Careers & Employment Information
Unlimit Your Life!
Do you have a tendency to think in absolutes?Is everything good or bad, black or white?This type of thinking can severely limit your options. Or
worse, prevent you from getting an accurate picture of what's
possible.
Everyone Should Have a RED BALL in the Job Search
May I explain what about what a red ball means to me and how I counsel others as a career coach.A RED BALL is a symbol of what you can do and want, especially in a job search.
How To Win the Job-Hunting Game
When I got over the initial shock of being urged to "seek alternative employment" I found myself, like so many others, out beating the bushes looking for a job. I found that I was just another one of the sheep following the same traditional job-hunting procedures as everyone else.
Avoid Mistakes and Gaffes in Your Job Resume
Having mistakes and gaffes in your job resume spell disaster for your job search. The last thing an employer needs is to look at a poorly written resume.
Behaviour To Climb The Stepping Stones To Career Success
The heading of this article could just as well have been "How to position yourself for promotion" or "How to position yourself for career advancement" or "How to climb the success ladder" or something similar.What behaviour will improve your chances for success? Behaviour which can be described as good work ethics.
Career Change - Emotional Intelligence for Knowledge Workers?
Nowadays we can expect to survive the second half of our lives and as our work is knowledge-based - we knowledge workers are not finished after 30 years on the job - Are we merely bored?There are three ways to develop another career: The first way is to really start a career. Our original career decision (at school or college) may have been simply around 'getting a job to make some money' or just to 'get into the job market' in some way.
Career Change - Creating Wealth & Happiness
Whether you have a business idea or not, here's what I want you to do?I want you to take a pen and paper and go and sit somewhere quiet in your home where you will not be distracted. Get comfortable.
Resume Writing - Get That Job
Looking for a new job, whether it is with a new company or a promotion within your own organisation, requires time and effort. To make your job search more effective you need to take five fundamental steps on the road to success:· Analysing your skills· Writing a winning Resume· Managing your job search· Coaching for interview success· Negotiating your job offerStep 1: Analysing your SkillsThe most crucial step in the job search process is to assess what skills you have to offer to your future boss.
Ten Careers For High School Seniors Who Hate School
Let's face it?not everybody likes going to school and high school can be a terrible experience for many students. Whether you're the hands on type who preferred Shop class to English class, or an athlete who liked working as a team more than studying alone, or even someone who liked schoolwork more than schoolmates; the idea of four more years of school is unbearable.
Discover What You Really Want To Do
Are you doing what you really want to do or did you just fall or wander into the job you now have. As a friend of ours once said,' I am one of twenty two doctors in our family.
Get That Job: Mastering Job Interviews
I've heard it said?in fact, it might well have been me that said it - there are few things more excruciating in professional life than the job interview. Job interviews are awful! Throughout my career I have attended many and conducted many more, and the truth is whether you are the candidate or the interviewer, job interviews are challenging and confronting and difficult - but you can not only survive but learn to be a masterful interviewee by developing an understanding of what it is the interviewer needs to see and learning to conduct yourself with clarity and confidence.
Feng Shui Your Desk for Career Success
Have you used feng shui around your desk? It's a great way to "test drive" feng shui, to see how well it works for you.In feng shui, we work with a 3x3 grid called a bagua (said "bagg-wahh").
Why Employers Want an Employee with a Degree
You wake up in the morning, head to work, and find out your company is downsizing and you are being laid off. No big deal you think, you have experience, you've worked at the same company for years.
5 Proven Steps To Easily Master The Art Of The Interview And Get The Bartending Job Of Your Dreams!
Your mouth is dry, your palms are sweaty, your heart is beating so fast it feels like it is going to pop out of your chest!Sound familiar?For most people, interviews are uncomfortable. The mere thought of them causes anxiety and nervousness.
Are You an Ex-career Woman Living In a New Country?
Were you once a successful, professional woman who had a significant status level and received adequate remuneration for your work?Have you re-located to a new country where the educational degree you worked so hard to achieve is neither recognized nor considered valid?As a result, have you now settled for a job for which you are overqualified and living paycheck to paycheck?If you once had a successful professional career and answered yes to the above, you probaby understand how frustrating it is, to be unable to practice your profession in a new country.The decision to immigrate to another country is a courageous act which involves leaving everything that you know and everything that makes up who you are.
