Resources

The other day I got an email from a former student of mine. It read: “Dear, Dr. Burkus, thanks so much for your advice years ago in class on acing the job interview. I’m now […]

When I was a kid, maybe eight or nine years old, I was playing in the basement of our house, and I found a duffle bag stuffed under a pile of other random stuff. The […]

You’ve probably seen them roaming around the wilderness of your open office. They’re most likely to be discovered (or rather most likely to reveal themselves) inside meetings: HIPPOs, The Highest Paid Person’s Opinions!  You can […]

You’ve probably heard the advice: “Don’t hire for skills; hire for culture fit.” If someone is a good fit for your company culture, you can train them on the skills they need. But the reverse […]

One of the most common responses when I tell people I wrote a book about networking is a simple, “Oh…well, I’m an introvert…so that probably doesn’t work for me.” And over time, I’ve learned to […]

It’s a difficult position to be in for almost every new college graduate: how do you get a job with no experience…when every job opening requires a minimum of two years of experience? But even […]