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Recipe for Success in the Free Agent Economy - by Howard Sambol- Keeping Your Spirits Up in a Tough Job Search Environment - by Submitted on Jun 16, 2009 from Heather EagarNo matter how you’ve become unemployed over the past year or more – whether through choice or force – if you’re looking to regain employment, this is a tough time to make your dream a reality. With millions of jobs lost in the past few months, acquiring a new gig is not a simple task. In fact, ...
Views: 621 - Top Ten Tips for Negotiating a Job Offer - by Submitted on Jun 16, 2009 from Alvah ParkerOne aspect of meaningful work is being compensated adequately for the work that you do. It is important then to negotiate a good job offer. Several people have told me recently that they had job offers. I hope that means that the economy is improving. Some tell me they were willing to take ...
Views: 1603(1 vote) - Launching an Online Newsletter - by Submitted on Jun 14, 2009 from James ArmstrongFollowing is part three of an interview with Cheryl Benton, owner of 747 Marketing. Their website says, "We've built a consulting business that helps our clients gain unfair competitive advantages by outwitting the other guys." Visit Cheryl Benton’s website simply by Googling 747 Marketing. ...
Views: 1667 - Move in the Direction of Your Dreams - by Submitted on Sep 12, 2009 from Kelly WellsThere are a lot of worries today. Unemployment is on the rise. In my area of California, unemployment is due to reach 12% by the end of the year. Given the economic outlook, should you postpone pursuing work you love? Does it mean you are stuck in the dead-end job you now have, destined to ...
Views: 1095 - Moving is an act of Power - by Submitted on Jun 12, 2009 from Rena ReesePerhaps you’ve heard the saying, "Bloom Where You Are Planted." It is a great notion and basically teaches us that we can grow, learn and thrive regardless of our present life circumstances. Where we are in life, with all the good, difficult, confusing, and exciting choices that arise, it is ...
Views: 1350(1 vote) - Highest Paying Careers: Exciting And Rewarding Careers Worth Pursuing - by Submitted on Jun 11, 2009 from Michael LeeIf you think that you have to sacrifice enjoyment and excitement for a top paying job, you’ve got it all wrong. To be quite honest, some of the highest paying careers in the world are those that are the most rewarding - in more ways than one. Many people have the wrong notion that having one ...
Views: 2864 - 3 Hot Career Sites to Help You Land Your Dream Job - by Submitted on Jun 10, 2009 from Michael LeeCareer search engines have taken job hunting to a whole new level. Back in the day, job hopefuls had to make a personal appearance just to submit their resume. They had to look at the classified ads section of the paper to find out which companies had an opening or what kinds of jobs were ...
Views: 695 - Use Your Summer Vacation to Start Working at What You Love - by Submitted on Jun 10, 2009 from Valerie YoungRemember writing those "How I Spent My Summer Vacation" essays way back when? Summertime may not be the endless carefree season it was when you were a kid, but it's still a great time to jumpstart your dream of working at what you love. Here are three ways to use your summer vacation to grow ...
Views: 1416 - Is Business Ownership Right for You? - by Submitted on Jun 06, 2009 from Andrew RogersonThe reality of the current downturn in the economy is that many companies will need to restructure to create the private sector jobs President Obama is talking about. At the time of writing this article there is 7.2% unemployment or the good news, 92.8% full employment. That’s good news if ...
Views: 1126 - Which Work is Just Right for You Now? - by Submitted on Jun 05, 2009 from Craig NathansonNotice I said “now”? Before 40, it is easier just to accept any work. After all it pays the bills, gives us a job title and a sense of belonging in the world. The problem with this after 40 is that it becomes too easy to settle into a mundane life. It put one’s life on hold until there is a ...
Views: 1131 - “Unlock the Leader” within You: What Every New Leader Needs to Know - by Submitted on Jun 05, 2009 from Richard MagidDear Graduating Students, The time has finally come for you to move ahead and transition from your college, vocational, and/or technical education environments into the world of business. You may have already chosen a specific industry to “make your mark” and are facing the reality that the ...
Views: 1995 - Best Paying Careers for Women: 3 High-Paying Careers Worth Looking Into - by Submitted on Jun 03, 2009 from Michael LeeIf you want to discover the best paying careers for women, then this article could give you the vital information you need. This is no longer a man’s world. These days, more and more women are actually earning higher salaries than their male counterparts. If you feel like you’re not exactly ...
