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Avoid Mistakes on the Job
There are some mistakes that you don’t want to make on the job, forgiving boss or not. Read on to learn which to avoid, and why.
Compete Where You Can Win
Here's something you probably already know: Selling ourselves can be tough. Between the rejections, the unanswered phone calls or unreturned emails, it’s far too easy take it personally, give up altogether, and even worse, assume that they are ‘right’ and you are ‘wrong’ when your efforts go unrewarded. Instead of beating your head against the wall and quit now, take a hard look at your efforts over the past year and go where the love is.
Pursue the Right Job Opportunities For You
As job seekers get desperate, they start to apply to jobs that don't make sense for them. Read on to learn about how to make sure you're applying to the best jobs for you.
Burning Bridges is for Arsonists
Like everything else when it comes to our careers, there is a right way…and a wrong way…to handle leaving a job. Do things right, and you keep your career moving nicely along. Do things wrong and you can burn a bridge, hurt your reputation, and remain stuck.
Education Is One Thing...Employment Is Another
Many would simply say more college education is the solution to good employment, but be skeptical of this approach. Training other than a bachelor’s degree often provides the best preparation for some high-paying or high-growth jobs.
Common Sense and Success
We are all born with five senses: sight, sound, touch, taste and smell. These senses help us navigate our way through the world. They bring us delight in small things. They also warn us when danger threatens. However, I believe that we all have a sixth, and underused sense, our common sense. Your common sense helps you make the right decision in ambiguous situations -- but only if you use it. When I tell people that I'm the Common Sense Guy, people often come back with Will Rogers' saying, "Common sense isn't all that common." I disagree. I think that we all have innate common sense. It's a natural gift, just like our five other senses. We don't always use it though. If you are willing to let your common sense guide you today, you can use it as a guide tomorrow, the next day, next week and next month.
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.
What if? A question.
How many times have we all said those two words? What if I had taken the other job or win the lottery or what if my son or daughter becomes president? These are wishes, do wishes come true? Well, sometimes they do.

Finding Your Voice
Finding your voice" means finding a way to express your ideas with passion so that you connect with others. We all have ideas and thoughts that we feel strongly about. Learn how important finding your voice is and how it relates to career and job fulfillment.
The #2 Interview Question That Candidates Find Most Difficult
Knowing what interview questions are likely to be asked is half the battle – the other half is answering them in a way that lands you the job.
Five Career Advice Secrets for Being the Perfect Employee Everyone Wants on Their Team – Part 2
The following are five career advice secrets for being the perfect, motivated employee that everyone wants on their team, putting your career on the fast track, and creating great relationship with management.
Careers for Interpreters and Translators
As business becomes more globalized, there is a growing need for interperters and translators. Career opportunities can range from private sector jobs for public and private companies to government jobs.

The Magical Relationship between Leaders and the Led
Discussions on leadership have a tendency to be one-directional with the focus largely on the leader rather than the led. The leader is the magician, the headline act if you will, while the employees are the faceless, doe-eyed audience passively waiting to be enchanted. Scanning the local crowd, the leader pulls out of his sleeves the tricks of his trade; power, authority, charisma and legitimacy. It is the magician alone that determines whether he kills or is killed on any given night.
The Top 10 Things Coaching Marketers and Training Schools Won’t Tell You
I’m sharing below what I know to be true about the coaching business, based on not only my personal experience, but also my honest and authentic conversations and connections with hundreds of coaches nationwide and in other countries.
Employee Development...It's Back on the Radar
Robin Throckmorton, MA, SPHR and Cathleen Snyder, PHR discuss how companies have stopped providing employee development. Companies that survive tough times, often faced staff reductions - whether through reductions in force or attrition, budget cuts, restructuring and any number of measures to ensure the company lived to tell about the "Great Recession". You'll notice that nowhere in that statement was there mention of training, employee development, or rewards and recognition. For many companies, these areas have simply been off the radar. It's time to change this...
Engineering a Change in Career
These days a person can expect to reach retirement with an array of different jobs behind them, including a stint of being a business owner. One's career is not set in stone and now more than ever, we can truly create the life we desire that includes work we love.
A change of direction with a Franchise Business
We all take time to reflect on our future from time to time; not least when it comes to our employment or job situation. We look at franchise business as an alternative to those who might be considering self-employment or working for themselves.
Encouraging Diversity In The New Zealand Workplace
What are the benefits of a diversified workforce? How will embracing values based on inclusion and cultural diversity help you improve public perception of your company brand? What are the competitive advantages this policy shift brings?
Career Advice: Five Secrets to Creating More Career Opportunities in the 21st Century!
So what does that mean for your career opportunities? It means that, in the 21st century job marketplace you will need to acquire the overall skills and attitude to be successful in your careers. The following are five secrets to creating more successful career opportunities and being prosperous in your life.

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Make Working at Home Work Well
Most retired baby boomers have tried their hands at a variety of home-based careers and businesses, from writing to consulting to even crafting, either full time or part time. Yes, more and more baby boomers are now choosing to work from home, either starting their own businesses or blending their post-retirement leisure time with their already established careers. This can be a daunting aspect that requires loads of direction, motivation and of course tweaking! So, if you’re contemplating jumping off the corporate ladder to start your own business, or if you have just retired and need that extra income, then here are a few tips to help make you work better from home:
Do Not Undervalue Yourself
Generosity and working for free when you're first changing careers is one thing; undervaluing yourself is another.

Can Baby Boomers Retire
Boomers take on 2nd careers.
Are You a Baby Boomer and Is Retirement for You?
Many baby boomers are starting second careers and self employment is very appealing to them.
No leader is master of everything
One of the key failures senior executives and leaders tend to make early in their careers is acting with hubris. This affliction recurs with even the best who have had marvelously successful careers and begin to act without appropriate caution or due diligence. The best way to solve this problem is to look for outside input just to be sure your thinking is clear. The key is knowing when to seek input to avoid making bad decisions. In this article, I talk about how to get input from others and improve your decision making, and ultimately your success as a leader.
Down with Networking!
Networking is probably one of the toughest and most important aspects of the job search..not to mention our careers and overall professional development. Unfortunately, it’s also one of the most hated, misunderstood and, consequently, poorly practiced areas in our careers, too, which is probably why many of us dread networking altogether. Still, like it or not, we simply must do it. It’s too difficult to land a job, an internship, or a new client today without networking.
Franchising: The 3 Best Passive Opportunities
Many of the candidates that I assist as a franchise consultant are looking for a complete overhaul in their professional careers. Some hate their jobs, while others feel they’re not compensated at the same level of their performance or for their true worth to the company. Or maybe they’re simply not living their passion. On the other hand, others are perfectly satisfied with their careers, but are looking for an investment vehicle or an opportunity that allows for passive ownership. In essence, they desire the ability to be an absentee owner. There are many very good passive franchise businesses available in a variety of categories. Here are just a few:

Career Development - Recognize Your Readiness
Careers are fluid. For a while we rest up and then we are off again. But how are we able to understand just when is right? Noticing the subtle messages, that's how...
Competing Strategically in Your Career
Strategies used by businesses to compete can also be used by individuals to manage their careers.
Leadership Resilience - The Art of Bouncing Back
How we respond to failures and bounce back from our mistakes can make or break our careers.
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