Time for a Career Change? . . . How Do I Know?
The beginning of a new year is often a time for reflecting on career progress. Questions like these can be in the front of our minds: --Do I hate getting up on Monday morning to go back to work? --How can I determine if this is the right time to make move? --If I change jobs at this time, will I be considered a job-hopper? Any of these serious questions can trigger thoughts of making a move. However, before you do, here are some important considerations to help flesh out your ...› Continue reading
Do You Have a New Year's Career Resolution?
Repeat after me: "I will read this article" The new year is a time for new beginnings, focusing on priorities, and making a resolution to take (and maintain) action. It's a perfect time to make a resolution or commitment to find work you love. BUT, finding a natural vocation that motivates you every day because it uses your trademark talents and satisfies your own core needs requires more than just wanting it. Everybody wants something. People want a large house with columns, a new partner, a ...› Continue reading
Clothes Can Make a Difference in Your Career Advancement!
Men and women have to pay attention to how they dress on the job. If you don't, your job may be at risk. According to the San Antonio Express News the sexier a woman dresses and the more prominent a position she holds, the more negatively she's perceived. For men, it's slightly different. "What make men attractive to women--being industrious, ambitious, having a good job and a high status, being a powerful leader--are also the same traits that make them successful at work" These conclusions ...› Continue reading
Career Resolutions -- Make Them Stick in 2006
A December 2005 study by executive search firm Korn-Ferry revealed that 70% of executives plan to make a career related New Year's resolution. Yet, experience shows that more than 80% of them will be significantly off-track before the end of the first quarter. Why? Distraction -- the number one enemy of success. Here are some tips to beat the odds and make your resolutions stick: 1. Set Inspiring Long-term Goals. Short-term objectives are fine, but don't often provide the necessary ...› Continue reading
An Actor's Confessions Of Why .Info Is Better For His Career
In 2002, a new top level domain extension called .info became available for people to register with no restrictions. This new domain option opened a whole new avenue for individuals who lost out in the .com registration process and had their desired name already taken by someone else. According to a press release issued by the Afilias, an organization that provides global registry services for the .info extension, .info has recently surpassed 1,000,000 registrations since it's inception just ...› Continue reading
Leadership Training and Character
/p> The vast majority of leadership training available to managers focuses primarily on skill and behaviors: how to delegate, how to communicate, how to manage conflict. These skills are unquestionably important and necessary. However, we maintain there is another important ingredient that has been severely neglected in leadership training, that ingredient is 'character.' Leadership character and its qualities is the focus of our new book and workshop: 'Qualities of Leadership.' In 340 B.C. ...› Continue reading
Planning Your Career
Planning your Career - What are the Fastest Growing Occupations ? There are jobs everywhere, that's for sure. But are they jobs that you want? And will they offer the kind of growth opportunities that you are looking for? Review the list below, prepared by education level, and see if you find something that sounds interesting. If you do, start to explore the area, getting information on training and availability in your town. Professional Degree or Doctorate * Biological scientists * ...› Continue reading
Resume 101 - Enhancing your marketability despite those
Involuntary career breaks, or dare we say it, 'unemployment', can often be a frightening situation for anyone to be in. After the initial shock of unexpectedly finding yourself without a job, it doesn't take long before disillusionment sets in, particularly when days turn into weeks, then weeks into months or even longer, and you begin to panic: how you are going to handle the ever-increasing employment gap on your resume? The belief that the longer you are out of work, the more difficult it ...› Continue reading
Staying On Track with Your Career (or Any) Goals
Ever felt so impassioned about a vision and plan that it seemed nothing could get in your way? Then something did. Maybe you were committed to a big career leap, such as heading up a company division, running a travel agency, being a writer, or teaching scuba diving. But then, the boss threw up a roadblock, the bank turned down your loan, the college eliminated the course you needed. Sound familiar? We all feel blocked in our plans at some time or other. The question is what to do. ...› Continue reading
Resume 101
The employment meeting went extremely well. The interviewer was impressed with your abilities; you answered the questions superbly; and you were able to develop an excellent rapport with the interviewer and other staff at the company. So, now just the reference checking process, BUT, unfortunately you did not make it to the following stage. Why not? Everything went so well. What possibly could have gone wrong? How often do I hear similar comments from candidates who are at an absolute loss as ...› Continue reading