Views: 1479 - Ten Hottest Careers: Rewarding Careers You Should Pay Close Attention To - by Submitted on Jun 03, 2009 from Michael LeeIf someone were to ask me what the top ten hottest careers are these days, I would probably be able to give that person quite a few suggestions. After all, there is opportunity everywhere you go. If your drive is strong enough, you’ll quickly be able to forge quite a rewarding career, no ...
Views: 729 - Four Common Questions for Psychics Including Career, Pregnancy, and Reincarnation - by Submitted on Jun 03, 2009 from Scott & Stephen Petullo“Who was I in my past life?” Which past life? Most people alive today, in our findings, have had many past lives (we’ve perceived 100s of our own). It would help to narrow down which past life you want to know about, such as one in relation to how you knew a certain person or why you have a ...
Views: 1434(2 votes) - Hope is Not a Strategy - by Submitted on Jun 02, 2009 from Darcie HarrisA few months ago, I met a woman who left a lucrative (though unrewarding) job in another city and moved to Oklahoma City to pursue her dream of opening her own business. She told me that after a particularly bad day at the office, and one more frustrating episode with a miserable boss, she took ...
Views: 1270 - The Generation of 700 Euro and its Possibilities - by Submitted on Dec 31, 2009 from Joanna VaiouWhen we were students we were looking forward to grow up, finish high school and then go to college. Joining college was a MUST. Having no experience of the employment market I remember myself impatiently waiting to join the famous generation of graduates that start their lives by being rewarded ...
Views: 1450(2 votes) - Reinvent Your Career By Knowing “You” - by Submitted on Jun 01, 2009 from Heather EagarIf you’ve been thinking about starting a new career, you may be feeling confused as to where to start. You know you don’t want to continue on your current path, but you don’t exactly know what new path to take. One very important aspect of reinventing your career is knowing exactly who you are ...
Views: 818 - ***Coping with Long Term Unemployment - by Submitted on Jun 01, 2009 from SelfGrowth.com ArticlesWhen does your unemployment become long term? Some experts say after six months. I say that in this market after a year is more accurate. Here’s why? In a good job market it can often take at least three months to find a management or professional job. Even if you find a job and interview ...
Views: 1138 - ***See How Coaching Can Help You Get Your Dream Job! - by Submitted on Jun 01, 2009 from SelfGrowth.com Articles1. Get Your Groove Back. My client Jon was a talented executive who had been given some negative feedback on his performance. He was confused and his confidence had taken a bashing for the first time in his career. I worked with him to understand his strengths and his challenges. Then we ...
Views: 605 - ***Understanding Yourself to Understand Your Career - by Submitted on Jun 01, 2009 from SelfGrowth.com ArticlesThis is key to a successful career change. There are two main areas for understanding yourself. One is through the outward appearance and actions, and the other is through your inward feelings and emotions. To understand your outward appearance you need to look in a mirror. This mirror ...
Views: 1102 - ***Seven Easy Steps to Your Dream Job - by Submitted on Jun 01, 2009 from SelfGrowth.com ArticlesDream Job Discovery Process Be open in this process. Don’t stop yourself from dreaming. It is important to be honest in saying what you want and don’t want in a job. There are no right or wrong answers. Ask these following questions. 1. What will you be doing? Describe what your average ...
Views: 726 - ***Off The Wall Tips for Changing Careers and Getting a Job - by Submitted on Jun 01, 2009 from SelfGrowth.com ArticlesDon't write a resume Instead of sending out a resume, talk about who you are. Don't post a resume online but do post to blogs and other websites in your field. When a friend promises to send your resume to a contact instead of agreeing ask to speak to the contact instead. WHY not write a ...
Views: 813 - ***Dream Job - by Submitted on Jun 01, 2009 from SelfGrowth.com ArticlesWhat is a dream job? The answer to that question depends on who you are. For some people a dream job is working in the outdoors with animals. For people with allergies to pollen and animal dander that may be a nightmare career. To understand how to get your dream job you need to understand ...
Views: 859 - How to Prepare a Good Resume for Your Job Search - by Submitted on May 29, 2009 from James PassWhen you are doing your job hunting, is it very important to have a good resume? The answer is “yes” and “no”. Basically, the resume is merely a calling card; it introduces you in outline form to a prospective employer. Your only aim is to make this introduction as painless as possible for the ...
Views: 2121 - Careers in Dog Care - by Submitted on May 28, 2009 from brian spilnerIf you love animals, but have a particular affinity for dogs then you might be considering a career in dog care. There is no better time than the present to enter the field of dog care as they are more popular than ever before. Despite economic woes people are still spending money on their dogs ...
