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• Your Year-End…Professionally Speaking

  

  Before you break out the party hats and festive beverages for that year-end office celebration, you might want to give some thought to where this year has... Read more

  Posted on 16 December 2015 BUSINESS, CAREER

• Master Time–Don’t Let It Master You

  Whether on the job or in your personal life, you more than likely run up against the “tyranny of the clock” at some point. Time management experts tell us we... Read more

  Posted on 12 December 2015 BUSINESS, CAREER

• Reference Checking & Your Job Search

  You might be concerned about your references for a variety of reasons–uncertainty about what former employers will say, how they’ll say it, whether anyone... Read more

  Posted on 08 December 2015 BUSINESS, CAREER

• First Impressions Matter–They Last

  In job interviews and on the job, first impressions matter because they last. In fact, they often take effect in an instant but can be difficult to change, if... Read more

  Posted on 06 December 2015 BUSINESS, CAREER

• Organized Job Search – Organized Career Planning

  

  If you’re by nature or inclination a disorganized person, the thought of conducting an organized job search or applying organizing principles to your career... Read more

  Posted on 01 December 2015 BUSINESS, CAREER

• Company Loyalty–How Much is Too Much?

  If you operate with the philosophy that looking after #1 is all that counts and you’ll stick with your current employer only until you think you see something... Read more

  Posted on 27 November 2015 BUSINESS, CAREER

• Are You Sick of Time-Wasting Meetings at Work?

  In any business environment, meetings are probably an inescapable fact. While not bad in and of themselves, they create a hugely negative impact when they aren’... Read more

  Posted on 23 November 2015 BUSINESS, CAREER

• Collaboration: It’s Key to Career Success

  

  You can do a lot of things on your own, without help, and that’s true not only personally but in your professional life. It’s important not to delegate actions... Read more

  Posted on 21 November 2015 BUSINESS, CAREER

• Gratitude and Career Success Can Go Hand-in-Hand

  

  If things aren’t going well with your professional life–maybe you’re engaged in a frustrating job search–you might feel as if you don’t have much to be... Read more

  Posted on 17 November 2015 BUSINESS, CAREER

• Your Career Success: Focused Path Vs. Diversity

  Some of you probably knew what you wanted to be when you grew up, even before you left childhood behind. Many of us, though, take longer to figure it out, and... Read more

  Posted on 15 November 2015 BUSINESS, CAREER

• Entrepreneurs Vs. Employees: You Can Be Both!

  

  Sometimes the concepts of entrepreneur and employee are described as two sides of a coin–that is, you can be one or the other, but not both. In other cases,... Read more

  Posted on 10 November 2015 BUSINESS, CAREER

• Critical Knowledge Holders: Are You One?

  

  Every now and then, we hear about the large number of employed people who are on the verge of retiring and the risk to their employers of having irreplaceable... Read more

  Posted on 07 November 2015 BUSINESS, CAREER

• Job Search & Career Resources for the 55+ Crowd

  Whether you’re in the 55+ job seeker category yet or not, the job search and career resources available for that group will undoubtedly become important to you... Read more

  Posted on 03 November 2015 BUSINESS, CAREER

• Can You Negotiate Your Salary for a New Job?

  Maybe the question should really be, “How can you negotiate your salary for a New Job?”Recently an article titled “Negotiating Employment Agreements or the... Read more

  Posted on 28 October 2015 BUSINESS, CAREER

• Are You a Leader-Learner?

  Or should that be “Learner-Leader”? Anyway, the question basically is, as a leader, are you pretty much always learning or have you decided that you already kno... Read more

  Posted on 24 October 2015 BUSINESS, CAREER

• Does Your Job Search Have Any “Low-hanging Fruit”?

  

  Human nature seems prone to look for an easy way to do things. That’s called going after the “low-hanging fruit,” which a dictionary defines as “something easil... Read more

  Posted on 21 October 2015 BUSINESS, CAREER

• Plan Your Job Search–Then Rethink Your Plan

  

  Starting a job search without a plan is somewhat like starting a long trek in the snow without boots. You’re handicapping yourself at the outset because you... Read more

  Posted on 18 October 2015 BUSINESS, CAREER

• Risk Management for Your Career Success

  

  You might be familiar with the concept of risk management, which is a frequent topic of conversation in businesses. However, you might not have considered how... Read more

  Posted on 14 October 2015 BUSINESS, CAREER

• “Shady” Past Hurting Your Job Search?

  

  Career missteps are nothing new–you might even have made one or two yourself. However, if you made a mistake that involved ending up on the wrong side of the... Read more

  Posted on 09 October 2015 BUSINESS, CAREER

• Stress in Your Job Search–and Beyond

  A while ago I published a post about experiencing stress on your new job. Today I came across a post about “Top 10 Ways to Help You Stay Calm under Pressure”... Read more

  Posted on 08 October 2015 BUSINESS, CAREER