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- Where Should I Look For Senior Job Openings? - by Submitted on Feb 09, 2010 from Raymond AngusDo you think all the senior job openings have been filled? Would you like to learn why they are increasing in numbers even as we speak? Are you a senior and do you really need a job? Do you have the sinking feeling that the boat has already left the wharf and all that is left for you to do ...
Views: 1069 - Breaking Old Habits to Further your Career - by Submitted on Feb 09, 2010 from James FarrellLike most other creatures, human beings live their lives through habits and rituals. Even if a particular habit is not in the least bit beneficial we continue to act on it for the fear of breaking routine. Smokers in particular will be familiar with this habitual nature of ours, as a vast ...
Views: 635 - Career Diversification - by Submitted on Dec 05, 2010 from Eugene Yiga“Working is meant to be fun. We spend most of our lives working. What a shame it would be if you’re spending that time doing something you hate.” – Sir Richard Branson The concept of diversification seems pretty clear (and pretty important) when it comes to investments. What about careers? ...
Views: 3825(2 votes) - Surviving the Downturn - by Submitted on Dec 05, 2010 from Eugene Yiga“A lot of fellows nowadays have a B.A., M.D., or Ph.D. Unfortunately, they don’t have a J.O.B.” – Fats Domino With the world in the midst of what some are calling an economic meltdown, it’s no wonder many are reconsidering their careers. Even if your job seems secure, it’s probably a good ...
Views: 1556(1 vote) - How To Keep Your Executive Professional Brand Strong - by Submitted on Feb 04, 2010 from Heather EagarWhen you’re in the middle of an executive-level job search, the last thing you want to do along the way is destroy what you’ve work so hard to build. The things you have built include confidence in your abilities, your networking base, and your professional brand. Of the three, the latter is ...
Views: 1233(1 vote) - The Right Work Requires New Action - by Submitted on Feb 04, 2010 from Craig NathansonMeet Kyle Kyle is 42 years old, married with two small children 12 and 10. Kyle has worked the last 16 years in the financial services industry. Through hard work and long hours he is now a director at his firm making $125,000 a year. He leaves his house daily at 6:15 a.m. to get to his ...
Views: 1451(1 vote) - Smiling Your Way to Success in a Phone Job Interview - by Submitted on May 14, 2010 from Ruth BerryAdvanced technology have made mobile phones an integral part of our lives. For this reason, more hiring managers use phone interviews to cut down the list of possible job applicants for in-person interviews. A phone interview is most often considered as the initial interview and is done by most ...
Views: 835(2 votes) - Failure Is the Tuition You Pay for Success - by Submitted on Feb 03, 2010 from Bud BilanichCommitment to taking personal responsibility for your success is one of the keys to career and life success. If you want to succeed, you must commit to three things. First, you must take personal responsibility for your success. Only you can make you a success. You need to be willing to do ...
Views: 1364(1 vote) - Successful People Live a Mighty Purpose - by Submitted on Feb 03, 2010 from Bud BilanichGeorge Bernard Shaw is one of my very favorite playwrights. I always enjoy a production of one of his plays. I quoted him in a recent article and I'd like to quote him again. He makes such a great point about how important a personal clarity of purpose and direction is to your career and life ...
Views: 1100(1 vote) - Successful People Treat Life as a "Splendid Torch" - by Submitted on Feb 03, 2010 from Bud BilanichThe other day I saw a great quote from Margaret Thatcher… "Look at a day when you are supremely satisfied at the end. It's not a day when you lounge around doing nothing; it's when you've had everything to do, and you've done it." Ole' Iron Maggie really nailed it with this one. I like ...
Views: 1134(1 vote) - Positive Psychology, Optimism and Success - by Submitted on Feb 03, 2010 from Bud BilanichThis week Sue Shellenbarger had an interesting column in the Wall Street Journal called "Thinking Happy Thoughts at Work." The column focused on the application of recent research in positive psychology in the workplace. Put simply, positive psychology emphasizes building resiliency and positive ...
Views: 1114(1 vote) - Create Your Success by Acting on Your Vision - by Submitted on Feb 03, 2010 from Bud BilanichI came across a Japanese proverb that relates to two of the four pillars of my Common Sense Success System: clarity and purpose of direction and commitment to taking personal responsibility for your life and success. Vision without action is a daydream.Action without vision is a ...
