Age discrimination.
I’ve addressed this topic many times, both on print and on radio.
Am I not getting the job because I’m too old?
Is Botox or dying my hair the answer?
My response in over a decade of doing this work has never wavered or changed.
Age is a concept. Continue reading
There is a definite behavioral pattern with managers in hiring. Some are easy to work with, decisive and know their leadership style – well. Asking them what they look for in talent is a concise and illuminating discussion.
However, not all hiring managers respond in this way.
Or “riskuirements”?
In this nice Country of mine, there are increasing areas – not only geographical, unfortunately – in which even the simplest, most innocent question is looked at with suspicion.
The most common answer to any question has become “why do you ask me that?”. Continue reading
I must apologize for having borrowed this line from one of Deep Purple’s most touching songs.
Auditors of fortune? Yes, that is what we are, indeed: like mercenary soldiers under the command of some well-paying general or king or emperor. We mainly audit for money, while the codes of conduct imposed upon us by the personnel certification bodies never mention money. Continue reading
A wonderland where there would be no risk, where the mere concept of risk would be unknown, where events would be just events, and accidents just accidents.
I once read that Bhakti (or Bhakhti) believers totally submit themselves to their god, which may sound quite crazy to us, but it is their belief: which also means that, once more, truth is in the eyes of the beholder. Continue reading