Penelope Trunk

DECEMBER 16, 2009

Gen Y doesn’t consider salary to be a huge factor in choosing a place to work because Gen Y knows that salary data is public. The idea that we are going to run our lives around our work is ridiculous. We want to make each aspect of our life work well with the other aspects. Self-reported flexible workplaces are BS.

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Penelope Trunk

OCTOBER 29, 2009

Digg Reddit StumbleUpon Tweet This Facebook My ex-husband worked in the nonprofit sector for a while. So, here is a new way to think about careers in the non-profit sector: 1. What we do ourselves—individually, with the people next to us each day—is what establishes meaning in our lives. And you know what?

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Penelope Trunk

JANUARY 21, 2010

And, of course, it’s a tough time to graduate into the workforce. It would be so great, and helpful, if college career centers could be front and center in every student’s planning. But most career centers are useless, because most colleges presume you still need college to teach you how to think critically.

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