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- Losing a Job: How to Face It with More Strength - by Submitted on Feb 21, 2011 from Nelson BerryBy The Pioneer of Subliminal Messages Online. As of August 2010, there are about 15 million people who are currently unemployed. This report is according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The number may include you. Regardless of the reason, losing a job is a very painful process, ...
Views: 645(1 vote) - Making HVAC Your Career - by Submitted on Sep 17, 2009 from Bob HartzellThere are about 300,000 Heating, Ventilating and Air Conditioning (HVAC) professionals working in this country today, so if you are thinking about a career in the field it’s a big pool to jump into. Retirements and average job growth should result in consistent job opportunities. A little over ...
Views: 1407(1 vote) - MBA Hospitality Management Courses Gets in Demand - by Submitted on Nov 27, 2012 from Sheila HaydenThe best stream gaining lot of significance these days in MBA is Hospitality Management courses. These days, Hospitality sector is taking a flight, especially in a country like India, and is coming up with numerous opportunities in terms of infrastructure, investors, capital and recruitment. ...
Views: 1372(1 vote) - Medical Billing and Coding Careers - by Submitted on Sep 15, 2009 from Bob HartzellMedical billing and coding can be two separate job functions, but increasingly the medical codes used for insurance companies are used for patient’s medical records as well. In many offices, the billing and coding function contributes diagnostic and treatment information to the patient’s file; ...
Views: 1646(1 vote) - Need Employment Insurance? Master Your Personal Brand - by Submitted on Aug 18, 2009 from Brenda BenceIn today’s topsy-turvy marketplace, job security may seem like a pipe dream. In the midst of downsizing, stock market confusion, and layoffs, how can you make sure to keep your name off any pink-sheet list? One key way you can create employment insurance is to learn to define and effectively ...
Views: 1330(7 votes) - New Year, New Career: The "Power Plan" to Achieve Career Success in 2010 - by Submitted on Jun 11, 2010 from Ford MyersDo you hope to get your career on track in 2010, with more power and momentum than ever before? Even though we’re in a very challenging recession and a very bad job market, do you want to “buck the trend” and create breakthrough results? Are you prepared to create the focused and productive ...
Views: 1398(3 votes) - No Work Experience? You Can Still Create A Great Resume! - by Submitted on Apr 23, 2010 from Sarika PeriwalFor anyone who is fresh out of school or college and is looking to enter the job market, it could be an intimidating task; learning how to write a resume. It is natural to feel trepidatious of the task at hand, particularly because one has no actual work experience to speak about at this stage. ...
Views: 1743(2 votes) - On the job training that you cannot afford to skip - by Submitted on Dec 07, 2015 from Supriya NigamVarious organizations and government associations conduct job training programs so that you can manage and provide individuals with training to develop their business and personal abilities, making them qualified to get a particular occupation. Today, if you are at a workplace, you must connect ...
Views: 1164(1 vote) - Over 40? Out of Work? Make This the Best Time of Your Life! - by Submitted on Jul 04, 2009 from Craig NathansonTake a new approach Right now millions of Americans are either out of work, recently laid off, or afraid of being laid off. There are millions more, who simply work at jobs, which provide no meaning. They work only in order to get a paycheck. Stop feeling sorry for yourself Society ...
Views: 1662(1 vote) - People in the Work-Life Equation - by Submitted on Dec 04, 2009 from Cassandra VillaIntroduction Work-life balance has always been a concern of those interested in the quality of working life and its relation to broader quality of life. Work-life balance has come to the fore in contemporary discussion about work and stress largely because in affluent societies the excessive ...
Views: 841(2 votes) - Personal branding & profile management, job opportunities, life coach, business mentoring, career counselling, admissions abroad, business promotions, recruitment - by Submitted on Apr 15, 2019 from Achnet SocialACHNET is an online platform where coaches get students and professionals who are looking for experts to help them make informed decisions to be successful. We are passionate about making an impact and helping people reach their full potential. That’s how we bridge the gap between coaches to ...
Views: 735(1 vote) - Personal Branding Quiz: How Are YOU™ Doing? - by Submitted on Sep 09, 2009 from Brenda BenceHow is your personal brand doing? Are you presenting yourself in the best possible light and making YOU™ (The Trademarked You) the brand of choice in your career? Watch out! If you don’t believe you actually have a personal brand, think again. Just by virtue of being you in your career, you ...
