© 2008 Brooke Allen brooke@brookeallen.com http://www.BrookeAllen.com Originally published in International Family Magazine In 1977, American Airlines offered me a job in Manhattan in their Operations Research group and I took it. One of our projects was to build a mathematical model to determine how much we should overbook each flight so as to maximize profit.Continue reading “When Pigs Fly”
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Sally Would be Proud of Me
© 2007 Brooke Allen brooke@brookeallen.com http://www.BrookeAllen.com Originally published in International Family Magazine In 1993 I lost a job in Tokyo and returned to the States with a wife and two young children but no work. Most of my contacts were no longer at the phone numbers in my book and many were unemployed. It appearedContinue reading “Sally Would be Proud of Me”
Learning How to Land a Job
© 2007 Brooke Allen brooke@brookeallen.com http://www.BrookeAllen.com Originally published in International Family Magazine A mentor is someone who stands out in your mind as a model for your own behavior. If you find yourself thinking “What Would Sally Do?” then Sally is a mentor. Here is the story of my Sally. In 1979, my boss askedContinue reading “Learning How to Land a Job”
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