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- Networking Hurdles - by Submitted on Jun 30, 2010 from Jane CranstonI'm always surprised at how many of my executive career coaching clients are hesitant to contact former colleagues and supervisors when they need advice or information. I call these their “networking hurdles.” It seems particularly true when they’re looking for a job. Why is that? I gave it some ...
Views: 1633(1 vote) - Speakers: Let Pros Write Comedy for You for Free! - by Submitted on Aug 26, 2015 from Mack DrydenEven if your topic is serious and not particularly fertile for comedy, it's always a good strategy to relax the audience with a lighthearted comment in your opening remarks. The very best kind of icebreaker, of course, is a quip that’s crafted specifically your audience. For example, at one ...
Views: 1632 - The five biggest myths about work - by Submitted on Sep 26, 2009 from Craig NathansonMyth One: Work leads to retirement This is the biggest myth of all. First of all, most people simply can no longer afford to stop working. Even for those who do stop working soon they find their lives are filled with too much leisure time. Not too long after a feeling of wanting to make a ...
Views: 1632 - Transforming Your Workplace - by Submitted on Sep 05, 2014 from Ariel and Shya KaneIf you want to be happy and satisfied, it is important that you investigate how it is that you relate to your world, your workplace and to yourself. The Workplace as a Gateway to the Moment Let's look at the workplace to access how you relate to your life. By and large, most people spend ...
Views: 1632(7 votes) - Go and Get It - by Submitted on Sep 05, 2013 from Donald MitchellMany children are shy, which can make them more dependent on their parents. If a shy child wants something, chances are good that the child will ask a parent to get it … even if the item is easily accessible and in plain sight. Since most parents understand the importance of encouraging ...
Views: 1631(1 vote) - How To Create An Online Newsroom The Media Will Love - by Submitted on Aug 01, 2005 from Bill Stollerby Bill Stoller, Publisher Free Publicity, The Newsletter for PR-Hungry Businesses http://www.PublicityInsider.com/freepub.asp From time to time, people ask me how public relations has changedduring the two decades in which I’ve been seeking publicity. Myanswer: technology. Twenty years ago, ...
Views: 1630(3 votes) - Get More Out Of Life!: 5 Powerful Ways To Invest In Yourself - by Submitted on Feb 21, 2018 from Rachel MinahanInvesting. Saving. Budgeting. These words are no fun to hear, right? But these strategies proved that they could certainly help you build your resources and attain financial freedom. But we are not talking all about money here. One of the best investments that you can make is to invest in ...
Views: 1629 - What’s Next After CCNA? - by Submitted on Apr 29, 2013 from Complete ITProfessionalYou’ve obtained your CCNA certification and now you’re questioning what to do next? To begin with, congratulations! You’ve got a handful of choices on what you can do next. The Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA) is quite a popular certification and it leaves you open to many areas of the ...
Views: 1629 - You Are the CEO of You, Inc. - by Submitted on Jan 07, 2009 from Barbara GiamancoChris Brogan is President of New Marketing Labs. I love following his blog posts. On Monday, his post talked about how each of us is the president of our own career. I couldn’t agree more. It’s an excellent piece. You really should read it! I have believed for some time now that we ...
Views: 1629 - Are You Avoiding Confrontation? - by Submitted on Aug 26, 2011 from Lenann McGookey GardnerI think there’s a trend … a trend toward avoiding confrontation. All the time. At all costs. No matter what’s at stake. And it’s starting to concern me! It’s not that confrontation is a good thing – too much of it, and life gets very tense. But it’s important that, when the situation ...
Views: 1628(2 votes) - The Time Bomb: Dreams and Choosing a Career - by Submitted on Aug 16, 2003 from John Goldhammer, PhD© 2003 "Naturally nature has so disposed me." - Leonardo da Vinci My fascination with dreams actually began nearly two-and-a-half decades ago when, seemingly out of nowhere, a torrent of unusual dreams roared into my life. It was as though somewhere in my ...
Views: 1628(1 vote) - 10 Ways to Make Yourself indispensable in CNAs Job - by Submitted on Jul 05, 2012 from Aaron DsouzaCNA is one of the essential positions required in almost all the medical hospitals in order to take care of the patient in an efficient manner. The main requirement to apply for CNA job is a CNA certification that can be obtained from any recognized institute. The CNA certification requirements ...
