De-Bunking The “Follow Your Bliss” Myth I don't know about you… but I'm pretty tired of hearing about how you can "follow your dream" in three or four easy steps. I've seen plenty of people leap before they sufficiently looked --and end up dissatisfied or broke, or both. The truth is...you can't just think your way to a new career that you love. It takes...
Surviving Office Politics Learn how to thrive in your work environment despite office politics. Offers tips and strategies geared towards those who have recently made a job change.
Get In The Game With a Stellar Resume During the job hunter's market of the 1990's, employers were settling for less than qualified candidates because the candidate pool was so small. Job hunters were able to name their price and employe...
So, Why Dont You Tell Me About Yourself? "So, why don't you tell me about yourself?" is the most frequently asked interview question. It's a question that most interviewees expect and the one they have the most difficulty answering. Though...
Useless Resume Objectives What's wrong with an objective on a resume? The problem with objectives on resumes is that a typical objective is self-centered and self-serving; therefore, it is useless. Instead of an object...
Moving From A Weekend Hobby To Career In The Arts Building a career as an artist takes hard work. Because the field attracts so many talented people, jobs in this field remain competitive. If you major in an art program at the university level, the ...
Get a Job! Tips for Organizing Your Resume Whether you're a Vice President of Marketing or a recent college grad, your resume is the 'key' to opening the doors of employment. It is an employer's first impression of you and believe it or not, ...
The 6 Stages of Modern Career Development Career experts say that people will change careers (not jobs) 5-7 times in a lifetime. This being true, career management is an important life skill to develop and cultivate. There are six stages o...
Resume Success Factors--What Exactly Is A Resume Anyway? You know you're good...real good. The problem, though, is that you are struggling to demonstrate just how good you are on paper. Ah...the resume. If you've ever written one you know what a challengin...
Thank-You Notes: An Integral Part of Your Career Design There is one little practice that is vital to generating the interest of potential employers. It is critical, but very few job seekers actually do it. What is it? The THANK YOU NOTE! Interview exp...
How to Overcome a Bad First Impression Saying the wrong thing at the wrong time can tarnish your image and close doors. Learn how to recover from life's embarrassing moments.
20 Ways to Advance Your Career To survive and thrive in today's competitive environment, it is not just what you know. You also need to be competent. You must stand out from the crowd - be memorable, impressive, credible, trusted ...
The Executive Resume - Moving Beyond Accomplishments There is a major difference between conventional resumes and executive resumes. Accomplishments are usually the center point of a conventional resume (i.e., indicating how much money was saved, how ...
Job Interviews and The Secret of Selling Yourself A very effective and persuasive tactic when selling something is to promote its benefits as well as its features. When you're preparing your resume or answering questions during an interview, you're selling yourself, so use that same tactic: sell your benefits along with your features! Here's how...
Using Journal to Support Your Job Search With the job market tight you need to be on your toes on
what type of job you are looking for, what you provide, not
just skills, and how it matches your path. Life and
business coach, Catherine Franz, discusses how you can use
journaling to help you pursue and land your next job -- the
ideal job.
Business Careers: Keys to Moving on from Retrenchment As common as retrenchment is, when it happens, no one likes it. Whatever range of emotions initially emerge - fear, anger, resentment, retaliation, humiliation, disappointment - we should recognise as being quite normal. How we respond and deal with the situation will influence our entire financial future and how quickly we move through these negative emotions.
Fact or Opinion? "You ain't going nowhere, son. You ought to go back to drivin' a truck." What if Elvis believed this Grand Ole Opry manager's critique after his l954 performance? Or the Beatles listened in 1962 when Decca Recording Company responded, "We don't like their sound. Groups of guitars are on the way out."
Strength In Numbers There is great strength in numbers. Actively looking to include others in our own success is one way that will increase our level of achievement. This does not ...
Affirmations for Expectant Moms Natural childbirth is not for wimps, sissies or cowards. It is for mothers! To accomplish this act of bravery, I make three decisions: "I can do it," "I will do...
Hooray, You Failed! Don't lose your confidence if you slip, be grateful for a pleasant trip. And pick yourself up, dust yourself off and start all over again.
Jerome Kern & Dorothy...
How to Get Non Reciprocal Links In this article we will look at how to get non reciprocal links. Webmasters have become paranoid with link popularity therefor making it the most popular SEO te...
How To Get Your Horse From Pulling Back While Tied Some people have horses they don't dare tie. Why? Because they break their halters and/or crossties. So what is a person to do in their horse training practi...
7 Steps to Getting What You Really Want! To get what you really want in life it's helpful to become aware of the universal process that brings all things into physical existence. The beauty of this pro...
How To Make Time For Public Relations Marketing is the life blood of any business. For some reason, business people
make such a big deal about investing the needed time.
Wedding Reception; From Trendy to Traditional Planning your wedding reception can be an overwhelming task. A traditional wedding reception can also be very expensive. Here are some ideas to get you starte...
Miniature Roses Don't let the delicate appearance fool you! These little gems are hardy enough to grow outdoors in zones 6-10 without winter protection, and with a good cover o...
June Gardening Tips These are just a few gardening tips for you to consider here in late June. Many people seem to think that just because all the plants have been put into their ...
Effective Keyword Bidding Strategies How to exploit "Bid Gaps" that emerge in your competitor's keyword bidding strategy. Learn what "Bid Gaps are, and how to use them to your advantage.
Save $ with Golf Ball Used Golf is sometimes a frustrating game. Many have been known to lose their cool after hitting a ball into the rough ...
Risk of Blind Assistance I'm afraid the politicians of the Western nations are being led around by the nose, and milked by the Arab world for massive amounts of funds, all collected und...
Email Marketing Strategies That Work While the main use of email marketing is to drive traffic to your web site, there are other important reasons that email communications should be used as part o...
Tough Times, Tough Tactics When times are tough, it's no time to ignore those external
audiences whose behaviors matter so much to your organization.
Dont Suffer From Information Overload Learning everything you need to know about internet marketing can be overwhelming. Here's 7 tips to help you avoid being overwhelmed.