Views: 1033(1 vote) - It’s Okay To Slip-Up - by Submitted on Feb 03, 2010 from Scott ColettiAn act or thought that unintentionally deviates from what is right or true. This is the formal definition for slip-up. To slip-up should never be thought of as a failure to accomplish something. I am quite certain that many of us would agree that many mishaps we may have been involved with in ...
Views: 1310(3 votes) - How To Write A Cover Letter: Grab Your Employers Attention - by Submitted on May 14, 2010 from Ruth BerryOne of the common dilemmas of most jobseekers is how to write a cover letter that will get them interviewed and employed. Unfortunately, job hunting skills are usually not learned in schools so a lot of people have no idea how to compose a cover letter or a resume when the time comes for them to ...
Views: 782(2 votes) - Job Search: The Starting Point of Great Performance - by Submitted on Feb 02, 2010 from Dan Coughlin(Author’s Note: If you want the MP3 recording of this article, please send an e-mail to dan@thecoughlincompany.com with “Job Search Article” in the subject heading.) Before you can deliver a great performance, you need to have an opportunity to perform. With at least 15 million Americans out ...
Views: 1111(1 vote) - How Saying No Drives Great Careers - by Submitted on Feb 02, 2010 from Dan Coughlin(If you want a link to the MP3 recording of this article, send an e-mail to dan@thecoughlincompany.com with “Just Say No” in the subject heading.) Great organizations are defined by what they say no to. The same is true for great individual careers. A great career is one where the ...
Views: 1907(6 votes) - Transferable Skills and How to Showcase Them - by Submitted on Feb 02, 2010 from Dan CoughlinDon’t believe them. When companies tell you they aren’t hiring because of the recession, don’t believe them. What they mean to say is that during a recession they are very, very discerning about who they hire and who they keep on their team. However, every company is always hiring as long as ...
Views: 2083(2 votes) - Trust, Abundance and Success - by Submitted on Feb 02, 2010 from Bud BilanichBuilding relationships comes down to two words: trust and abundance. When you trust others you are willing to put yourself out there -- to give with no expectation of return, to act in a non quid pro quo manner. In a recent article, I pointed out that while there is nothing wrong with ...
Views: 1104(1 vote) - Ways To Avoid Missing A Fantastic Job Opportunity - by Submitted on Feb 02, 2010 from Heather EagarDo you sometimes feel that despite all of your efforts to find work, you may be missing out on some great job opportunities? In many situations, this common concern can be extremely accurate. But how can you avoid missing out on great jobs? What can you do differently? There are a few ways to ...
Views: 859 - A Great Cover Letter for Optimal Job Hunting Experience - by Submitted on May 14, 2010 from Ruth BerryIn today’s difficult economy many people have found themselves unemployed and job hunting has become much tougher. However, even though the competition is difficult you can still have the opportunity to get interviewed and potentially be hired with a great cover letter. Your cover letter ...
Views: 1418(2 votes) - Get Hired with Creative Job Cover Letters - by Submitted on May 14, 2010 from Ruth BerryRegardless of the accomplishments and awards you that college graduates got from school, a college graduate may still end up jobless in today's economy. Job hunts at present are tight and in the job market only the strong-willed and determined will get noticed and be hired. An important part of ...
Views: 1510(2 votes) - 4 Tips for Giving Your Career a Boost - by Submitted on Feb 01, 2010 from Candace CzarnyYour career may be very important to you because you are a type “A” personality ad love your work or it might be something that you are following so that you can make enough money to retire. No matter the reason, you might want to boost the energy of your career with Feng Shui in order to ...
Views: 1188(2 votes) - 5 Ways to Leverage Your Personal Brand for Greater Career Success - by Submitted on Jul 12, 2010 from Sarah HathornNew times demand new solutions, and with most professionals fearful of corporate downsizing or restructuring measures, personal branding methodologies are more critical than ever. Organizations have to navigate to survive in today’s new business climate, and so do top leaders and high achievers. ...
Views: 2877 - Surround Yourself with Positive People for Success - by Submitted on Jan 31, 2010 from Bud BilanichSelf-confidence is an important key to personal and professional success. If you want to become self confident you need to do three things. 1) Become an optimist. 2) Face your fears and take action. 3) Surround yourself with positive people. In this article, I'd like to focus on the ...
Views: 3611(2 votes) - Success Comes From Living Your Purpose - by Submitted on Jan 31, 2010 from Bud BilanichTo develop your personal clarity or purpose you need to do three things. First, define what success means to you. Second, create a vivid mental image of you as a success. Third, clarify your personal values. To develop your clarity of purpose you need to carefully think through your ...
