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Choose Career, Job, or ‘Calling’
(Career News Service)—SHOULD YOU SEEK A JOB, a career, or a “calling?” Before answering you need to know how they differ, and Bill Barnett, teacher of career strategy at Rice University’s Jones...
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Ask DR. JOB Q&A
by S.Z. Pesmen (sandra@askdrjob.com) PUT OFFICE SECRETS TO BED Q1. I’VE BECOME FRIENDS WITH my cubicle mate at the office and he tells me things – more than office gossip – he asks me to not tell...
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Impress with Your Online Impression
WHEN YOU ARE AT AN interview with another person, face-to-face, you know “you have only one opportunity to make that first impression.” But it’s even more important to create the right impression on...
View ArticleNew Skill: Self Promotion
Your mother was wrong when she told you never to talk about yourself or put yourself in the limelight. She probably thought that way because she wasn’t looking for a job or a promotion in a very tough...
View ArticleAfter Summer Internship
Career News Service—You landed the summer internship of your dreams when you graduated from college. You hoped you would dazzle them with your skills, enthusiasm and excellence and they would as you to...
View ArticleNew Skill: Self Proomotion
Your mother was wrong when she told you never to talk about yourself or put yourself in the limelight. She probably thought that way because she wasn’t looking for a job or a promotion in a very tough...
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Job Crisis After 49?
You’re nearly 50 and suddenly what used to be “The prime of life” is OLD! Kids barely out of college (if they bothered to go at all) are getting big jobs and making more money than you dreamed possible...
View ArticleMake Out-Of-Town Job Search Work
It’s hard enough to have to look for a job. And it’s downright daunting to have to do it from another city or state. But there are some suggestions from specialists that will make it successful....
View ArticleHey–You’re Not Entitled
If there’s one clear message in Brian Russell’s new book,, “Stop Moaning, Start Owning: How entitlement is Ruining America and How Personal Responsibility Can Fix It,” it’s that our society has gone...
View ArticleMillennials ARE Different
F.Scott Fitzgerald noted “The rich are different from you and me!” Ernest Hemmingway answered him, “ Yes. They have more money.” Somewhat similarly, members of the millennial generation ARE...
View ArticleHoliday Romance vs. Job
Your personal life absolutely influences your career, and at holiday time many people begin thinking about making a commitment to someone they love, giving engagement rings, etc., as gifts. But...
View ArticleHow to Fire Clients
Firing employees is hard, but “firing” clients can be even more difficult. Yet sometimes it’s necessary, and fortunately, Michael Houlihan and Bonnie Harvey, Co-authors of “The Entrepreneurial...
View ArticleTime to Let Some Clients Go
Difficult as it may be, it’s possibly time for you to let some of your clients go, and there’s no better time to do that then at the start of a new year. As the new year approaches, you’re probably...
View ArticleCreate ‘ROI’ Relationships
Q.1 NOW THAT I’M IN THE BUSINESS WORLD many of my school friends no longer “fit in” my life. We have different interests and while we can still go out for a beer once in a while, I feel I should make...
View ArticleImprove Life with ‘Me Time’
Everyone wants to improve their lives, and the start of a new year is the best time to do it with the help of Ruth Fishel’s new book, “Time for Me: Daily Practice for a Joyful, Peaceful, Purposeful...
View ArticleMend Strained Office Relationships
You know you’re in a difficult relationship. You feel awkward, unhappy and apprehensive whenever you’re in that person’s company, but what can you do about it? Educator/clinicians Pat Love, Eva...
View ArticleGaining Corporate ‘Presence’
Q. EVRERYONE TALKS ABOUT “PRESENCE”—walking into a room like a leader and making everyone notice you. I know I’ll need it for a successful career, and I wish I had it. But I’m young and new to...
View ArticleWhen to Enter Others’ Conversation
Lynne Cunningham, author of “Taking Converdations from Difficult to Doable,” contends there are times when you should jump into confrontations between two other people when you’re not really invited....
View ArticleAce ‘Difficult to Doable’ Talks
Whether we like it or not, occasionally we have to give a tough talk, usually somewhat critical, to an employee, co-worker (or even a beloved family member.). What can we do to make it more palatable...
View ArticleDeal with Job Loss
You lost your job and think you can put your feelings aside and march on. You think the harder and faster you run from the disturbing feelings that come from any loss, the faster you’ll recover. Not...
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