Purpose – Brooke Allen

To get a job, write your story instead of a resume

by Brooke Allen I am 61 years old and I have been doing paid work since I was 16. I’ve been a grocery clerk, camp counselor, film projectionist, sound man, light man, cameraman, freight loader, computer programmer, teacher, operations research analyst, manager, salesman, writer, consultant, and for the last 30 years I’ve been a securitiesContinue reading “To get a job, write your story instead of a resume”

How to find a calling instead of a career

by Brooke Allen In my Quartz piece, To get a job, write your story instead of a resume, I talked about the value of finding a purpose in your work, and suggested that in order to do that you reflect on your life and write your own narrative. I talked about how economics is aboutContinue reading “How to find a calling instead of a career”