what you love What generation are you part of, really?

Career 84

Career IT Management Management 84

Penelope Trunk

APRIL 20, 2010

Posted by Miriam Salpeter, Keppie Careers on April 21, 2010 at 8:11 pm | permalink | Reply Congratulations! Her career advice appears in more than 200 newspapers. 481 comments) Dont try to dodge the recession with grad school (436 comments) Bad career advice: Do what you love What generation are you part of, really?

IT 106

IT Management Management Career 106

Penelope Trunk

DECEMBER 29, 2009

Posted by Jonas Sterling on March 6, 2010 at 12:23 pm | permalink | Reply Leave a Reply Cancel reply Subscribe to new posts RSS 57,280 subscribers About Penelope Trunk Penelope is the founder of 3 startups -- most recently, Brazen Careerist , a career management tool for next-generation professionals. The one from Ada, Ohio. Take this test.

Accomplishment 111

Accomplishment IT Career Management 111

Penelope Trunk

MARCH 24, 2010

Forget the whole career advice website, the next few years will be better for monetizable traffic than all of Brazen Careenist. City of Cedar Rapids (Iowa 2004) There is no common-law divorce. Her career advice appears in more than 200 newspapers. Posted by Heather on March 24, 2010 at 8:15 am | permalink | Reply Wow!

IT 90

IT Management Management Finance 90

Penelope Trunk

DECEMBER 7, 2009

Posted by Jenny Craig on June 1, 2010 at 8:03 am | permalink | Reply Leave a Reply Cancel reply Subscribe to new posts RSS 57,280 subscribers About Penelope Trunk Penelope is the founder of 3 startups -- most recently, Brazen Careerist , a career management tool for next-generation professionals. The one from Ada, Ohio. Take this test.

IT 60

IT Management Management Career 60

Penelope Trunk

NOVEMBER 16, 2009

About this blog | About my company, Brazen Careerist | Penelopes guide to starting a blog Don't be a snob about career advice Posted to: Learn to take advice November 16th, 2009 Del.icio.us For example, you'd think that if Bill Gates wants to give you career advice, you should take it, right? You don’t need a “career expert."

Career 104

Career Mentor Management Management 104

Penelope Trunk

JULY 29, 2010

About this blog | About my company, Brazen Careerist | Penelopes guide to starting a blog Befriend the intern to fire up your career Posted to: Networking | Promoting Yourself July 30th, 2010 Del.icio.us When it was time to promote my second book, I went to Keith Ferrazzi, author of one of my favorite career advice books.

Career 111

Career Networking Mentor IT 111

Penelope Trunk

JANUARY 28, 2010

Am I getting good at writing career advice? Tweet This Facebook StumbleUpon Email this post to a friend Related Posts The sign of a great career is having great opportunities, and saying no Stumbling on Happiness Popular posts of 2009. I want to be more diligent about finding a mentor to help me grow, outside of my supervisor.

Mentor 111

Mentor Career IT Motivation 111

Penelope Trunk

DECEMBER 16, 2009

Many smaller employers may not offer the benefits of the big boys but can give you tremendous experience and responsibility right at the beginning of your career. I know that would make it impossible to do the list, but it should be kept in mind while planning a career. With some of the guest bloggers you have on?

Banking 104

Banking Manufacturing Career Recruitment 104

Penelope Trunk

FEBRUARY 10, 2010

The core of every career problem is actually loneliness. I've "met" people on Twitter who are really helping me guide my career. Later, I came to realize how it could help me develop in my career, so I expanded my network to other topic areas and started contributing myself. Twitter lets you find people like you.

Networking 111

Networking IT Media Accounting 111

Penelope Trunk

SEPTEMBER 17, 2010

Therefore, figuring out the ways to spend time that feel good, and adding more of them, is useful information to gather during a career search because (a) it makes the search more efficient and (b) it helps clarify the kinds of experiences you might want to turn into paid work: the ones that feel good. Quite a bit, unsurprisingly).

Management 111

Management Management Construction IT 111

Penelope Trunk

DECEMBER 15, 2009

About this blog | About my company, Brazen Careerist | Penelopes guide to starting a blog Underrated career skill: Asking questions Posted to: Managing Up | Networking December 15th, 2009 Del.icio.us And we know that people do better in their careers if they are honest about who they are. Is this your first time here? Who are you?

Career 107

Career IT Education Management 107

Penelope Trunk

MAY 6, 2010

About this blog | About my company, Brazen Careerist | Penelopes guide to starting a blog Five tips for asking better questions Posted to: Finding a career | Fulfillment May 6th, 2010 Del.icio.us It’s the best way to have a meaningful conversation and it’s the best way to rope in a mentor or look like a star performer.

Career 111

Career Hospitality IT Creativity 111

Penelope Trunk

FEBRUARY 1, 2010

About this blog | About my company, Brazen Careerist | Penelopes guide to starting a blog Frugality is a career tool Posted to: Money February 1st, 2010 Del.icio.us What I have spent money on was always intended to help me with my career. I am convinced that frugality is a key quality for a successful career. We know this.

Career 111

Career IT Utilities Education 111

Penelope Trunk

AUGUST 5, 2010

Posted by Bulletproof Career on August 28, 2010 at 4:19 pm | permalink | Reply I have to disagree with Kathleen's point, I'm not sure if she got the point of this post. Her career advice appears in more than 200 newspapers. I love the brisket idea! Lucky for you you found a husband who knows cows! ." Not anymore.

IT 111

IT Career Management Management 111

Penelope Trunk

NOVEMBER 24, 2009

Digg Reddit StumbleUpon Tweet This Facebook The first step to growing a good career in the face of Asperger's Syndrome is to recognize that this is a social skills deficit, by definition, and work, by definition, is a social skills decathlon. They stayed because I have built such a good career for myself. They put up with it.

