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• Career Boost from Professional Conferences

  This might be my shortest blog ever (at least since the first one years ago), but I wanted to get everyone thinking about professional organization memberships... Read more

  Posted on 21 October 2013 BUSINESS, CAREER

• Career Sabotage and Your Comfort Zone

  At least once or twice in the past I’ve written about some aspect of career sabotage–that is, when you have sabotaged your own career, not when someone else... Read more

  Posted on 11 October 2013 BUSINESS, CAREER

• Leave My Job Now? Are You Crazy?

  Here we are at the beginning of October, with the end-of-the-year holiday period not quite staring us in the face but close enough to inspire some thought... Read more

  Posted on 05 October 2013 BUSINESS, CAREER

• How to Be An Influential Leader

  Two blog posts I just read about leadership and influence really sparked my interest and caused me to do a little digging online and in my “rusty” memory. The... Read more

  Posted on 28 September 2013 BUSINESS, CAREER

• LinkedIn Endorsements Vs. Recommendations

  As I might have said before, although I’m generally a supporter of LinkedIn as a strong online resource, I’m not wild about their addition of endorsements, whic... Read more

  Posted on 24 September 2013 BUSINESS, CAREER

• What Makes You a Satisfied Employee?

  Job satisfaction can be hard to measure, and it can fluctuate depending on what’s going on in your work and/or personal life at the time. Read more

  Posted on 18 September 2013 BUSINESS, CAREER

• Fuzzy Career Thinking = Poor Career Results

  If you view your career as something that only needs attention when you’re about to be pushed into a job search by circumstances beyond your control, you’re... Read more

  Posted on 14 September 2013 BUSINESS, CAREER

• Job Gone–Now What?

  Whether it’s a case of being one of 100 people receiving the dreaded pink slip or just one poor soul who ran afoul of management and was shown the door, your jo... Read more

  Posted on 14 September 2013 BUSINESS, CAREER

• Celebration Time: 200 and Counting!

  This will be a much shorter post than usual. It’s Saturday, and I have lots of things on my to-do list that have nothing to do with my resume-writing and... Read more

  Posted on 07 September 2013 BUSINESS, CAREER

• Warm Networking, Not Cold-Calling

  When you attend so-called networking events, you most likely don’t have a chance to gen-up on the other attendees ahead of time or give them an opportunity to d... Read more

  Posted on 05 September 2013 BUSINESS, CAREER

• Find a Job Doing Work You Love

  The idea that you can find a job doing work you love might sound like a pipe-dream to many of you who aren’t “there” yet and think you might never be. Read more

  Posted on 01 September 2013 BUSINESS, CAREER

• Networking Outside a Job Search

  Many people are prompted to pay attention to networking when they’re in or about to start a job search, but the rest of the time, networking gets put on a back... Read more

  Posted on 30 August 2013 BUSINESS, CAREER

• Do You Suffer from Monday Morning Blues?

  Chances are, at least some of you answered yes, thinking that it’s perfectly understandable to feel a let-down when your weekend is over and you have to return... Read more

  Posted on 26 August 2013 BUSINESS, CAREER

• Job Search Resource “Disappears”

  Quite sometime ago, I did a post about a job search resource called Preptel, which aimed to help job seekers prepare their resumes for the Applicant Tracking... Read more

  Posted on 23 August 2013 BUSINESS, CAREER

• On-the-Job Success Tips

  As I’ve said before, it’s great when you land that new job you’ve been after, and you’re entitled to enjoy at least a brief celebration. However–and this is... Read more

  Posted on 17 August 2013 BUSINESS, CAREER

• Job Search is Hard Work

  Whether you’re an executive looking for his/her next senior position or a career newbie, job search is hard work. The specifics will undoubtedly differ in... Read more

  Posted on 15 August 2013 BUSINESS, CAREER

• Are You a Positive Energizer at Work?

  Have you ever worked with someone who spread negativity around 24×7 (sort of like the dust-cloud that always followed Charles Schultz’ character Pigpen)? Read more

  Posted on 12 August 2013 BUSINESS, CAREER

• Career Management in a “Down” Economy

  Some people used to say that if you were having a tough time finding a new job in a down economy, you just needed to hang on and keep plugging away, because... Read more

  Posted on 10 August 2013 BUSINESS, CAREER

• Career Tip #1: Don’t Sell Yourself Short!

  Have you ever downplayed, devalued or ignored something you accomplished because you thought it wasn’t a big deal or because you did it as a volunteer and... Read more

  Posted on 03 August 2013 BUSINESS, CAREER

• What’s Your Career Success Record?

  It would be great if you could answer the question, “What’s your career success record?” by rattling off a long list of major contributions you had made to... Read more

  Posted on 30 July 2013 BUSINESS, CAREER