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Non-linear Career Progression
When told that the ‘shortest distance between two points is a straight line’, this familiar maxim has an, inherent, link to the topic of avoidance. A straight line helps us to avoid wasting time, digressive conversations, subtle references to a certain attraction and political malfeasance. The straight-line reference is a way of avoiding behavioral meandering so as to stay focused on what’s in front of you. In the business sector, the phrase ‘cradle to grave’ contract was used to describe the linear progression of a career path. Career advancement reflected a climb up a ladder of a silo in which professional perspectives were shaped by the boundaries of that narrow focus.
Making Relationships a Work of A.R.T.
But if, on the other hand, you forget about yourself and what you can get, and focus on the other person and what you can help them get, they will never let you down. One of my favourite quotes of all time is one by the world famous sales trainer Zig Ziglar. He says "You can get almost anything you want in life, if you'll just help enough other people get what they want." Do you know what other people want? Are you willing to help them get it?

Keeping Your Career on Track and Moving
Keeping your career on track is no longer just about natural progression in your existing position. Today's savvy employees look ahead and consider different career paths and opportunities to incorporate potential changes and "changes of mind".
Save Your Employees from the Dark Side - Human Resource Lessons Learned from Star Wars
If you've ever wondered how the greatest movie franchise in history and HR are similar, than this article is right up your alley. Great HR advice all great companies utilize.

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CEO Alert: Why Managers Can't Increase Productivity With Current Methods -- And What To Do About it
Many managers reach their positions through natural progression up the corporate ladder. They get where they are on the strength of their ability. The thing to remember is most of them have never had any training in managing people.

Mentor and Be Mentored: Both are Critical to Success
When you reflect upon your career, do you have a mentor that has played a role in your professional and/or personal development? On the flip side, as you have advanced in your career, have you taken the time to mentor others whom you have worked with and/or managed? Having and being a mentor are two of the major milestones during one’s career. Mentoring is a critical part of managing a successful and sustaining career.

Owning Your Career
When it comes to career progression, you have to own your own career development and progression. This article gives practical advise on taking charge of your career.

Seek Career Change Advice from an Experienced Mentor
If you are looking for career change advice, seek it from someone who has been through a career change themselves. Described here is my story having been through two significant career changes. I discuss how self-education and initiative can enable any change in career, that it is within reach for anyone, and how it can reinvent your own world and do so without the time and expense of going back to formal education.
The Best Career Change Books
Career expert and VocationVacations founder, Brian Kurth, offers up his top picks for career change and career transition books
Career Advice: Five Secrets to Creating Your Dream Career
There are countless career opportunities in this economy for you to create your dream job. Why be unhappy with your career when you can create the perfect job that leads to a happy fulfilling career using a little creativity? The following are seven secrets to creating your dream job and very successful career.
Searching the Road
How do we maintain our progression when the future is unclear? How do we continue to evolve, to grow, to challenge what comes our way? Staying "FORWARD."
Non-linear Career Progression
When told that the ‘shortest distance between two points is a straight line’, this familiar maxim has an, inherent, link to the topic of avoidance. A straight line helps us to avoid wasting time, digressive conversations, subtle references to a certain attraction and political malfeasance. The straight-line reference is a way of avoiding behavioral meandering so as to stay focused on what’s in front of you. In the business sector, the phrase ‘cradle to grave’ contract was used to describe the linear progression of a career path. Career advancement reflected a climb up a ladder of a silo in which professional perspectives were shaped by the boundaries of that narrow focus.
Keeping Your Career on Track and Moving
Keeping your career on track is no longer just about natural progression in your existing position. Today's savvy employees look ahead and consider different career paths and opportunities to incorporate potential changes and "changes of mind".
Career Change after 40 - How to Market your Experience
Making a career change over 40 isn't any easier than it was in your 20s or 30s. Whether your decision is based on your desire to finally pursue your dreams or a need to find a new career path due to an ever-shrinking market or faltering industry, making a career change in mid-life can leave even the most confident job seekers asking themselves, "How do I find a new career?"

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