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Your personal “best”: Authenticity and your job search

July 30, 2009

The Career Adventure newsletter has a new look — it’s now the Career Kick Start!  One minute’s worth of immediately useful career advice delivered weekly.  And it’s free, as is the Results Focused Resume ebook (available through August 5).  You can get both here. Success in a job interview requires your very best suit, your [...]

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What is your goal? A job, or the job?

July 29, 2009

This week, Liz Strauss shared this little video on her blog about focusing on the opportunity rather than the job.  Yes, there is a difference. The distinction here is an important one.  So often people are so focused on what they feel like is the greatest need at this precise moment — often, that’s simply [...]

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Are you the phoenix? Coping with career challenges

July 27, 2009

Change is the constant, the signal for rebirth, the egg of the phoenix –Christina Baldwin Every hundred years or so, the mythical phoenix torches itself and its nest, to be reborn anew from a single red egg. The phoenix appears in the mythology of many cultures, and although there are variations on the story, the [...]

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The “What if?” factor

July 17, 2009

“What if?” — two of the most powerful words in the English language. They can be both your motive power and your barrier. They open the world of possibilities, but open also doubts. “What if I get this fantastic new job?” “What if I bomb the interview?” “What if my boss recognizes all the work [...]

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Your Job Search Partner: Working with an executive recruiter in your job search

July 16, 2009

Here, just for extra-special you, is the recording of last night’s teleseminar on working with recruiters in your job search.  There is some great info in here on how to build effective relationships with an executive recruiter.  Thanks again to Lynn Hazan and Jeff Lipschultz for giving their time and knowledge so that all of [...]

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Failure: The stepping stone to success

April 16, 2009

Saw this today: (thanks to Andy Sernovitz, whose blog is chock-full of goodness) Failure is part of learning, perhaps the most important part.  It’s a catalyst for self-examination and change.  Some of the most profound, meaningful lessons we learn come out of failure.  And some of the best opportunities. A good reminder for those going [...]

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