Category Archives: Career Management

The Strength of Weak Ties: Networking Outside Your Comfort Zone

Mark Granovetter’s Theory: “The Strength of Weak Ties” Or put differently, why you want to create a business community for yourself that includes people with whom you don’t usually interact. Professor Mark Granovetter is widely known for his work in social network theory, particularly his theory on the spread of information in social networks. Information [...]

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Networking For Success

Are you currently in the market for a new job? Or are you in a role you enjoy? Either way, do make sure that active networking is – or becomes – an integral part of your own career management strategy. What is Networking? Networking is the activity of making, nurturing, and keeping connections. Networking builds [...]

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Job Loss: Our Emotions & Thoughts

What do people go through when they lose a job? What do they think about? How do they feel? How about during the search for a new role? As they interview? When they’re at home wondering what the next day will bring? People ask these questions because they want to know if their feelings and [...]

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