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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Treat Your Search Like a Real Job
Job search requires discipline and structure. You have to treat is as if it is your full time job. Hanging around the house won't cut it, there are too many distractions. GET ...
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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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Video Resumes…the next trend?
What exactly is a video resume you ask? I wasn't exactly sure myself until I did a little research (with the initial nudge by a coworker). It is basically your 45 second commercial with linkage to ...
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You have to spend a little to get a little sometimes
There is a lot of great free advice available today. The Internet is chock full of articles and free newsletters. But the old adage "if it seems to good to be true, it probably ...
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Job Finding Activities – Here’s what you should be working on
What are the job finding activities that will provide you with knowledge and experience and enable you to compete in today's job search? ...
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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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Doing the right thing
I love my 96 1/2 year old grandfather in-law. I always learn something from him. You just have to ask the right questions. I have asked him the difference between staw and hay (don't remember the ...
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