The Happy Career Path

Working remotely comes easier to some than to others, and there are important considerations when deciding if you're a good fit for a telecommuting position. Currently, however, many people are being thrust into remote work by the COVID-19 pandemic for the first time,...

There's a piece of career advice—and really, it's good life advice in general—that doesn't get nearly enough attention: Honor your commitments while job hunting. In terms of what we do here at SRI, we'd like to draw attention to two commitments every job seeker makes,...

It's perfectly normal to have problems at work, dislike certain details about what you have to do, get frustrated, and so on. But the good should always far outweigh the negatives, and it matters that you feel a sense of fulfillment from what you do for a living....

Telecommuting positions have become much more common across many industries in recent years. Constant advances in computing, communications, data sharing, and other technologies make it ever easier for people to work remotely. Some people thrive in a telecommuting...

Many articles have been written on characteristics of IT Professionals, some positive and some well, not so positive.  I have come to the conclusion that the expectations of what is needed to be a strong IT leader in an organization doesn’t always match up with what...

We recently posted a very interesting Wall Street Journal article, “Secrets of the Happiest Commuters” by Sue Shellenbarger, simply because the title was so unique.  When have you ever seen the words happy and commute in the same sentence?  Usually we associate the...