Penelope Trunk

DECEMBER 16, 2009

I'm a business student and I lead a business presentation two weeks ago to the US Director of Recruiting for Cummins, a Fortune 500 company, about Gen Y and recruiting them via social media networking. " A lot of people don't care about doing good, they care about money or their family or career advancement.

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Penelope Trunk

JANUARY 13, 2010

Posted by Gen X Cathy on January 14, 2010 at 1:32 am | permalink | Reply PS I forgot to say that I got my job through my relationship network. They come together informally, via a personal network of talented people inside and/or outside the organisation, to achieve a specific task.

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Penelope Trunk

FEBRUARY 1, 2010

Is it naive to think that the things you learn in grad school might lead you to greater career (and financial) success down the road regardless of whether you receive the degree itself? Posted by kelley on February 2, 2010 at 4:11 pm | permalink | Reply It's all about the network, real or perceived. That logic is weird.

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Penelope Trunk

OCTOBER 29, 2009

So is prestige, career advancement, power, etc. This presumes that a for-profit project is self-interested, while a not-for-profit project isn't. This disregards the fact that money is only one form of self-interest. The idea that only non-profits are worthy of donated money is silly.

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Penelope Trunk

MARCH 3, 2010

This can inevitably grow your network/career. Not only will you have missed career opportunities but you will be out of the loop while you are out studying your navel. which is what all us parents are doing on our paid maternity leave) Having children and paid meternity leave is not career advancement.

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