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How to Find a Career Coach: Can a coach help me reach my goals?

March 1, 2010

As a follow up to the last article on the topic of finding a career coach I got a number of questions on why people should find a career coach, rather than how. This article sets out to share some thoughts on the subject.
If you’re clipping along in your career, confidently making choices that move [...]

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How to Find a Career Coach: 3 Key Questions to Ask

February 24, 2010

If you’re at a career impasse and it’s time to make progress, one solution might be to find a career coach.
Career coaches offer help with everything from job search to pursuing a promotion, to reevaluating your career path entirely. Any question that you have about how to be more effective in your career, there’s a [...]

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Layoff Lemonade: Must-see stories of liberation after layoff (video)

February 4, 2010

After my layoff, I was standing on a little tiny platform waaaay up in the sky.
Looking ahead, I saw this wide, beautiful expanse of opportunity. East, west, north — all blue sky and cloudy landscape. Idyllic.
But unlike in past job searches, I didn’t feel like I had the momentum that I once had. When I [...]

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Career Trends and Career Change: Interpreting Employment Trends in 2010

February 1, 2010

A great career choice today may not be the best choice a few years from now.
There are hundreds of factors that affect your employability, many of which are linked to the job market. By keeping an eye on the trends in the marketplace, you can be ready to respond as factors are changing, and proactively [...]

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Is Your Success Undermining Your Dreams?

January 4, 2010

“Good is the enemy of great.”
This, the opening statement of Jim Collins’ Good to Great, is a primary cause of dream abandonment.
You’re good at what you do. You’ve got skills. You meet deadlines. Your projects meet client needs. You bring home a paycheck that keeps you and your family comfortable.
It’s so easy to rest on [...]

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Taking the first step towards excellence

December 4, 2009

Today, I uploaded a new photo to my Twitter account.
It’s the third (fourth?) that I’ve used since I started on Twitter earlier this year. Each time I’ve been happier with the photo that I’m using.
The easiest thing to do might have been to go out at the beginning and get a professional head shot taken. [...]

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How NOT to win that job promotion

October 26, 2009

Today’s post is a guest post from Andrew Rondeau. His blog, Great Management, is a great source of information and inspiration for professionals.
Believe it or not, but not everyone wants a great successful career. Not everyone wants to get a promotion and earn more money.
So follow these guidelines and I guarantee you will NOT [...]

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What in your life was a surprise to you?

October 20, 2009

What did you want to be when you were five years old?
Maybe it was a firefighter, or a veterinarian, or President.
At that age, we see everything as a possibility. But truthfully, our view of the future is probably a bit fuzzy.
Even when we get older, when we have a stronger vision of our direction, when [...]

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5 Keys to a Resume Summary Statement With Punch

October 19, 2009

Does your resume get read?
By now you should know that your resume has to make an impact in a hurry in order to have a chance of getting read.
If your lead in is a resume summary statement, it has to pack a punch in only 2-3 sentences. How can you write a resume summary that [...]

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“Dream” is the ultimate action verb

October 7, 2009

Do you have dreams, or plans?
If you don’t have plans, then you don’t really have dreams at all. You have wishes — the kind of things that you hope that a fairy will come and grant for you, that with a *poof* will magically come to be.
You may have noticed I have a thing for [...]

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