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Seven Resume Writing Errors That Make You Look Like an Amateur by Laura Smith-Proulx - Dec, 2009 Want to write a resume that really cuts to the heart of your value and stands out for its professionalism? It's going to be difficult if the writing style you use undermines your credibility--before an employer even reads your resume summary! No matter how strong your credentials (and despite the fact that most resumes are written in sentence fragments that aren't grammatically correct by themselves) you'll still need t... |
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Trust Your Strategy, Not LinkedIn by Joshua Waldman - Dec, 2009 LinkedIn is a very powerful SUV. I get in it for a road-trip. I turn it on, take it to the car wash. Then I realized that I have no idea where I want to go. The maps in the back seat pile up and spill over, leaving me in limbo. Where do I go now? Relying on technology to make our career decisions is probably the biggest fallacy any job seeker could make. In the 1970s, British economist E.F.Schumacher wrote that the ... |
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Seven Signs of Job Burnout (Five Ways to Fix It) by Tai Goodwin - Dec, 2009 Just like any other relationship, your relationship with your job is going to have its’ ups and downs. In some cases it can be clear that the best solution is for the two of you to separate – meaning you will need to find a new job. In other cases, making a few changes to how you work can rekindle your passion for what you do, allowing you to keep your job and your sanity. You may not have any physical signs of burnout. The... |
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Four Ways to Get Unstuck in Your Job Search by Kevin Donlin - Dec, 2009 If you've been job hunting for any length of time, you’ve probably run into roadblocks. Weeks go by with no job interviews. Employers don't call. And you start to feel...stuck. Where can you turn for new ideas to get “unstuck” in your job search? I suggest you try "funnel vision." As explained to me years ago by marketing master Jay Abraham, funnel vision is the opposite of tunnel vision. It’s a way of looking for ... |
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Life is like Mahjongg by Barbara Wulf, MS, CPCC - Dec, 2009 I have read all of Amy Tan’s books starting with the Joy Luck Club, Kitchen God’s Wife, The Hundred Secret Senses, and more. Each book carries the reader to the Far East and often, the author mentions people playing the game of Mahjongg, an ancient Chinese game of skill, strategy, and calculation with a certain amount of luck. I usually paused and thought, what’s that? This fall, a friend invited me to learn how to play ... |
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Unemployment by Barbara Wulf, MS, CPCC - Dec, 2009 It is just days before yearend. For many, it’s been a stressful 4th quarter for our life/work portfolio. Financially and emotionally, the job forecast is looking dim and we await good news about the economy making a comeback. Our investments are still in the basement and many of us are lucky to be working or surviving on unemployment. One day you are working and the next day, you are being escorted to your car. There’s no... |
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Three Reasons You're Earning Less Than What You're Worth by Tai Goodwin - Dec, 2009 Recently, I began reflecting back to when I began my journey towards earning a 6-figure income in corporate America. I remember spending a lot of time in blame mode. First, I blamed the system for not paying teachers enough. When I left teaching to join the corporate world, I blamed my job for not paying me enough money and my boss for not offering me a raise when I was clearly performing above and beyond expectations. Ch... |
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Nine Tips for Mastering Email Overload for Busy Executives by Andy Robinson - Dec, 2009 Before email, SENDERS shouldered the burden of mail. Writing, stamping, and mailing a letter was a lot of work. Email bludgeoned that system in no time. Now the RECEIVER shoulders the burden of filtering, reading and responding to the endless stream of emails we receive on a day-to-day basis. Taming email means training the senders to put the burden of quality back on themselves. What's the best way to train everyone ... |
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How to Communicate Difficult Stories on Your Resume by Barbara Safani - Dec, 2009 My son just recently celebrated his birthday. It is a tradition in our family to tell our kids the story of the day they were born each year on their birthday. And while I’ve been telling my son this story for the past 13 years, it has always been somewhat sanitized. You see, my son’s birth was particularly hairy and what seemed like a routine delivery quickly turned into an emergency. For awhile, the doctors didn’t know if he... |
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Five Ways to Beat the Ugly Networking Stigma by Kris Parfitt - Dec, 2009 “My intention is to meet five people at this function who I really connect with and that two of them eventually become clients.” My friend was impressed while somewhat doubtful of my declaration. My actual success that night was that I met ten people with whom I connected, but I didn’t find the opening to give all of them my business card. It’s not that I’m shy – by nature I’m quite the extrovert. But I have a stigma about ne... |
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