Career 111

Career IT Management Management 111

Penelope Trunk

NOVEMBER 30, 2009

The bias against introverts in American society is well documented , including research that shows that a spot on the cheerleading team foreshadows career success much more reliably than a spot on the honor roll. Your career is only as strong as your network! Let’s do lunch! But it's exhausting! Maybe I need to move.lol.

Career 111

Career Communication IT Management 111

Penelope Trunk

DECEMBER 11, 2009

Tweet This Facebook StumbleUpon Email this post to a friend Related Posts How to recognize bad advice about work Learn goal-setting from the Olympics List of things I hate Career adjustments: Tips from Liz Phair Twentysomething: Paychecks are boring Comments (87) Leave a Comment Gym therapy is excellent. " Subscribe -- free! Day by day.

IT 89

IT Management Management Career 89

Penelope Trunk

SEPTEMBER 24, 2010

Irv Posted by Irv Podolsky on September 24, 2010 at 2:06 pm | permalink | Reply To me, you are second in career advice only to Dr. Seuss. It isn't about career advice anymore. Her career advice appears in more than 200 newspapers. And SO entertaining! Can't wait for the next chapter! Getting close to your horse?

IT 110

IT Career Management Management 110

Penelope Trunk

AUGUST 23, 2010

About this blog | About my company, Brazen Careerist | Penelopes guide to starting a blog How to be lost with panache Posted to: Finding a career | Knowing yourself August 23rd, 2010 Del.icio.us I've quit my job, moved, started a blog, and switched careers in large part because of you. Is this your first time here?

Career 110

Career IT Management Management 110

Penelope Trunk

SEPTEMBER 22, 2010

When I first met the farmer I thought it was absurd that a farmer would have been reading career advice. But now I see that farmers ask themselves the same career questions that bankers ask, they just each answer those questions differently. Her career advice appears in more than 200 newspapers. The one from Ada, Ohio.

IT 111

IT Career Management Management 111

Penelope Trunk

SEPTEMBER 28, 2010

I think this probably means that you only need 30 twitter followers who really care about what you say if you are using twitter to build a network that will support you in your career. Her career advice appears in more than 200 newspapers. Get a writing partner Twitter is basically a writing platform. So why is the writing so bad?

IT 110

IT Networking Management Management 110

Penelope Trunk

OCTOBER 15, 2010

Because of your blog, your career, your past, whatever. Her career advice appears in more than 200 newspapers. 481 comments) Dont try to dodge the recession with grad school (436 comments) Bad career advice: Do what you love What generation are you part of, really? I can't remember. The one from Ada, Ohio. Take this test.

IT 101

IT Mining Management Management 101

Penelope Trunk

MARCH 9, 2010

Tweet This Facebook StumbleUpon Email this post to a friend Related Posts Most jobs are creative, if you are creative The new stay-at-home dad paves new paths for moms 9/11: Digging myself out of the debris Choosing between a kid and a career Do you overemphasize happiness? Her career advice appears in more than 200 newspapers.

IT 111

IT Hospitality Career Accomplishment 111

Penelope Trunk

SEPTEMBER 29, 2010

About this blog | About my company, Brazen Careerist | Penelopes guide to starting a blog How to take intelligent risks Posted to: Entrepreneurship | Finding a career | Quitting | Self-management September 29th, 2010 Del.icio.us And successful people who make big career mistakes are able to reframe the mistakes so they don’t matter.

IT 111

IT Career Management Management 111

Penelope Trunk

JULY 22, 2010

What is the key to this career path? So the whole evangelist thing I think might be a myth, not a career anyone wants to sustain when they have it. The right career path comes from that. It didn't always work out with the guy, but I always get back on track with a great career. And, good luck with the move back home.

Career 88

Career IT Career Path Management 88

Penelope Trunk

JANUARY 13, 2010

There are women who got MBAs it their late twenties when it has been shown that this is a good career move for men, but not for women who want to have children. Cathy Benko's book on Mass Career Customization a great starting point for non-linear career advice.) Her career advice appears in more than 200 newspapers.

Leadership 110

Leadership IT Management Management 110

Penelope Trunk

JULY 9, 2010

This starts off as a post about whether to stay safe in a comfortable, harmonious environment or to choose the greater risk and potentially unknown payback inherent in moving to advance a career. His ego-maniacal, selfish attitude would not help him move up the career ladder. Her career advice appears in more than 200 newspapers.

Career 111

Career IT Management Management 111

Penelope Trunk

MARCH 1, 2010

It's informative information that TRULY makes a difference in defining one's career path and making it what YOU want, but wait there's more! Her career advice appears in more than 200 newspapers. In a review of this blog, Business Week called Penelopes writing "poetic." The one from Ada, Ohio. Take this test.

Career 80

Career Management Management IT 80

Penelope Trunk

SEPTEMBER 9, 2010

With your example tho, people can see we can have successful fulfilling lives, careers and relationships. Her career advice appears in more than 200 newspapers. 481 comments) Dont try to dodge the recession with grad school (436 comments) Bad career advice: Do what you love What generation are you part of, really? It still does.

IT 70

IT Management Management Career 70

Penelope Trunk

NOVEMBER 11, 2009

Posted by Business Travel Blogger on November 23, 2009 at 10:42 am | permalink | Reply Business travel was great for the first couple of months in my career. Her career advice appears in more than 200 newspapers. I now need to make it more of a priority to enjoy that time and get out after the meetings and really see the world.

Management 111

Management Management Food IT 111