By admin on September 30, 2008
You’ve already made up your mind that there has to be more to life than careers, cubicles, and commuting. Yet, the prospect of making a major life change when you’re already feeling caught between a “clock and a hard place,” feels overwhelming.
Here are five simple steps even the busiest person seeking a major career change [...]
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By admin on September 30, 2008
Whatever your reasons, thorough career research will yield positive results. Even so, effective career research needs to be conducted in an organized manner.
Here are some tips that can help you as you begin your research.
Make a Career Plan
If you don’t know where you’re going, it’s very difficult to figure out how to get there. Without [...]
Posted in General Information, Work Life Balance
By admin on September 30, 2008
While most young people are adventurous by nature and look forward to change in their careers, their older counterparts don’t have the same feelings when they have to change jobs.
Tendency to Stay In Their Comfort Zones
Working in the same familiar place and under the same conditions tend to get them stuck in their own comfort [...]
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By admin on September 30, 2008
The more educated ask the same question in a little more sophisticated way: is my career my calling? Is my occupation my true vocation? Honestly, unless the answer comes out in the affirmative, you should keep making career moves-either vertical or lateral.
While it is natural to quit one job to take another one that brings [...]
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By admin on September 30, 2008
Dos
Do Close Every Sale
You launch a sales career when you apply for a sales position. Right at the inception, you need to “close the sale” when you send in your resume by asking to be interviewed in your cover letter, and telling the recruiter that you will call to make an appointment.
Be sure to make [...]
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