星期一, 4月 30, 2007

Great Article: 10 REASONS WHY IDENTITY MATTERS TO ASIAN AMERICAN PROFESSIONALS

After years of sleep-deprivation, hobo chic and ramen dinners, you've arrived! You're behind a walnut desk, backed up by a wall of framed sheepskins, hanging with colleagues in Armani and Prada, or at least Banana Republic fitted T's and Von Dutch jeans. Beware! You are now a prime candidate for identity amnesia. You know, where you start forgetting the people and things that made you who you are and sustained you through your long climb.

You're tempted to shuck off the messy hodgepodge of your past and remake yourself from whole cloth, preferably English lambs wool and Egyptian cotton, or maybe Irish linen and Italian leather.

Here are 10 great reasons to resist that temptation and get back in touch with who you are, a glorious by-product of the clash of two (or three, or four...) rich and dynamic cultures.

The Original Article is posted here.

星期五, 4月 13, 2007

Great Article: Screening out Lecherous Bosses

As we all know, a bad manager can make our lives hell, and a good one can make otherwise difficult tasks, well, a little less difficult :-)

This is a great article on how to avoid the former, when looking for a better job.