Don’t Create Your Resume for Google

Google may provide access to most of the world’s information, but if Laszlo Bock’s statements (or at least Tom Friedman’s restatement of them) in last Sunday’s New York Times are an indication, that informational access is no guarantee of wisdom.  Mr. Bock’s opinions on what skills make a job applicant competitive overlook five major issues…

Growth, Depth and Breadth

Both employees and organizations can be thought of in terms of the dimensions of breadth (the number and variety of skills they exercise) and depth (the depth of specialization and expertise with those skills).  As companies grow and evolve, the inflection points at which they change their own position on the breadth/depth spectrum and those…