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 The Idaho Statesman | Supervalu cuts jobs at the Shaw's HQ in West Bridgewater Enterprise News By Jon Chesto Supervalu Inc. is trimming approximately 60 jobs from its Shaw's corporate office in West Bridgewater as part of a broader effort to eliminate 800 positions across the country. Mike Siemienas, a spokesman for the Eden Prairie, Minn. Shaw's Supermarkets cuts 60 jobs at HQ Acme's parent company to cut 800 jobs Jewel-Osco cutting corporate jobs in Chicago |
 AdvisorOne | Jobs rebound dampens QE3 prospects: Fed officials Reuters NEW YORK (Reuters) - The pick-up in jobs has caught the eye of two top Federal Reserve officials who said on Wednesday that continued improvement in the beleaguered labor market dampens prospects for more economic stimulus measures from the central ... Bernanke: Jobs data misleading Bernanke's Helpful Reminder, One Job Jump Isn'ta Recovery: View Bernanke looks past January jobs report |
 TIME | Detroit App Jobs Make Up Growing Part Of Economy Huffington Post A study released Tuesday shows Detroit's job market got a boost from from an unlikely source: apps. TechNet, a bipartisan group that promotes policy affecting the technology industry, sponsored a study that shows the impact of app-related jobs on the ... The App Economy Produces Twice as Many US Jobs as There Are Jobs in Apple's ... Apps Creating Jobs in a Tight Market Report: App Economy drives almost half a million jobs in the U.S. |
Obama Advisers Offer Rosier Jobs Outlook New York Times WASHINGTON — Drawing on a string of improved economic data, advisers to President Obama have updated their forecasts in recent days and now project that the economy will create two million jobs this year if stimulus measures are extended, ... |
Bank of America says it will cut 450 jobs in Concord San Jose Mercury News By George Avalos Bank of America has disclosed plans to eliminate 450 jobs in Concord as part of a shutdown of one of the banking giant's units in that city. The affected employees are in the bank's consumer service and operations units. |
 Fox News | Source: Pentagon to recommend allowing women to serve closer to combat Fox News On Thursday, Pentagon rules will catch up a bit with reality, recommending to Congress that women be allowed to serve in more jobs closer to the front lines. According to defense officials, the new rules are expected to continue the long-held ... Pentagon to Lift Some Restrictions on Women in Combat APNewsBreak: Sources: New military roles for women |
 Los Angeles Times | Nokia to Cut 4000 Jobs at 3 Factories New York Times BERLIN — Nokia, the biggest maker of mobile phones by volume, said Wednesday that it would eliminate 4000 manufacturing jobs, or 7 percent of its global work force, as it moved to streamline operations and save money from its production of smartphones. Nokia to axe 4000 jobs, move assembly to Asia Nokia Plans 4000 Job Cuts to Shift Phone Assembly to Asia Nokia Cutting 4000 Phone Manufacturing Jobs |
 USA TODAY | Toyota to expand Indiana plant, add 400 jobs Chicago Tribune CHICAGO— Toyota says it will expand its factory in Princeton, Ind., and add 400 jobs so it can build more Highlander SUVs. The hiring and expansion will come next year. Toyota says it will invest $400 million in the factory to build 50000 more ... Toyota adding 400 jobs in Indiana to make hybrids |
 Kansas City Star | Feds report more job openings Casper Star-Tribune Online (blog) The federal Bureau of Labor Statistics reports there were 3.4 million jobs openings on the last business day of December, which was up from 3.1 million in November. The number of openings remained below the 4.4 million level when the recession began in ... Job openings jump to near a 3-year high Job openings rise to 3.4 million in December |
 New Yorker (blog) | Job Growth Raises Hopes for the Economy Huffington Post (blog) The Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Friday that there was a net increase of 243000 jobs during the month of January. This gave the employment market back-to-back months with job growth in excess of 200000, raising the possibility that real progress ... The Jobs Report and the “Missing 1.2 Million” Unemployment Tricks: Jobs Claim Made by 'Shrinking' Workforce |
Make a Great First Impression
Searching for employment is one of the most nerve-racking activities to engage in. As if the direct need for income is not stressful enough, the process of writing a résumé, networking in your industry, and applying for jobs can leave anyone shaking in their tracks.
