This has been a tough year for many of us. What I am not going to do is spout empty platitudes proclaiming miraculously all will be better in 2011. I certainly hope it will be, but each of us has our own story to write and a mere date doesn’t always come with a new [...]
Read More...Good Things to Click On While at Work
December 20, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Admittedly telling you to spend even more time on the internet while you’re at work may not be the best career advice. And if you’re looking for work, maybe you don’t need any extra diversions. But since it’s the holiday season when we are already thinking about things other people might want (and worrying where [...]
Read More...What the Zohan Taught Me About Dream Killers
December 13, 2010 By 2 Comments
The Zohan had a dream. He wanted to cut hair. Unfortunately, he was also a renowned commando who could decimate the enemy without spilling an extra drop of blood (or hummus) and this skill kept him from his real dream – until he figured out a way to escape from his increasingly unsatisfying job. I [...]
Read More...Is Do What You Love the Worst Career Advice Ever?
December 6, 2010 By 5 Comments
In a linear world, loving something and doing it for a living would always be the right career choice. End of article. End of all career blogs. Take your marbles and go home. But tempting as it is to live a life of simple aphorisms, life is not one-dimensional. At least not for me. Sure…some [...]
Read More...How Transferable Skills Can Help You Change Jobs
November 29, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Basically transferable skills are job skills that can make the leap from one job or career to another no matter what they are called. But since job titles and terms can at times seem very different from the real underlying skills, you may have to help a prospective employer understand why your experience is right [...]
Read More...Is It Better NOT To Know Why You Lost Your Job?
November 22, 2010 By 2 Comments
I’m a big fan of knowledge and that includes knowing why a person lost a job – or more specifically why that person was fired. (The term “lost a job” kind of makes it sound like you don’t know where the job is any more – although in cases where jobs have been disappearing…poof!…I guess [...]
Read More...Hate Your Job? How To Stay Positive While You Look Elsewhere
November 15, 2010 By 8 Comments
My pal Rick Saia at Pongo Resume kindly agreed to guest post for me, combining two of my favorite topics: (1) How to stay positive in your job search; and (2) how to stay positive even if you hate your job. Without further ado…here’s Rick! ~~~~~~~ Stuck in a job that’s lost its charm, or [...]
Read More...How Do You Know When It’s Time to Move On?
November 8, 2010 By 17 Comments
Last week my good pal Terry B. celebrated the 4th anniversary of his marvelous food (and so much more) blog, Blue Kitchen. Terry is the one who got me blogging in the first place. (And I will get even. ) But seriously…thank you, my friend. This has been an amazing ride. I too am about [...]
Read More...5 Important Things To Know About Career Change
November 1, 2010 By 3 Comments
If you are thinking about a major career change, there are five very important things I want you to know: There is no one-size-fits-all formula, road map or GPS Career transition can take time – sometimes years You need to give yourself permission to make wrong turns Certain friends and family will very likely think [...]
Read More...How To Write a Good Informational Interview Thank You Note
October 25, 2010 By 1 Comment
Last week I wrote about informational interviews – what they are and how to get the most out of them. But I don’t want to leave out one of the most important parts of your informational interview…the informational interview thank you note or letter. I once spent an hour and a half on the phone [...]
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