Views: 1627 - Help for Ex-offenders looking for Jobs: Body Language - by Submitted on May 08, 2013 from Eric MayoWhen looking for a job, just as important as the words we use is the message that our bodies are sending. The person that shows that he not only has the skills to get the job done, but can fit in with the people that are already there and presents a positive attitude will get the job. You ...
Views: 1627 - Winning Managers Compromise - by Submitted on Jun 30, 2010 from Jane CranstonThere aren’t many people who could say their opponents shed a tear at their funeral; however, that is reportedly what happened at the services for the late Edward Kennedy. As with most current events, I found myself curious for the lesson(s) behind the story. While researching Kennedy’s ...
Views: 1626(2 votes) - Leadership Resolutions - by Submitted on Jul 14, 2010 from Paul BurgessA new year, and in this case a new decade, often finds us looking back on our lives and thinking about what we’d like to be different in the future. I always get intensively reflective around this time, looking at past mistakes and bad habits, but quickly shifting my focus to the year ahead and ...
Views: 1625(6 votes) - Manage Your Time to Fit the Challenge - by Submitted on Dec 31, 2011 from Jane CranstonEveryone is trying to manage time. When you hear them talk, you would think it could be manipulated -- stretched or duplicated. It isn’t possible and for those who think they can, it’s more of a game than a solution. Knowing there are but 24 hours in a day, the challenge becomes more about ...
Views: 1625(1 vote) - About HPSC, UPPSC and HPPSC - by Submitted on Sep 12, 2012 from Radhika SinhaHPSC, UPPSC and HPPSC is the road to a successful government service career. If you want to live your life within the security of the Government job, nowadays sitting for the exams conducted by the Public Service Commission is the best way to go about it. These exams land you the best jobs and ...
Views: 1624 - Easy Options to Get International Jobs - by Submitted on Oct 12, 2013 from Keshav DussalAmong various ways of searching jobs are available in abroad, newspapers is one of the media used by seekers. Besides newspapers, recruitment agencies are preferred tools. Also various media are available today that may help you to search jobs abroad. You can use these sources for getting ...
Views: 1624 - Speakers, Voice Over Artists and All Businesses Alike - 3 Ways to Insure Your Business Isn't Just a Hobby - by Submitted on Sep 13, 2009 from Dana Detrick-ClarkIt's easy for speakers, voice artists, studio owners, and really, any entrepreneur who has fun in their work doing creative projects, to start getting a little too lax in how we treat our time and our mindset. Many of us in the speaking or audio fields have left a 'first career' in a less ...
Views: 1623(3 votes) - 3 Ways to Get an MBA While Working - by Submitted on Mar 27, 2018 from Rasel KhanGetting an MBA can teach you a lot of new skills and open a lot of career opportunities. On the financial aspect, it may have a significant impact on your pay check. However, getting your MBA degree will be difficult if you are working and quitting your job is not going to be an option because ...
Views: 1621 - From Frustrated to Enthusiastic - - by Submitted on Feb 20, 2013 from Lindel JamesHow to inspire others to motivate themselves in the workplace Recently more people are asking me how they can motivate their staff to: do more, take more responsibility, care more about the end results they produce, take more initiative and so on. I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but you ...
Views: 1621 - The Eight best ways to network - by Submitted on May 01, 2012 from Craig Nathanson1. First and most important, decide exactly what you want to do. Many people network with the wrong people because they have not figured out what they want to do. 2. Network with people who are doing exactly what you want to do. Many people waste their time on social networks with people ...
Views: 1621(1 vote) - About Life Coaching and Getting Results - by Submitted on Jun 06, 2012 from James RegoriskyRemember that fantastic old David Bowie tune called, “Crashing in the Same Car?” The track was about living a life where you keep repeating patterns that bring about catastrophes. If this sounds familiar to how you life is going, even if you feel “this time it will be different” you then need to ...
Views: 1620(1 vote) - Do we have Five Streams of Consciousness That Run Us? - by Submitted on Jan 22, 2010 from Hal WechslerAre There Five Streams of Consciousness That Run Us? You probably know Home sapiens come with a switchboard between our left and right brain to process new sensory information. Remember its name and you win a prize – Corpus Callosum (Latin for firm body). You and I hold conferences and Q&A ...
Views: 1620(1 vote) - Real-Time Operating System and Distributed Operating System - by Submitted on Jan 09, 2012 from Imran ZafarThe real-time operating system is designed to support executions of programs within strict time limits. The real-time system requires the correct results within the specified time period. The correctness of the program's result is totally dependent on the completion of the job within the ...
