Archive for April, 2011

5 Google Search Ground Rules

April 25th, 2011 by Susan P. Joyce

People often express frustration when they can’t find what they want on Google.  Google is not perfect, no question.  However, it is very, very good.

Often when someone is describing their Google “problem” they demonstrate some confusion with how Google works, so here are some “ground rules” to keep in mind when you are using Google for search:

  1. Google uses “stemming” to find all variations of a word.  So if you search on the word “job,” it will typically also show you pages containing the word “jobs.”  A search on “engineer” will typically also find “engineers,” “engineering,” and “engineered.”  But it doesn’t do the reverse – if you enter “engineered” (or some other word with no additional variations), it won’t find pages containing variations of the word “engineer.”

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Best Career Change Advice: Target & Plan

April 18th, 2011 by Susan P. Joyce

Looking back at my career, I have probably made more career changes than many people – at least 9 of them - from officer in the United States Marine Corps to president of my own company, including 2 layoffs.

And, I think it was a very educational process, but I wish I’d done a better job of planning and managing my crazy career.  So, here’s how you can learn from my mistakes… (more…)