Rick Smith

Recently Seth Godin and I were interviewed for an article posted on Monster.com. The question was, “In one of the worst job markets in decades, many (particularly young people) are turning to nonprofits to find work, but is devoting a year or two to the greater good -- and ...

This past year, I met a remarkable person. Her name is Jessica Mah, and she is quickly becoming one of the top bloggers on the internet. She is the founder of three companies, a professional speaker and a brilliant computer scientist. She is also an expert on ...

There is no way to consistently identify truly outstanding job candidates from a single interview. But you can certainly sniff out the bad ones. Vice Presidents and personnel directors of the 100 largest corporations were asked to describe their worst experience interviewing prospective employees. Here are some of the ...

Guest Post: Roger Fransecky, Fortune 500 CEO Coach It's time to remind ourselves of a truth that provides context for this roiling year of declining markets, eroding 401K's, and the daily challenge of leading and living: our lives contain both prose and poetry. It's time to pay attention to our simple ...

We have all played out this drill in our heads – the doctor informs us we are ill, and gives us six months to live. What would we do? For most of us, this exercise conjures up images of traveling to places we always wanted to see, spending ...

Is it possible to start a business with little or no money? Absolutely. In fact, back in 2004 that’s exactly what I did. I launched World 50, investing only $400.00, and that was to buy stationary to print invoices. This was good news for me, because I had no money. Zilch, ...