Views: 1619 - The Value of Building a Values-Based Enterprise - by Submitted on Dec 08, 2009 from Kristin RobertsonThe country of Bhutan thinks differently. This country values happiness over productivity, as evidenced by their measurement of the Gross Domesic Happiness index. Recently, the Prime Minister of Bhutan, Jigme Thinley, pointed to the cause of the current economic crisis. His answer: "Greed, ...
Views: 1619(2 votes) - ***Five Tips for How to Think on Your Feet and Become the MacGyver of Your Workplace - by Submitted on Aug 12, 2011 from Regina BarrThinking on your feet is a critical skill for any business leader when it comes to solving unexpected issues that arise on the job. This is the number one reason my clients state for hiring me. No matter what obstacles come my way, I always find a way to work things out. Do you remember the ...
Views: 1617 - How To Deal With Stress In Your Job? - by Submitted on Mar 08, 2013 from Priya NMost of us lead a fast city life; although it has its share of positives, it takes a good toll on our physical and especially mental health. Many people face work related stress and have tried every possible way to cope up, only realizing that they haven’t been able to get rid of it. Most of ...
Views: 1617 - 20 Tips to Increase Your Career Potential - by Submitted on Feb 24, 2009 from Stefanie ZizzoIn this article I will be sharing specific tips that I have found to be beneficial in helping others tap into more of their career potential. Some I have used personally, my clients have used others. Which tips you use are not what is important. What is important is consistently stepping out ...
Views: 1616 - Help For Ex-offenders Looking For Jobs: Drug Tests - by Submitted on May 08, 2013 from Eric MayoI have been helping Ex-offenders and Felons gain employment for over ten years and I have helped thousands get jobs. One of the biggest stumbling blocks that people place in front of themselves is not being able to pass substance abuse tests. Increasingly more employers test for illegal ...
Views: 1616 - How Can a Bad Boss Be Useful for Your Career Planning? - by Submitted on Sep 16, 2015 from Cecile PeterkinYou have a boss who’s narcissistic, mean, incompetent, and just plain unlovable. But instead of letting your boss’s unpleasant behavior affect your productivity and happiness in the workplace, why not turn it to your advantage? It is almost impossible that you will ever love your boss’s bad ...
Views: 1616 - Eleven Steps to FINALLY Loving Your Work After Forty - by Submitted on Aug 07, 2009 from Craig NathansonStep One: Envision exactly what would be just perfect for you! Many people stop on this first step by their negativity. But no one is going to do this except you. Take some time and create a picture in your mind of the work which would be just perfect for you. Is it working in the health ...
Views: 1615 - Significance Of English In Career Growth - by Submitted on Sep 07, 2018 from Kashmira KarandeFor what reason do youthful experts, be it a graduate or a post graduate (B.Tech, M.Tech, MBA, MCA and so on) take up courses to clean their relational abilities in English? For what reason are associations nowadays occupied with preparing understudies and representatives on powerful relational ...
Views: 1615 - Achieving Your Dreams - by Submitted on Sep 02, 2010 from Richard (Dick) WarnMost of us enter adulthood with dreams of achieving financial freedom, a house in the country, a career we love, yearly vacations in Hawaii, a cabin on the beach, owning our own firm and perfect health. People achieving these things (high achievers) are crystal clear dreamers, yet very few ...
Views: 1613 - Registered Medical Transcriptionists Career Guide - by Submitted on Apr 26, 2013 from Nancy HigginsIf you are considering entering the medical transcription field, you should probably start preparing yourself for industry standard credentialing right away. For the uninformed, the leading professional society of medical transcriptionists called the Association for Healthcare Documentation ...
Views: 1613 - Strong Leaders need Strong Minds! - by Submitted on Jun 16, 2014 from Dr. Anne Brown(We all need Strong Minds!) "Unless you try to do something beyond what you have mastered you will never grow." Ralph Waldo Emerson The most important asset one can have is a strong mind. Forget all the material things many think are so important and would be lost without; a strong mind is ...
Views: 1613(1 vote) - Attention! This is your intuition speaking! - by Submitted on Apr 04, 2003 from Cathy GoodwinRecently someone asked me, "What coaching tools do you use?" "Tools?" I asked, bewildered. "I avoid tests and assessments." See http://www.movinglady.com/testing.html "No," she explained. "Listening skills?" Well, of course I listen -- but I mostly listen to my own intuition. Since I derive ...
