Louise Fletcher at Blue sky resume wrote Can You Make a Career Change in a Bad Economy. She points out several things:
It is possible and more likely to happen if this change is ...
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Finding a Blog that’s Right for You
Holy cow! Who knew there were so many blogs out there. More and more every where you look. There are groups and communities of bloggers, corporate bloggers, independent bloggers galore.
Here's ...
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Changing What We Do
There was an article in the NYTimes this week about the conditions of the labor market in a Wisconsin town that lost over 4,000 GM jobs. These overpaid ($28/hr) workers are now ...
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The Best On-Line Job Posting Resources
You might need a better understanding of the job market. One of the best ways to do that is to do your research. By research, I mean search the job postings on-line. See what employers are looking ...
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A Career Do-Over
Peter Weddle's Newsletter on a Career Do-Over is worth reading, though I will summarize his four key points, or what he calls the "four genuine advantages" in my words, not his:
You are ...
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100! Thanks!
This is post number 100! I need to thank the many people who inspire and motivate me. I look forward to 100 more posts and readers!
Mike Lally, for the "gentle" nudge to start blogging.
Pop, ...
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Changing What We Expect Work to Be
At it's peak, Kodak employed close to 60,000 employees in Rochester alone. Right now, the numbers are well under 10,000, and dropping. They are not the only big guy shrinking, Xerox, ...
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Knowing it All
The next time you are telling someone something, stop, and think about how much you don't know about what you are talking about. It is so easy, especially when we get older and supposedly ...
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Business Cards- Get ’em Now
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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