New employees are sometimes handed a box of business cards. Why? They'll need them. They will go to events and meet people, they will meet with clients or customers, they will ...
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Looking for a Job Is Different than it was Last Time
What I saw the other night in a room of over 20 people was that more than half of them had not had to look for a job in over 5 years. Think about how our lives have changed in just 10 ...
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Re-focusing- What is TRULY Important
Dan Schawbel interviewed Lisa Earle McLeod who is a speaker and author specializing in humor business coaching and spirituality attainment. The full interview! But in case you don't have time...here ...
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Get a Job Quickly!
This is a warning, not a "how to" post. The longer you are unemployed, the more damaged you appear to be. Is that mean, it isn't meant to be. It is how recruiters and ...
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Time Management in Job Search
How well do you manage your time? Time management in job search is challenging. ...
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Networking = Rule Breaking
As I was preparing to talk about the value of building a network to a group of teenagers, I began looking at the concept through their eyes.
In school they have learned to follow rules, stay within ...
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Personal Branding 101
Personal Branding is a fancy, hip term for your reputation or what people say about you when you're not in the room. ...
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Letter to the newly unemployed
Dear Job seeker:
It has come to my attention that you have recently been released of your duties. I am sorry to hear this news, I am sure it is very difficult for you.
In my desire to help ...
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How do I find a job
Finding a new job is not an easy task. It takes discipline and focus. I read a story in the Buffalo newspaper yesterday about an computer operator who had been looking for work for over a year. The ...
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Hope
Even in the arctic tundra of Upstate New York you can smell the sweet aroma of Hope. The well-crafted Inauguration Speech of President Obama delivers a message of Hope. He knows he can't change ...
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1440- Spend it Wisely
If you were given 1440 dollars to spend each day...what will you do with it? Would you go on a spending spree, would you give some to your needy friends, would you put some away for ...
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Holding on to a job once you land it
When you have a slippery, wrathing fish on the line, sometimes it is hard to get it in the boat or once in, keep it inthe boat. The same is true with a new job. Rounds ...
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Diversify your Career Portfolio
Being in control of our careers is what it's all about. If you were investing your money, wouldn't you have a portfolio mixed with different investments? Short-term, long-term, US Treasury, ...
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Job Seeking resources are everywhere
The more I blog, the more I find...as a professional in the field of career management, I generally don't find anything new. The point for job seekers is that everything is new. You should ...
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Focus
If you go shopping, don't you need to know what you are looking for in order to find it? So how can you find a job if you don't know what kind of job you are looking for or where to ...
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Make the most of your unemployment
If you were in charge of hiring and you had been interviewing lots of candidates, many of whom are unemployed, what would you listen for in order to differentiate these candidates?
One question ...
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Recession-Proofing Your Career
How do I do that? Is it possible to recession-proof my career? What control do I really have? If my employer decides to let me go, what can I do about that?
All these are great questions. ...
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Networking needs New Name
Networking is a strange thing...I wish we could give it different names when we do it for different reasons. I will contact Websters Dictionary and ask them to work on that. Until that ...
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Political Correctness
I am not one who believes in trying to be politically correct. Instead, I want to be known as someone who is respectful, polite, and a person of integrity.
Does this get me in trouble...you ...
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Life is Full on Firsts…
Remember your first day of school? What about your first ride on an airplane? Your first kiss? Do you remember how nervous you felt when experiencing your firsts?
Those same feelings emerge when ...
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Blue Sky Day
When my first son was about 2 years old, we would sit together at the kitchen table and eat breakfast. We would look out the window and I would ask him what he wanted to do that day. Usually I got ...
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Anger and Outrage
Lee Iacocca has written a new book, "Where Have All the Leaders Gone". I haven't read it but the excerpts sing a song I have heard at least twice this month, so I feel the need to ...
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Passion
What is You Passion?
Far too many people are unable to identify their passion- either in life or work. It is there, it just requires a little work to put a label on it sometimes. Passion is that ...
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Need a good blog?
If you are looking for a blog to stimulate your brain activity, you have to read Seth Godin. He writes on timely topics and has some great knowledge to share.
There are thousands ...
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Manage your career like a business
Have you done a SWOT analysis on your career yet? When you manage your career like a business, you'll uncover new opportunities. ...
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Dealing with Change
What is it about change that scares the pants off of some people? I don't really care for change much myself. I get very comfortable in my routines and surroundings. I ...
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LinkedIn and Twitter and Facebook, Oh My
Like Dorothy in the Wizard of Oz, you may be afraid of all the unknowns in the scary world today. As a professional you owe it to your career to learn about these tools for self promotion and ...
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Being “likable” is the key to success
Being likable is the key to your career and job search success.
Both securing a new job and maintaining a job require that the right people like you. Of course, you have to have the skills and ...
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Finding the right fit, culturally speaking
Have you ever found yourself in a company and realized that it isn't right for you? ...
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Age Discrimination
With the majority of today's workforce over 50, I am surprised that this can even be an issue. But the issue isn't the physical age of the person, it is their mindset. An ...
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