Views: 1612(2 votes) - Great Companies Grow Their Leaders - by Submitted on Jul 13, 2010 from Alexandria JoyWe live in an interesting world, would you agree? Companies it seems, are rising and falling faster than ever before. Technology, globalization and the speed of communication has totally changed the workplace environment. Yet even in these fickle times, some companies and brands endure. More ...
Views: 1612(3 votes) - So, you were fired. Now what? - by Submitted on Dec 23, 2010 from Alicia MarieSo, you were fired. Now what? How will you explain it when you interview? How do you respond to a job interview question about why you left your last job, when the answer is that you were fired? This question is dreaded by everyone who has ever been laid off. But it doesn’t have to be ...
Views: 1612 - Addiction to Praise Hampers Conversation Success - by Submitted on Jan 25, 2010 from Bud BilanichDynamic communication skills are one of the keys to personal and professional success that I have identified. If you want to become a dynamic communicator you need to master three basic, but very important communication skills: Conversation, Writing and Presenting. I was paging through the ...
Views: 1610(1 vote) - Discovering Secret Ideas To Come Up With A Beauty Salon Logo Design - by Submitted on May 08, 2011 from Beverly HoustonStealing ideas from one person is plagiarism stealing from many is research The above quote is so true but can you claim that the place you took idea from is not plagiarized as well? It is said that nothing is original is this world that is every creative idea is inspired from another ...
Views: 1610 - Education and Fulfillment - by Submitted on Jul 14, 2010 from Drew GerberI have a cousin who chose to become a carpenter rather than going to college. Fortunately for him and those who benefit from his beautiful work, he did not heed the many family members who told him he would fail and never make money without a college degree. Once while he was on vacation he ...
Views: 1610(1 vote) - Is it worth to use a Permanent Employment Agency to Find Work? - by Submitted on Aug 01, 2017 from Supriya NigamThere are always companies searching for worthy candidates to fill the gaps in their businesses. Similarly, there are always potential employees searching for jobs. Conventionally, companies do their own recruiting drives and promote their internal vacancies to permit job-seekers to apply for ...
Views: 1610(1 vote) - Your Online Presence and Success - by Submitted on Feb 26, 2010 from Bud BilanichYou create positive personal impact in three ways: 1) creating and building a unique and powerful personal brand; 2) being impeccable in your presentation of self -- in person and on line; and 3) knowing and following the basic rules of etiquette. I was reading an article in October 2009 ...
Views: 1610(6 votes) - How to Thrive in a New Career with Certificate of Web Design Diploma - by Submitted on Nov 15, 2012 from David AlexanderThe web has opened up many new avenues for business and commerce. This continuous growth has also spurted demands for web designers and IT professionals. Since e-commerce has leveled the playing field and continues to expand, this is a field that web designers can look into and most likely find ...
Views: 1609 - MANAGEMENT Vs MARTIAL ARTS - by Submitted on Apr 12, 2019 from Sashidharan BINTRODUCTION Management is a coveted profession both in style and status. Management professionals and graduates are expected to be at par with established standards in their professional lives. There is also a lot of pressure on them to perform regularly and provide some expected quality ...
Views: 1609 - The Power of Personality - by Copyright 2002 Terri Seymour
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Views: 1608(1 vote) - Total Leadership: Oh the Power of Our Words! - by Submitted on Jun 07, 2012 from Rita RockerAs my chapter in Total Leadership for Men and Women says, “We are the architects of our own lives. What are we building? How high do we want to go?” What are we creating on a daily basis? As speakers and writers, we are all leaders, influencers and motivators by what we share with others, ...
Views: 1608(1 vote) - ASK for the JOB Interview Techniques for the 21st Century - by Submitted on Jan 16, 2005 from Patricia DorchAre you searching for a job? Trying to take the next step up the corporate career ladder? Worried about that upcoming interview? Worry no longer: for your convenience, here is a book that can help you answer all of the pressing questions that come with meeting potential employers and how to get ...
Views: 1607(1 vote) - Enhance Your Career: 3 Simple Strategic Tips for Improving Your Career Plan - by Submitted on Sep 16, 2007 from Yun Siang LongSo you want to enhance your career. You are on a look out for what you can do to greatly impact your career path. Are there simple strategies that you can implement that can immediately have a positive influence on your career? If there are, what are they? The answer is – yes, there are ...
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