Views: 1242 - Entrepreneurs and Job Seekers: Look Before You Leap - by Submitted on May 27, 2009 from Judy GillespieDid you know Small Businesses annually generate 60% to 80% of the nation’s new jobs? Defined by the Federal Government as independent businesses with fewer than 500 employees, they represent approximately 99.7% of all employer firms and pay 45% of the total U.S. private payroll. It’s ...
Views: 1090 - Relocating Smoothly for a Fresh Start - by Submitted on May 25, 2009 from Kathy NunnThe hard part is over, you think, and you are about to move to a new destination for the job you have always hoped you will get! You know the hours will be longer and you also know that you have a mountain of work still to do before handing over to your successor but you are ready to take on the ...
Views: 819 - Signals That Tell You to Find a New Job - by Submitted on May 23, 2009 from Todd HicksDo you currently have a steady job? If you do, are you happy and feeling secure there? Things might be good for you at work at this time but that can change. There might come a time when you will have to move on. You will learn how to discover signs that tell you to look for a new job. You ...
Views: 1216 - 7 Growth Industries to Consider if You’re Starting a Business - by Submitted on May 22, 2009 from Andrew RogersonIt goes without saying that starting or buying a business during a recession may not be the smartest thing to do. However, history would suggest you are wrong. Some of our strongest and most successful companies started during a recession. For example, Hewlett Packard started out of a garage ...
Views: 1176 - You Know You Need to Change Your Career When... - by Submitted on May 22, 2009 from Anne WalshYou fantasize about working in a tollbooth on the M50. The highlights of the day are tea breaks and lunchtime. You know you have said all this before but you can’t remember when. You keep ringing the talking clock because you know the clock at work is slow by a few hours. You go to work and ...
Views: 1128 - So You Want to Change Your Career, But You Don’t Know What to Do... - by Submitted on May 22, 2009 from Anne WalshYou have just had another crap day at work. Some of these indicators may be familiar to you! You are tired and you wonder what went wrong. Everyone told you (family, friends, neighbours, the guy on the toll bridge) that this was a great job with great prospects. Now, you are just tired of it. ...
Views: 3252 - Ten Steps to Getting a Cool Career - by Submitted on May 22, 2009 from Geoff LowIf you are looking for an unconventional career, you need some unconventional strategies to help you find it. Here’s 10: 1. Network, Network, Network. Networking is the best way to gather information about unusual and unconventional careers. Most of the conventional job market is hidden. ...
Views: 775 - Practical Ways to Cope with Job Transitions - by Submitted on May 21, 2009 from Theodore HendersonThe daily news about the American economy is not rosy and it may be that you are concerned about your present position, have lost your job due to layoff, or are taking on a new job. If you are facing any type of job transition consider these tips to help you cope with present day stress. I ...
Views: 1335(2 votes) - ***Your Career Change Should Rely on Your Dreams - by Submitted on May 20, 2009 from SelfGrowth.com ArticlesDo you have dreams? Of course you do because you are human. But are you living those dreams? Are you making them happen? If you have answered no to the last two questions, it is time that you start living your dreams because you only live once. You get one chance to make things happen for ...
Views: 689 - ***Why You Should Do a Career Assessment - by Submitted on May 20, 2009 from SelfGrowth.com ArticlesHave you recently gotten out of high school and you feel like you have no direction or idea what you want your main career to be? Or maybe you are a victim of the recent recession and you have been laid off or lost your job altogether. Or perhaps you are just bored with your current career and ...
Views: 957 - ***Where are The Jobs in a Recession? - by Submitted on May 20, 2009 from SelfGrowth.com ArticlesWhile too many people seem to be trying to make a mountain out of a molehill when it comes to the recession and our current economy, more people are seeing this problem as an opportunity to make some much needed changes in their lives. Sure, news channels and politicians would have you believe ...
Views: 694 - ***Using the Online Job Search - by Submitted on May 20, 2009 from SelfGrowth.com ArticlesOnline job searches are now the most used strategy to obtain information and search for potential employers across the globe. They are also the major source of details on changing careers. This is being facilitated by various tools in making everything a success. Job sites, search engines, and ...
Views: 764 - ***Top 10 Job Search Tips - by Submitted on May 20, 2009 from SelfGrowth.com ArticlesIf you have ever been without a job, then you probably already know just how difficult it can be to find another job. It seems like this is especially hard if you do not have some kind of college degree. It doesn’t make any difference in the kind of worker that you are, but if it comes down to ...
