At the Aspen Ideas Festival - an annual summer gabfest that presents all sorts of interesting ideas, from the improbable to the important - one of the big themes this year was jobs. How will America close the skills gap? Where will the good middle-class jobs of the future come from?
After weeks of searching and networking, you've done it. You've found the perfect job for which to apply. Of course, the first thing you want to do is impress the employer. In fact, you want to make such a great first impression they can't turn you down. So what do you do?
In one of my favorite episodes of Star Trek: The Next Generation, Capt. Picard finds himself on a planet with an alien species who speaks entirely in metaphor. Each time the alien wants to say something, he references specific stories from his own history and culture. Epic stories. As Capt.