Views: 917(1 vote) - 10 Business Behaviors That Are Essential to Advancing Your Career - by Submitted on Jan 31, 2010 from Tanya SmithThe path to career advancement has changed quite a bit from years past, but there are still a few key behaviors you must fine-tune if you want to keep moving your career forward. Regardless of whether you're planning to move up with your current employer or take the leap into entrepreneurship, ...
Views: 1319(1 vote) - The Map Of Your Life - Do You Know Where You Are Going? - by Submitted on Jan 29, 2010 from Candace CzarnyThe idea of Feng Shui is appealing to most people. It seems like a simple way to create harmony in your life as well as introduce changes that you want to happen. However, most people aren’t quite sure how to use it, why it works, and the overall meaning of the word itself. In terms of answering ...
Views: 1246(2 votes) - Switch on Your Brain - by Submitted on Dec 05, 2010 from Eugene Yiga“I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand.” – Confucius They say the only two certainties in life are death and taxes. Well, I think there’s a third…STUDYING! This inescapable fact applies to all of us at some point or another. And even after that final bell has rung ...
Views: 7103(5 votes) - Non Verbal Communication in Presentations - by Submitted on Jan 28, 2010 from Bud BilanichPresentation skills, conversation skills and writing skills are the three keys to effective communication. In this post, I'd like to focus on some tips for using non verbal communication to improve your presentation skills. Eye contact helps indicates your interest in the people in the ...
Views: 1118 - Success Advice from a Country Song - by Submitted on Jan 28, 2010 from Bud BilanichRelationship building may be the most important of the success competencies. No one can do it alone. If you want to create a successful life and career you need to learn how to build and maintain strong relationships. Period. I am in North Carolina as I am writing this post. I am doing a talk ...
Views: 1059 - Just Say Yes for Success - by Submitted on Jan 28, 2010 from Bud BilanichI love the Dilbert comic strip -- even though it often points out the how dysfunctional our workplaces can be. Sunday's strip was a classic. Dilbert approaches one of his colleagues and says… "Could you make these changes in the database? It will only take five minutes." Colleague: "Ooh I ...
Views: 1034 - Mentor Others to Create Your Own Success - by Submitted on Jan 28, 2010 from Bud BilanichMentors, by definition are positive people. They are willing to give of themselves to help others grow and succeed. That's why I urge all of my coaching clients to find mentors. However, it is also important to be a mentor. By mentoring others you are giving back, and you are building your self ...
Views: 952 - SIX STEPS TO YOUR PERFECT JOB (…or Career) - by Submitted on Aug 01, 2011 from Don RossThe right job unleashes one's highest potentiaL--bringing out and fully using one's best talents, abilities, and personal attributes. The wrong job stifles those qualities--draining passion and vitality. The right job is a joy--enabling us to contribute to others in a way that provides a sense ...
Views: 958 - Executive Job Search Isn’t Panning Out? Here’s What to Do Next - by Submitted on Jan 28, 2010 from Heather EagarThere is often nothing more frustrating than spending many hours each day searching for a job only to find that your hard work doesn’t seem to be paying off. Of course, most people are aware that job searches (and particularly executive job searches) take some time, but sometimes, you just want ...
Views: 1117(3 votes) - Tough Times, Optimism, Personal Responsibility and Success - by Submitted on Jan 28, 2010 from Bud BilanichSelf confidence is one of the keys to personal and professional success. You can become self confident by doing three things. First, choose optimism. Believe in your heart of hearts that today will be better than yesterday, and that tomorrow will be better than today. Second, face your fears and ...
Views: 1374(2 votes) - Successful People Focus on Their Goals - by Submitted on Jan 28, 2010 from Bud BilanichThe other day, I came across a succinct statement on goal setting and goal achievement from Denis Waitely… "The secret to productive goal setting is in establishing clearly defined goals, writing them down and then focusing on them several times a day with words, pictures and emotions as if ...
Views: 3773(3 votes) - Bring Prosperity Into Your Work - by Submitted on Jan 27, 2010 from Candace CzarnyFeng Shui Tips for Your Office Your office is where you might spend forty or more hours a week. While you might be comfortable in your space what about your co-workers and your clients? The energy of your office space will impact all of the people who work or visit it. Both your customers ...
