paulfreiberger

Your job used to be translating strategy into action. AI just learned how to do part of that. So what’s left? For years, much of mid-level management has been built around moving information through an organization: Synthesizing information. Writing status reports. Coordinating across teams. Preparing presentations and updates. Running alignment meetings. Translating directives from senior leadership into action. AI is increasingly capable of handling parts of this work. It can summarize,...

Book excerpt: There must be some people who enjoy the job search. After all, there are people who wait with gleeful anticipation for the chance to dive into their income taxes every year. In the end, though, you don’t have to love the search. You do, however, have to be good at it. STEP 1: DECIDE TO DECIDE Before you make any first step, you make the decision to move your foot. The same thing happens here. You can spend a lot of time dreaming about your dream job, but that gets you nowhere....

Not every interview in your job search is a job interview. Consider the informational interview. An informational interview is a chance to meet briefly with someone in your field and talk about that person’s company, her career, and the industry as a whole. It’s as simple as that. It’s also a crucial facet of a best practice job search. Unlike a job interview, the informational interview lacks a predetermined structure. In most job interviews, you can expect to be asked a series of questions,...