Recalling your past accomplishments is an important first step during the job search process. These stories are the proof you need to show future employers. ...
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Self assessment
Simple Instructions for How to do What You Love
Discovering what you love to do is difficult. But that's because the answer is usually right in front of your nose and you can't see it. ...
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Decision Making…Does it come from the head or the heart?
A career change is difficult. What if there was a way to make the decision making process easier? It's a blend of using your head and your heart! ...
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Envisioning Your Future
Envisioning your future may help you find your dream job. Take this guided tour and answer questions to help you find your bliss. ...
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Choosing A Career Can Be Overwhelming
Choosing a career, either for the first time or later in life, can be overwhelming, confusing, frustrating and/or just a pain in the ass. So how do you go about making the best choice? ...
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Motivation Monday: Maybe It’s Time To…
Complete this sentence Maybe it's time to... How would you answer this question when it comes to your career? ...
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Career Change Isn’t An Exact Science
How do you find out what you want to do next? Is it as easy as taking a test and perhaps a couple of classes. For many, the options can be overwhelming. Not to mention that new career choices are ...
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What Do You Love To Do?
What is it that you love to do? Take the time to reflect on what you love to do and assess the skills you enjoy using to help you find a new job that allows you to thrive. ...
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Are You a Strategic Thinker?
Have you ever wondered exactly what a strategic thinker is or does? Let's see what this really means and how you can prove it. ...
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Laser Focus or Spraying and Praying
There are two ways to job search. Either having laser focus or using the spraying and praying method. Which do you think is more effective? ...
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What’s Your Motivation?
Directors and actors have asked this question to help define the emotion of the character. I am using this question to drive productivity and happiness.
So, really, what is your motivation? What ...
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Retraining Alone Is Not the Answer
For those of you who are not familiar with Peter Weddle and his newsletter and other resources, I encourage you to peruse his site here. His most recent "eye catching" news letter article ...
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4 Steps to Assess Your Next Dream Job
There may not be such a thing as a perfect job, but you can take these four steps to assess your next dream job. ...
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2010- A New Year Begins with Confidence
A New Year, a new you. A New Year, a clean slate. A New Year, a new job. A New Year, a new beginning. See how all these snippets are future oriented? That's ...
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SWOT Analysis: Take A Step Back
Sometimes it helps to take a step back during your job search and do some analysis and assessment. SWOT can be an ideal model to use. ...
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You Want A Change, But You Don’t Know What To Do
This has been quite a year for people searching for work. Many of them are thinking about doing something different. While changing careers and/or industry can be difficult, it is ...
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What Do They Call This at Your Company?
So many job seekers get caught up using the "official" job title their last employer gave them. In doing that, the job seeker either has presented themselves as something un-needed, ...
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Dream Big
With summer almost over, there is another opportunity to set some goals for the upcoming school year.
I found a post, Big Dream Guidance System, about chopping your big dreams into smaller ...
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Transfer Your Skills
Frustrated that there aren't more jobs out there for you? Are you not sure you want to do the same job anymore? Well, perhaps it is time to transfer your skills to a new occupation or ...
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Changing Jobs, Changing Careers, Changing Industries
Change is something we tend to avoid like the plague (or perhaps more timely, Swine Flu). Yet job seekers right now will have to investigate something different.
The job you had ...
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Know Thyself
The great philosophers said it long ago. Know thyself. It is so basic and so obvious, why do we fight self-assessment? Because it is difficult.
Life moves so quickly today, running around doing ...
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The 4 P’s of Marketing
Product, Pricing, Placement, Promotion.
Product: What service or product do you offer that fills a need. In true marketing, a warranty is generally included in defining this. ...
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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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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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Survival of the Fittest
I received an email from the new President of Ohio Wesleyan University, Rock Jones. In it, he praised the institution, its current students, alumni and professors. He also spoke about ...
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Developing your wish list of requirements
What are you looking for in your next position? Many people can identify what they don't want and that's a good start. Ask this question: "what does it look like?" Try to envision the ...
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Get A Clue- Know What You Can Do
Before you even begin thinking about looking for a new job, you must know what you can do and what you WANT to do! Here are some resources to help you figure this out! ...
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