professional development

I’ve got a fresh batch of linky goodness for you this week, all related to your professional development:

Have you heard about The Ladders? It’s kind of like Monster.com, but for $100,000+ jobs. I know, I know–you’re thinking there’s no point in job searching on a site like that, partly because you feel so underqualified but also because you don’t have a sleazy job in some corporation just because you’d make the big bucks (or would you? Hmm!). If you take a moment to sign up, though, you’ll find there is a lot of useful, free information aimed a professionals (and guess what? Even if you don’t feel like one, you’re going to market yourself like one). For example, I thought of you guys when I saw this article on the elusive “hidden job market.” It’s a very brief and to-the-point how-to on networking your butt into your next job.
I know how some of you have slightly icky feelings about turning from academia to the corporate sector. You’re not sure if you can play the corporate game, and if you’re going to have expectations imposed on you that you may not be able to cope with. My friend Jamie Ridler is offering a workshop called Authentic Professionalism, which is precisely oriented for those of you who aren’t sure how to work in a private sector context but still be yourself.
A client sent me a link to a site called Squawkfox. When you first get there, it looks slightly busy with all of those ads and the “everything but the kitchen sink” nature of it. The aim of the site, actually, is to provide information about frugal living (kitchen sink, like I said). However, there is an avalanche of really solid information about resume-writing. It’s not specifically on converting a CV to a resume, but if you start at the begining of her series, you’ll find links to tips on jop hunting, doing a skills inventory and probably one of the best top-10 lists on networking that I’ve ever read.