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The Perfect Job or Pipe Dream? Choosing career satisfaction

July 26, 2010

I just feel like there’s something more out there for me. Everyone’s looking for the Perfect Job. From Boomers who are looking to have a career that means something in the world to the Gen Y upstart who doesn’t feel that paying corporate dues is strictly necessary anymore. Many, many smart professionals are experiencing career [...]

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Executive Brand: Personal branding goes big leagues

July 12, 2010

Building an executive brand is more complex, more subtle, and easier to get off track than personal branding practitioners would have you believe. In order to cultivate a powerful executive brand — the kind that gets decision makers to take notice — you have to pick and choose personal branding strategies carefully, assembling them into [...]

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Welcome AOL Readers!

March 17, 2010

If you’ve wandered over from this AOL article on interview questions, top off your coffee and settle in. There’s a bunch of good information on job search here for your perusal. Want more interview tips? Check out: Is this the perfect job interview close? 5 ways to know how your job interview really went How [...]

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Trust and Networking: 3 Keys to a Business Network that Works

March 11, 2010

Networking for your job search is critical, because people hire people, not resumes. More than that, they hire people that they KNOW, LIKE and TRUST. The problem is that most of what we learn about networking for job search focuses on the KNOW. We’re taught to go out and meet people, exchange business cards, and [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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. [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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Key Skills Resume Section: How to Highlight Relevant Experience

November 25, 2009

Are you switching industries? Returning to work after some time away? Not sure your experience really shows off what you can offer? Do you have a generalist background with a wide variety of skill sets? All of these situations can make it difficult to concisely describe what you can do for a potential employer. While [...]

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