Job Search: Age-Proofing Your Resume
Older job hunters fear interviews where their age cannot be concealed and where an initial response of dismay on an interviewer's face, quickly hidden, confirms their anticipation of discrimination. The mature job seeker often prefers the anonymity of mailed resumes, e-mailed inquiries, internet applications, and telephone contacts.
Career Change: A Glittering Invitation To The Emotional Stalkers
As much as you are yearning for career-change, and as much as the trends actually favor it, just contemplating a shift is a glittering invitation to four emotional stalkers who love nothing better than to play a nasty game of team-tag at your personal expense. When you unmask these bandits -- even a little -- they begin to lose their emotional charge - leaving you free to more fully explore the opportunities to re-invent yourself.
Who Should Write Your Resume?
This is a question we get a lot. It seems rather easy to do it yourself if you have access to a word processing program and printer and feel comfortable writing your job history.
Ten Questions For Entrepreneurs To Ask Themselves
Ten Questions For Entrepreneurs To Ask Themselves1.Do I have the persistence and patience necessary to be a business owner? It would be nice if once you wrote your business plan all you needed to do would be to execute flawlessly and everything would fall into place.
Career Success: Get Ahead of the Crowd
Regardless of where you open your briefcase or palm pilot each day - at a large corporation, a small business or the end of your dining room table - the key to staying employable the rest of your life is your own creative action. The person who is going to be successful is not going to succeed just because of good work.
Settling Successfully Into Your New Job
The euphoria of getting a new job can sometimes be overcome by apprehension about what comes next. After all, you're "the new kid on the block," and there's much to learn--about your new job duties and much more.
The 5 Ps Of A Job Search
Step One - Plan:Most people spend more time planning a one to two week vacation than they do planning their lifetime career. When planning for a vacation, you look at where you want to go, what your reason is for wanting to go to that particular place, how long it will take to get there, whether or not you want to take any side trips, what type of budget you will need, and what type of clothes you will need to take.
Why Become A Truck Driver?
There are a great number of good reasons for someone to become a truck driver. First and foremost among those reasons would be the great pay.
What Students and Parents MUST Know about Student Loans
A student loan helps you get through college. Then you come out into a high-paying career.
How To Choose The Right Resume Format
After a thirty (30) second glance lots of resumes get thrown into the wastebasket. One of the reasons this happens is because the resume writer has failed to use the appropriate resume format.
Your Attitude Is Screaming
There is more attitude around than the 'traditional 'positive / negative attitude. This issue's topic will expose you to the other kind of attitude.
Job Hunting Tips: Organizing Your Attack
Looking for work is an energy-devouring ordeal, often leading to running in circles and not getting anywhere. A systematic approach can help you focus on your goal, avoid wasting the energy you need to conserve for interviews and employer contacts, and lower your stress level.
How to Transform a Boring Note Into A Killer Cover Letter - Part I
The AIDA formula is as old as dirt. It was taught when I was in school over a decade ago.
Illegal Interview Questions -- Be Prepared
I'll quickly cover the following:A) Why Employer Ask Illegal Interview Questions.B) Examples of Illegal Interview Questions.
Fact or Opinion?
"You ain't going nowhere, son. You ought to go back to drivin' a truck.
Nonverbal Interview Behavior
Non-verbal interview behavior can drown out your verbal self-presentation.Practice interviewing in front of a full-length mirror or, better yet, videotape yourself if you have access to such equipment.
Is A Career a Calling or Choice?
How much of our career path is destiny and how much is free will? In my opinion, it is 50/50. We are given a life map at the beginning of our lives, and there are things we are meant to learn, people we are meant to meet, work we are meant to perform.
How Can Qualifications Help Your Proof Reading Career?
For those who are looking for a career as a proofreader, it is important to have the right qualifications. It is important to remember that this is a proper job.
Four Important Questions to Ask Your Interviewer; Do You Really Want to Work for This Person?
Many job seekers miss a golden opportunity when they are asked towards the end of an interview if they have any questions. If they feel the interviewer adequately explained the position, they make the mistake of answering "No" to this question.
