Whether writing or speaking, your focus has to be on the needs, problems, concerns, and/or interests of others. You may be so intent on pushing your own message or your needs or your interests or ...
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Two Things More Important than Good Grades
The typical advice parents give their kids as they ship them off to college is "study hard and get good grades".
Well, I believe there is more to college than just getting good grades. Here are ...
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Can a Government Really Create Jobs?
I'm sitting on pins and needles in anticipation of President Obama's speech tonight....are you?
Honestly, friends. Watch his presentation tonight and see what you think. Be "in the know".
Best ...
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Find Yourself So You Can Know Who You Are
This title is meant to confuse or befuddle. Here's why. There's a common thread that runs through many job seekers who've been let go from their jobs. They don't know who they are. They've ...
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Pinging Your Network
If you are truly ready to accept the challenge of networking for the rest of your life, then you will need to find a way to make it FUN, otherwise, well, you just aren't going to do it.
Reach Out and ...
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Sharing and Gratitude
When was the last time you told someone how wonderful they are or how much they mean to you? That long ago? Change this today!
Being a woman of my word and practicing what I preach, I want to ...
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Do You Need Some Tough Love?
Job Search is difficult and lonely. Don't go at it alone!
Have you found yourself saying any of these things:
There aren’t any jobs out there
I’ve spoken to everyone in my ...
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Is there really such a thing as a “Perfect Job”?
Perfect is an "imperfect" word. Really, what is perfect? Is the the absolute best solution forever or for right now?
Our work life (what was once called a career), is made up of a ...
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Don’t Take No for an Answer
No doesn't really mean no. It just means "I am not comfortable enough to say yes now."
Let's toughen up a bit. Rejection is something we are all afraid of! (Truth be told, it is one of MY ...
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Motivation Monday: Learn & Teach
Taking the Focus off of YOU
When you teach others, the emphasis is on helping others. So what can you teach someone? Anyone!
Think about the natural talents that you take for ...
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Changing Economy, where are the stable jobs?
Service jobs aren't "off-shore-able"...yet. In other words, the jobs that physically provide a service are difficult to send overseas, where the labor is less expensive.
In-Demand Jobs
Every once ...
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Digital Natives: What Can You Learn From Them?
Who or what are Digital Natives?
All the way back in 2001 (that was 10 years ago) Marc Prensky wrote an article "Digital Natives, Digital Immigrants" and coined the phrase. He is referring to the ...
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Motivation Monday: What Spark Lights Your Soul?
There is work and then there is a calling, some call it a vocation. What is it that you were meant to do? Perhaps not for ever, but for right now? It may not be something you've ever done before, ...
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Friday’s Are Meant for…
TGIF. Remember when you were working and you looked forward to Fridays! Friday marks the end of the typical work week. Maybe for some job seekers Friday is a bitter-sweet day. Does it bring back ...
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Motivation Monday: Help Me!
I absolutely know how difficult your job search is! More than anything, the advice I dole out has to do with having a winning attitude! That's probably THE number one challenge!
Motivation ...
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Networking, Plain and Simple
Networking is nothing more than an exchange of information. Yet we tend to over-think it and perhaps make it more difficult than it needs to be. Each time you interact with someone could be called ...
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Summary Sunday: Checking In, Checking Up!
The end of another week and the beginning of a new week. I know how hard job search is. I love gathering information that I think will help those in search.
In case you missed my post this week, ...
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Google Plus: How To’s and Other Resources
There are early adopters fiddling around with Google Plus. They are trying to find innovative ways to use the tool. You see, when Google built it, I am sure they had ideas about how they thought ...
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Adding Bling to Your LinkedIn Profile
Are you ready to add bling to your LinkedIn profile? It's a great way to show who you are and what you've done! ...
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It Is Time for Your Check-Up Ms/Mr Jobseeker
You don't get a reminder call or post card reminding you that you should evaluate the health of your job search, but you probably should! And wouldn't it be great if your doctor posed questions to ...
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Summary Sunday: The new workplace, Twitter and Google+
Summary Sunday is a collection of posts from this week I've found and shared. I attempt to put them in some sort of related order to make a point or help increase your level of awareness and ...
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Sharing is Caring
During your career and even during your job search are you holding back? Keep in mind, sharing is caring. ...
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Proof You Need to Figure Out Social
For those of you who remember when job search simply required opening up the huge "help wanted" section in the newspaper- remember how frustrated you felt when you had to look for work on the job ...
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7 Reasons You are Never Going to Get a Job
You've ended up here because you are frustrated by your job search. You may even be afraid that you are never going to get a job.
You aren't alone. ...
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Motivation Monday: Visualization
Taking the time to assess your priorities, values, desires, wants, needs, dreams, and talents is certainly not the easiest thing to do. It is, however, one of the surest ways to discover focus and ...
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Google Plus One (Google +)
There's a new button in town! Do you have it? Do you get it?
If you are already a fan of Google, you've probably already started playing around with Google Plus 1. If you aren't using Gmail, ...
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My Top 12 Picks for Summer Career Reading
As a life-long-learner, I try to keep on top of the "hot" books. I use the word try for a reason. Most of the time, I am reading books about careers and job search. I know I miss out on a lot of ...
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Why Do You Like Twitter?
What I am learning is that there many reasons to like Twitter. I find it difficult sometimes to explain exactly what it is about this tool that makes it so cool, interesting, fun, productive, ...
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Don’t Make These Mistakes on YOUR Cover Letter
When writing your cover letter, you don't want to make mistakes that could turn off the recruiter or person receiving it. ...
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Reputation Management Part 3: Be a Tweeter
This is part 3 of a 3 part series in reputation management across social media. This is post is about the benefits of being on Twitter. ...
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