Views: 1497(5 votes) - Getting into Action - by Submitted on Oct 09, 2010 from Steve TothWhy is it important to get into action?-because just doing visualization and positive affirmation isn’t going to attract what we want. It is just hoping that some day it will happen-there is no some day in our calendars! People like to pretend that they don’t have to do anything to attract what ...
Views: 4226(6 votes) - Create a 30/60/90-Day Plan Now To Boost Your Job Search in the Future - by Submitted on Jan 27, 2010 from Peggy McKeeA 30/60/90-day sales plan is a written outline for exactly what you’ll do in the first 3 months on a new job. It’s the goals you’ve set for yourself as a new employee for the first 30 days, the first 60 days, and the first 90 days. A30/60/90-day sales plan is tremendously impressive to a ...
Views: 3068(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) - Choosing and Attracting The Right Career With The Law of Attraction - by Submitted on Jan 27, 2010 from Priya DeelchandIn order to live a happy and successful life, making the right career choice is of utmost importance. In fact, we spend almost 80% of our time at work and if we are not happy in our job, it will be reflected in the other areas of our life. If on the other hand, we make the right career choice ...
Views: 3385(12 votes) - Building a Quality Targeted Cover Letter - by Submitted on May 14, 2010 from Ruth BerryIn a huge pile of resumes on the employer's desk at least ten will be called for a job interview and most often only one will be hired. Employers do not pick randomly choose the candidates that they want to interview and the candidates don't get to be so lucky. The key to getting interviewed is ...
Views: 1261(3 votes) - Successful People Know When and How to Break the Rules - by Submitted on Jan 26, 2010 from Bud BilanichI was asked to review a new book, The Big Picture: Essential Lessons for the Movies. Authors Kevin Coupe and Michael Sansolo do a great job of discussing the business and career success ideas in almost 200 movies. This is a very thoughtful book. Kevin and Michael make some great points about ...
Views: 2422(2 votes) - How to Build On Line Relationships for Success - by Submitted on Jan 26, 2010 from Bud BilanichYesterday I wrote about the importance of knowing yourself when it comes to building relationships. Today, I'd like to focus on building relationships on the internet. The internet gives you the opportunity to maintain relationships with people you know well, strengthen relationships with people ...
Views: 974(1 vote) - Affirmations Help You Create the Successful Life and Career You Want and Deserve - by Submitted on Jan 26, 2010 from Bud BilanichI have learned that self confidence is an upward spiral. Self confidence leads to professional success, which in turn leads to increased self confidence, which leads to higher levels of success, and so on. You might be saying, "That's great, but how do I become self confident if I'm new in my ...
Views: 1599(3 votes) - How to Create a Cover Letter to Boost Your Resume - by Submitted on May 14, 2010 from Ruth BerryNo matter how powerful your resume is, you still cannot land on the best possible job for you if your cover letter is not there, or is not doing its job. Similar to writing a proposal letter, the process to create a cover letter has dos and don’ts. A cover letter is your one shot chance to get ...
Views: 1265(3 votes) - Thinking Out A Great Job Search Strategy - by Submitted on Jan 26, 2010 from Heather EagarWhen you're looking for a job, you might think that a good strategy is to wait and see what develops, and trust that fate will bring you the career that you want. But usually, job seekers who take this approach miss out while more focused job seekers score great opportunities. There’s ...
Views: 941(1 vote) - Corporate Detox – Making the transition from employee to entrepreneur - by Submitted on Jan 25, 2010 from Sherri GarritySometimes I think there should be a halfway house for ex-corporate employees to help you adjust to life “on the outside”. When I started my first business after a 20-year career working for other people, the hardest change I had to make was in my own mind. I remember alternating from ...
Views: 1364(4 votes) - The Wonderful Job Allowing People to Achieve Every Day Success - by Submitted on Jan 25, 2010 from Kate SmithOccupational Therapist Assistant Jobs are wonderful and valuable opportunity in healthcare. Every day people get sick or hurt. Debilitation occurs quickly when a person is too sick or hurt to perform every day functions. The best way to get back into the swing of the daily routine is by seeking ...
Views: 636(1 vote) - Helping Others Become Independent in an Occupational Therapist Job - by Submitted on Jan 25, 2010 from Kate SmithOccupational therapists help people become as independent as possible. They work with a variety of people in many different settings. This is a career where it’s truly necessary to care about changing a person’s life in order to be successful. Different people seek out the help of an ...
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