R.I.P. Public Access Television
Here in Los Angeles, the city rang in the New Year by closing down all of its public access TV studios, signaling an end to homegrown, grass roots production of eclectic and often monumentally weird alternative programming. Cities in Michigan, Illinois and Indiana are also shutting down facilities, and if the amount of locally-based “save public access” postings on the Internet are any indication, the trend is continuing.
Posted Thu Jan 8, 2009
The Economic Downturn Holiday Songbook! Does the recession have you down? Then maybe these revisions of classic Christmas songs will bring you cheer!
Posted Wed Dec 3, 2008
Bailout, Bailout, Who Gets the Bailout? It might be time for government to stop proposing bailout packages for multinational banks, and throw the cash at the retail sector instead. With a little capital, maybe our nation’s stores could finance new and exciting ways to get people back in the holiday shopping groove.
Posted Tue Nov 25, 2008
When It's Time to Adapt to a New Leader This whole “brand new President of the United States” thing is no big deal. The workforce is already well trained in making the necessary adjustments to having a new person at the top of the food chain. We’ve all worked for organizations that distributed that memo.
Posted Wed Nov 5, 2008
Three Ways to Turn Negative Campaigning Into a Work/Life-Win Strategy It turns out that negative campaigning -- all the finger pointing and name-calling may actually work after all. Here's three ways to make mudslinging work for you at the office.
Posted Fri Oct 24, 2008
Becoming a Doctor? That's So Dial-Up! In this week's column, humorist and career expert Tom Stern writes about finding your calling. Inspired by a recent survey of medical students who voted against going into primary care or internal medicine because there was too much paperwork involved, Stern takes a hard look at how greed and laziness may get in the way of finding your real dream.
Posted Wed Oct 8, 2008
What Sarah Palin Might Have in Common with Your Boss A Kick in the Career: Can lack of experience make someone a bad leader? In this week's column, humorist and careers expert Tom Stern considers the ramifications of elected officials emulating managers at a business when making decisions (such as the little matter of choosing a running mate).
Posted Tue Sep 23, 2008
The Skills Portability Factor A Kick in the Career: Are the days long gone when employees stayed with one job for 25 years and landed a nice silver watch? In this week's column, humorist and career expert Tom Stern takes a discerning look at job hopping and skills portability.
Posted Wed Sep 10, 2008
From Kindergarten to the Boardroom A Kick in the Career: Has the over achievement of some adults resulted in achievement obsession for their kids? In this week's column, humorist and careers expert Tom Stern ponders whether we're preparing our kids to take over the world far too early in their lives.
Posted Wed Sep 10, 2008
What Is Labor Day Really About Anyway? A Kick in the Career: In this week's installment, humorist and career expert Tom Stern muses about Labor Day. As the celebration of the American worker should we all (no exceptions) have the day off, or should we just go against the grain and go into work. Besides, who needs an end of summer barbecue.
Posted Wed Aug 27, 2008
What Do You Want, An Olympics Medal? A Kick in the Career: In this week's column, humorist and career expert Tom Stern writes about business competition, teamwork, and the basic human need for acknowledgment.
Posted Wed Aug 20, 2008
Taking Back the Internet: Creating a Passive-Aggressive Income Stream A Kick in the Career: If you're passing on branded messages to your contacts, don't you think you should be compensated? In this week's installment, humorist and career expert Tom Stern uncovers pre-populated signatures in e-mail and smartphone messages as supplemental income.
Posted Wed Aug 13, 2008
The Skills Portability Factor A Kick in the Career: Are the days long gone when employees stayed with one job for 25 years and landed a nice silver watch? In this week's column, humorist and career expert Tom Stern takes a discerning look at job hopping and skills portability.
Posted Wed Aug 6, 2008
Can Facebook Really Replace Employment Firms? A Kick In the Career: What happened to face-to-face networking? In this week's column, humorist and career expert Tom Stern wonders whether social networking is really conducive to launching one's career.
Posted Wed Jul 30, 2008
You Can Take That to the Bank...Not! A Kick In the Career: In this week's column, humorist and career expert Tom Stern takes a stab at the banking industry, but promises there's light at the end of the tunnel.
Posted Wed Jul 23, 2008
Good News: The Economy Isn't the Only Thing That's Dying A Kick In the Career: In this week's column, humorist and career expert Tom Stern discusses the culture of dying from overworking.
Posted Wed Jul 16, 2008
A Kick In The Career: What Do You Do When You're Branded? How the future of your career depends on thinking of yourself as a product.
Posted Wed Jul 9, 2008
Work/Life: Teen Pregnancy Pact in Gloucester, Mass...It's The Thought That Counts
It’s all well and good to put family first, but a teen pregnancy pact puts work/life balance out of whack before you even start working. By now, we have all formed our own theories on what could possibly have caused seventeen high school girls to want to get pregnant at the same time, besides the fact that non-starter Jamie-Lynn Spears grabbed nine months worth of headlines by doing the same thing.
Posted Mon Jun 23, 2008