Views: 1487(2 votes) - Personality Testing; Myth and Realities - by Submitted on Aug 12, 2005 from Saqib Ali AteelIt is commonly believed myth that personality testing instruments can measure your personality and predict your future behaviors. The pre-employment testing mechanism has been following this creed without any solid evidence. The testing industry claims all out validity. The educational ...
Views: 946(1 vote) - Physical Therapist Jobs In High Demand In Geriatric Settings - by Submitted on Jan 25, 2010 from Kate SmithPhysical therapist jobs are increasingly plentiful and are especially in high demand in the geriatric setting. Competent and qualified physical therapists are an integral part of any skilled nursing facility. Patients participating in the Medicare program must meet certain criteria before ...
Views: 1163(2 votes) - Pimp Your Resume: 5 Cool Resume Tips - by Submitted on May 26, 2009 from Heather EagarYou’ve probably heard of the show “Pimp My Ride,” where a lucky person has a chance to turn an otherwise crappy vehicle into the beautiful car of their dreams. Well, as beautiful as a 1978 Ford Pinto can get, that is. The point is that there are ways to turn something not-so-beautiful into ...
Views: 1202(2 votes) - Polarising Filter and their Benefits for Outdoor Photography Shootings - by Submitted on Nov 08, 2011 from Lionel BarusHow do polarising filters work? The top quality of the visuals in your photograph depends to a large extent on the way in which your camera manages light. Natural light travels in the form of a wave, vibrating in a variety of different directions, and is said to be unpolarised. When it hits ...
Views: 2164(1 vote) - Preparing the Learner to Learn - by Submitted on Dec 17, 2010 from Kim ClausenThe opening of your program or presentation may be the most important part of it. Unfortunately, this part is often overlooked, neglected, or downplayed in its importance. Does that surprise you? Believing that it’s important to jump into the enormous amount of content surrounding a topic, ...
Views: 1058(1 vote) - Presentation Fridays - by Submitted on Mar 15, 2019 from Wm. Hovey SmithPresentation Fridays Days that involve travel to an event followed by a presentation are often the most stressful. It is helpful if you can arrive the evening before a presentation to give you, and your body, a chance to unwind prior to the event and eliminate the stress that some ...
Views: 1077(1 vote) - Professionals and business people use LinkedIn for their success - by Submitted on Aug 11, 2010 from Aumkii articleLinkedIn is the largest social networking website for building professional networking. At present LinkedIn has 70 million users who exchange their ideas regularly. This site is completely different from other websites like Facebook and Twitter. Other social media sites are used for friendship ...
Views: 722(1 vote) - Pursuing a Fashion Design Career - by Submitted on Sep 17, 2009 from Bob HartzellThe fashion design business is an interesting mix of showmanship and industry, of the art of design and the science of production and sales. There is much that happens behind the runway. It is important to understand that in the United States, the fashion industry is based in two locations: ...
Views: 3441(1 vote) - Rapid Authoring – Pivotal Tool For e-learning Solutions - by Submitted on Mar 17, 2012 from Arunima MajumdarThe success behind e-learning services lies in the meticulousness of the content provided to learners. Therefore, it is necessary to develop content that has the potential to meet their learning goals and objectives. Leveraging on rich experience, companies engaged in offering such services ...
Views: 785(1 vote) - Redefining Your Success - by Submitted on Dec 18, 2017 from Kit GuptaThe quintessential definition of success is “the accomplishment of an aim or purpose” or what most of us have heard: “the attainment of popularity or profit.” But is success really defined by purpose or profit? After graduating from high school, my family advised me to aim to build a ...
Views: 1171(1 vote) - rehabilitation - by Submitted on Jan 10, 2005 from Virginia BolaWhen the word "networking" is used, we tend to think of upwardly mobile college graduates with a bursting day timer in hand chatting up the competition at business meetings, conventions, or workshops. The average blue/pink/white collar worker disconnects, feeling that they could never be that ...
Views: 1245(1 vote) - Residual Income- The Way of Making a Successful Career - by Submitted on Jan 06, 2013 from Patrick DuneganResidual income can be described as any earnings that remains compensated to you long after you have finished some work from home or online. We also can say residual income is any earnings produced through indirect participation with something. Make money online from various websites, royalties, ...
Views: 716(1 vote) - Resume Objective Statements: Tell the Hiring Manager Why He Should Read the Rest of Your Resume - by Submitted on Jan 27, 2010 from Peggy McKeeDon’t be fooled by people who tell you that resume objective statements are optional, or that you shouldn’t have one at all. Their reasoning is usually that objective statements fence you in and limit your job-seeking focus. I’m here to tell you that you need an objective statement on your ...
