We all need to learn more about marketing. Either as an employee or a job seeker, understanding the key trends in marketing is important to your career preservation.
If you are job seeking, then ...
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Putting It Out There
A great number of Boomers are not comfortable putting themselves out there. They are far different from the narcissistic Gen Y who seek opportunities to share information about themselves ...
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Summary Sunday Mar 14 2010
Hopefully you remembered to set you clocks ahead today. Sorry about losing an hour? Relax, it is going to be lighter later so you'll benefit on the other side!
Here are my favorite reads from ...
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Summary Sunday
Trust. Reliance on another person or entity. Having faith in others and
believing them. (from Wikipedia, of course.)
I am beginning to wonder where trust fits within society today. On one hand, ...
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Anything You Can Do, I Can Do Better
We have always believed that the employer has the upper hand. They have the jobs and we want the jobs. They have the money and resources to promote their brand or product, or service, we ...
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Summary Sunday
I am always looking for interesting, beyond the basic career management/job search advice to share. What I find is that there is a lot of basic information being pumped out. I guess what ...
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Are You an Olympic Athlete?
What does an Olympic athlete have in common with a job seeker? Drive, dedication, passion. And let's not forget the ability and desire to compete.I love watching the Olympics. ...
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College-Bound or Career-Bound
What is the purpose of a college education today? Is it:A) Learn to be a great thinkerB) Obtain a degreeC) Teach life skills (career management included)D) Learn cutting edge technology and ...
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Summary Sunday
So here we are in a brand new year, 2010! There have been a lot of posts on resolutions; how to make them, how to stick with them. I don't really like resolutions, per se. ...
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Lazy or Un-Informed?
Job Search is hardly a DIY (Do It Yourself) project today. Well, it can be, I suppose, if you have a natural inclination for building relationships and learning. If you have never ...
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Summary Sunday
There is so much help available on the internet, it can be overwhelming, I suppose. Just a little digging or a little asking around and you can find credible resources.
Job-Hunt.org has a ton of ...
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Summary Sunday
'Tis the season! Whether you are jolly or not, it is difficult to keep motivated this time of year. You will get a job. It just isn't happening as quickly as you would like. If you are looking for ...
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6 Steps to Managing Your Career
When I first started thinking about blogging, I consulted with several great mentors/advisers. One wise mentor recommended a visual layout for my process of career advisement. While I struggled to ...
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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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More Great Blogs
I am regularly adding blogs to my Google reader. It is fun to stumble upon a great writer, or someone covering a great topic, or a fresh perspective, or a style similar or very different ...
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Insights into Where this Economy Will Bring Us
Remember the "transporters" in Star Trek? You would step onto the platform and Scottie would transport you where you wanted to go. Pretty cool, right. It seems like ...
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It Is Going to Take More Than A Slick Resume
What else will you need to stay marketable in the future? That's fun to think about. The resume is so static and employers don't even really like looking at them.
That's why ...
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Hop on the Social Media Bus?
Could it be as simple as it seems? Joining free virtual networks to share information with people you have something in common with?
A while back I read an article I saw tweeted on ...
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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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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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