Views: 717 - ***Tips for Using Social Networking as a Success to Online Job Search - by Submitted on May 20, 2009 from SelfGrowth.com ArticlesThere are many available sites on the Internet, available to people wishing to get career change advice. It has never been easy to find a job like the way social networking has made it be. This is because of the varieties in the provision of jobs on different websites from where you can make ...
Views: 715 - ***Things to Avoid When Writing a Resume - by Submitted on May 20, 2009 from SelfGrowth.com ArticlesA resume is meant to be the link between you and the potential employer in a way that every party purposes to meet his or her objective; for you it is the job search and for the employer it is the employee search. As a result, writing a resume to be used in an effective career transition ...
Views: 917 - ***The Recession: It doesn’t necessary mean job hunting and career changes! - by Submitted on May 20, 2009 from SelfGrowth.com ArticlesThe odds are extremely high that if you watch TV, listen to the radio, or simply just converse with your peers, that by now you know that our country is currently in a recession. Unfortunately, the news of this recession has sent hundreds of thousands; perhaps even millions of people into a ...
Views: 856 - ***The Perfect Cover Letter: How to Make the Right Impression - by Submitted on May 20, 2009 from SelfGrowth.com ArticlesA cover letter is a brief letter that accompanies your resume. It should be targeted towards the company and essentially demonstrates that you have done the research, read the job ad carefully and interested in that job. A cover letter can add a little oomph to a resume and prove that you not ...
Views: 731 - ***Surviving Recession: Some Things to Keep In Mind - by Submitted on May 20, 2009 from SelfGrowth.com ArticlesThere may be a possibility during our tough economical times that you may lose your job. While there are not many people that this will happen to, you need to realize that there is a possibility there. Whether you lose your job or not, you should know that there are many things that you will ...
Views: 630 - ***Sticking to the Traditional Resume Samples - by Submitted on May 20, 2009 from SelfGrowth.com ArticlesResume samples have been developed for a long time all in the quest of helping people seeking a career transition in the ever dynamic business industry. With these developments various items in the resumes have been changed and formats of the same have been edited to suit the employer’s ...
Views: 1095 - ***Start Your Online Job Search - by Submitted on May 20, 2009 from SelfGrowth.com ArticlesWe all know that searching for the perfect job can be pretty frustrating sometimes. It’s hard enough anyway, but there are circumstances out there that seem to make it even worse. One such circumstance is the elevated amount of people who are currently searching for a job. This is because our ...
Views: 778 - ***Senior Back to Work Advice – Dealing with the passages in your life - by Submitted on May 20, 2009 from SelfGrowth.com ArticlesAre you a senior who is thinking about going back to work? If you are, then you are joining many others looking into entering the work world again. But how do you go about it? The first thing you need to do is deal with the different passages in your life. Not until you deal with those aspects ...
Views: 906 - ***Senior Back to Work Advice – Going back to work after retirement - by Submitted on May 20, 2009 from SelfGrowth.com ArticlesYou retired, but now you find that you don’t know what to do with yourself or you simply can’t take the financial impact that you have to endure. Many seniors go back to work for many reasons. They may feel lonely and wish to make new friends or they just can’t stand not working. The good news, ...
Views: 1532 - ***Sample Blind Cover Letter: The Truth behind the Cover Letter - by Submitted on May 20, 2009 from SelfGrowth.com ArticlesFor those going through a career change, you know how stressful the entire situation can be. Finding a new job, making new resumes and going to several interviews may seem like an incredibly daunting process. However, the career transition doesn’t have to be a nightmare. There are small little ...
Views: 13126 - ***Salaries and Benefits: What should you be getting paid? - by Submitted on May 20, 2009 from SelfGrowth.com ArticlesWhat you should be getting paid depends on several different criteria. First and foremost is your experience. Every year you are in a career, the more money should be coming your way. However, for those in a career change, this may not always work out in your favour. Education, certification and ...
Views: 690 - ***Salaries and Benefits – A Satisfying Career May Be More than Just Salaries and Benefits - by Submitted on May 20, 2009 from SelfGrowth.com ArticlesWhen you are considering changing careers, it is important to decide what you wish to do and what expectations you have. Are you seeking something that will provide personal satisfaction? Are you seeking a large salary? Or is a good benefits package your main priority? What will give you the ...
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