Views: 3189(2 votes) - Resume Samples – Primary Reference Material For Applicants - by Submitted on Dec 27, 2012 from Kevin JohnsonExecutives who are appointed to recruit candidates look for perfectionism in the profiles of candidates. Moreover, they prefer applicants who have comprehensively included their strengths and all the relevant credentials. These credentials are obviously varied because the interests of aspirants ...
Views: 1320(1 vote) - Resume Tips For Fresh Graduates - by Submitted on Jan 12, 2010 from Sarika PeriwalSomeone who is a fresh graduate will obviously have a different kind of requirement for what to put in a resume and indeed could still be wondering how to write a resume. Free sample resumes are available for all purposes, including for fresh graduates and as people just entering the work force ...
Views: 4339(2 votes) - Secure job in top-notch organization with finance degree - by Submitted on Dec 28, 2012 from Deep SinghFinance Degree is an important qualification in this economic stagnant era which is essential to deal any business in a well versed way. It is one of the valuable majors of master of business administration degree which opens many job opportunities in different sectors. A finance degree holder ...
Views: 1462(1 vote) - Setting Good Career Goals - by Submitted on Jun 16, 2013 from Complete ITProfessionalA brand new year has begun. With this comes the need to make changes in your life for many individuals. One of the most best ways to accomplish this is to set goals - targets that define what you wish to get at the conclusion of a specific process. Setting goals can be done in several areas of ...
Views: 1067(1 vote) - So You Want To Be a Police Officer - by Submitted on Aug 26, 2008 from Kathi Calahan, Career CoachIf you're thinking of becoming a police officer, there are some obvious pros and cons to the job. Consider the downside of the profession before applying: It's a very dangerous job. The U.S. Labor Department rates police work number 5 in The Most Dangerous Jobs in America. After many years of ...
Views: 1714(2 votes) - 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) - Successful People Know How to Manage the Stress in Their Lives - by Submitted on Feb 10, 2010 from Bud BilanichIf you want to create the successful life and career that you want and deserve, you need to perform at a high level consistently. High performers manage their time, life and stress well. They pay particular attention to their health and well being. It's impossible to perform at a consistently ...
Views: 883(1 vote) - Take Your Career To New Heights With NLP - by Submitted on Mar 18, 2011 from Anna AparicioIn such a challenging economic and workforce climate, career development means different things to different people: getting that first job, keeping your current job, returning to the workforce after a long hiatus, dealing with redundancy and unemployment, starting an entrepreneurial ...
Views: 2271(1 vote) - That's No Way to Talk in an Interview! - by Submitted on Apr 19, 2011 from David WitSome time ago a recruiter was interviewing me for a job; but he told me I didn’t sound very up beat on the phone. I didn’t have a clue about what he was telling me to do differently. How am I supposed to sound positive on the phone? It apparently wasn’t the words being used; it was to ...
Views: 1473(1 vote) - The Art of Conversation in Building Business Relationships - by Submitted on Jul 13, 2010 from Alexandria JoyYour success in every area of life will be influenced by the relationships you develop and maintain. The ability to communicate and converse with confidence and clarity is a key trait that will help you get to the top of your profession and field. Without making these business relationships or ...
Views: 1532(1 vote) - The Art of Prioritizing - by Submitted on Feb 04, 2011 from Julie DonleyThere’s an art to getting things done without creating a stressful environment. When you find yourself with too many things to do and not enough time to do them, stress rises. And at times, panic can set in. Instead of trying to schedule it all in, take some time to identify your priorities. ...
Views: 6891(4 votes) - The Colour Blue: How Color Can Influence Your Emotions and Thought Patterns - by Submitted on Aug 25, 2009 from Thlelma Van der WerffBlue is one of the primary colours and perceived as a constant in our lives. We speak about ‘blueprints’ and ‘out of the blue’. This colour is strongly associated with sky and water and quite dominant in our lives, especially here in New Zealand where we are surrounded by the ocean and often ...
Views: 4285(4 votes) - The Difference Between “Need” and “Want” - by Submitted on Dec 14, 2004 from Craig NathansonLet’s face it: Most people spend way too much money on things they don’t really need. The more money we make, the more we tend to spend. This endless cycle of materialism has led many people to confuse the word “need” with the word “want.” As in, “we need a big-screen TV for our new home ...
