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Online Communities and Google+ Hangouts: A Pair Made in Heaven

By Diane Dolinsky-Pickar ⋅ January 21, 2013 ⋅ 10 comments

“I know an old woman who lived in a shoe … ” goes the rhyme, but it was a digital shoe equipped with a mobile hotspot, so she was as (read more...)

Strategic Lateral Moves That Will Prime You For Jobs On The Horizon

By Diane Dolinsky-Pickar ⋅ January 13, 2013 ⋅ 5 comments

Congratulations! You made it past the resolution-ready days of early January, and are sailing into prime time for your career ambitions. To smooth that path, I have a video treat (read more...)

How to Connect to a Mobile HotSpot When Landing in No-Man’s Land

By Diane Dolinsky-Pickar ⋅ September 27, 2012 ⋅ 2 comments

You aim to be productive whenever you can grab a few moments. But inevitably, there are times you are stranded by the Internet. Like a pigeon with no homing device. (read more...)

Dont Pull a Lance Armstrong with Your Excel Skills

By Diane Dolinsky-Pickar ⋅ September 5, 2012 ⋅ 2 comments

If I told you that learning Excel in a way that makes you competitive in the job market means 20 to 30 more hours of time investment, instead of playing (read more...)

The Skill Set That Exceeds The Value Of An MBA

By Diane Dolinsky-Pickar ⋅ August 5, 2012 ⋅ 17 comments

This two-part post features the sage advice of Will Bachman, a management consultant who shared his passion for uber-sharp Excel and Pivot table skills in a conversation with the author. (read more...)

Get Paid Faster: 3 Tools So You Stop Giving It Away

By Diane Dolinsky-Pickar ⋅ July 7, 2012 ⋅ 3 comments

Do you do a million tasks for free, and then wonder why you are not seeing the dollars? Fret no more; I’m gonna help you get paid, and get paid (read more...)

Why Your Best Personal Branding Strategy Demands That You Publish

By Diane Dolinsky-Pickar ⋅ March 20, 2012 ⋅ 16 comments

When someone wants to see what you’re about professionally, they will look online. You had better be published there. (I’m not referring to LinkedIn solely, but to work-related publishing.) If you (read more...)

Take 9 Minutes To Understand The Record-Breaking Spread Of Pinterest

By Diane Dolinsky-Pickar ⋅ March 13, 2012 ⋅ 11 comments

Two hipsters walk into a bar, and one asks the other if she’d like a drink. Not a joke; it happened in 1992 on my first date with the guy (read more...)

The Best Of 20 Crowdsourced Solutions To Save Your Dysfunctional Organization

By Diane Dolinsky-Pickar ⋅ March 3, 2012 ⋅ 5 comments

A reader hit the ‘Contact Us’ button and asked a question about change management and organizational behavior. What Suzanne Whang asked was: The problem I see with us “over-40-ers” is (read more...)

5 Shortcuts To Get Answers In Record Time

By Diane Dolinsky-Pickar ⋅ January 31, 2012 ⋅ 15 comments

Wraparound reflective glasses, black spandex pants and neon green jacket. I wouldn’t pass up a chance to ride with a guy like that, would you? I rest my case. But (read more...)