Views: 14771(4 votes) - The Dignity of Labor - by Submitted on Aug 29, 2003 from Susan DunnI love artists, because I’m a wordsmith and they say things I can never say. Here are two of my favorite paintings about work, both by Caillebotte: http://www.webstrategies.cc/caillebotte1.jpg ; http://www.webstrategies.cc/caillebotte2.jpg . My mother was full of aphorisms. I grew up with ...
Views: 5989(3 votes) - The Dreaded Salary Question - by Submitted on Aug 08, 2010 from Michael TrustWe all have been there – an interview that seems to be going well and then out comes the 500 pound gorilla in the room – “what are you looking for in terms of salary”. There are a variety of ways to handle this and how you handle could make or break your candidacy. The best approach is not ...
Views: 1037(1 vote) - The emotional cycle of redundancy and how hypnotherapy can help - by Submitted on Oct 20, 2012 from Linda ConnorsYou may be reading this article for a number of reasons, such as you are worried about your job security, you are facing redundancy or have been made redundant or maybe you have a friend, partner, work colleague or a family member who is facing an uncertain time. It may be a difficult time as ...
Views: 2346(2 votes) - The Executive Personal Brand Worksheet: 10 Steps to Defining Your Authentic Personal Brand - by Submitted on Jan 19, 2010 from Meg GuiseppiWith all the buzz about personal branding these days, perceptions and definitions vary greatly … and misconceptions abound. Tom Peters’ coined the term "personal branding" in his 1997 article “The Brand Called You” (http://www.fastcompany.com/magazine/10/brandyou.html) at Fast Company, where ...
Views: 3789(2 votes) - The Fear of Choosing - by Submitted on Apr 26, 2010 from Sally TempletonI’ve had many clients who want to make a change in their career but don’t know what to do. They have plenty of great ideas: on-line businesses, teaching, becoming a consultant, working for a non-profit, finding a green job. But they are afraid to choose one, because, what if they don’t make ...
Views: 2073(2 votes) - The Golden Opportunity - by Submitted on Sep 11, 2009 from Frank AginWhat is a Golden Opportunity? It is an opportunity given to us by someone in our network that has a positive impact on our business, career or personal life. Sometimes a Golden Opportunity only has a small, but meaningful impact on our lives. Perhaps the opportunity – seemingly simple and ...
Views: 712(1 vote) - The Hardest and Easiest Interview Question - by Submitted on Dec 28, 2012 from Marc DeBoerNo matter what kind of job you are interviewing for, there is a high probability that you will be asked the question, "Tell me about yourself". The common belief by most people is that this is hardest question to be asked in an interview. Why? Because there is no definitive answer to it. It is a ...
Views: 914(1 vote) - The Hidden Meaning in Their Summer Vacation - by Submitted on Aug 10, 2005 from Susan DunnEveryone’s big on emotional intelligence now, because we’ve learned the hard way that a person’s people skills can make or break them in the workplace. If the person is highly exceptional in their field, it can be a close call, but all things being equal, we prefer to work and socialize with ...
Views: 1939(1 vote) - The Interview of your Life - by Submitted on Feb 19, 2011 from Justin HansenA few years ago I began to have that little itch that kept telling me it was time for a career change. I had been managing a company for a couple of years and I was bored, tired and had no motivation whatsoever. I had no idea what to search for so I did what I usually do, surf the web until I ...
Views: 1497(1 vote) - The Role of Adversity in Shaping a Sales Person’s Character - by Submitted on Feb 02, 2011 from Dave KahleI still remember the worst sales call I ever made. More than just remember it, I react to the memory. I get a queasy feeling in my stomach every time I think about it. It wasn’t just a bad sales call, it was a humiliating, embarrassing event. I don’t think I’ll ever forget it. That’s the ...
Views: 4759(1 vote) - The Secret of Life Is to Get On Board - by Submitted on Jan 18, 2005 from Mary Ann BaileyOne of this year's box office hits was the movie, Polar Express. It's a wonderful story about the power of believing. It is Christmas Eve and a little boy waits in his bed hoping to hear the bells of Santa's sleigh. As he anxiously waits for the reindeer to appear, a mysterious train ...
Views: 1056(2 votes) - The Truth about Children’s Modeling and Acting all the way to Seniors! - by Submitted on Dec 27, 2012 from craze agencyI have enjoyed working in the talent industry booking models, actors and extras for over 27 years. I have usually worked in market sizes fewer than 2 million people. I have also worked with many other agents across the U.S. that also work in these size markets and have discovered some ...
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