May 20, 2012

Contract working worth consideration

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Every day tells your story. We are enduring a deep recession with significant unemployment numbers. If you are one who has been unemployed for awhile, remember to think about your long-term story. While concerns about finances after a layoff are understandable, it is critical for job seekers not to lose sight of the goal….securing permanent [...]

Gaming skills a key to effective job seeking?

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Do you envision your job search as a game, such as the complex challenge of a World of Warcraft video game? If you choose that mindset, you will be a far more effective job seeker. It’s a given that effective job seeking is an entertaining enterprise. Nearly every day you talk with someone new. Every [...]

Happy New Year?

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Happy New Year? Not if you’re 1. unhappy in your job, and want to make a change, or 2. know you need work experience linked to your major, and don’t know yet how to find it, or 3. are between gigs, and are looking for a job during the holidays – never pleasant. So how [...]

When Mojo Gets Monitored, It Gets Done

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My daughter is a teacher, and as a teacher, she lives by a simple motto, ‘what gets monitored gets done.’ Something about identifying the skills, reading or writing or math or social skills, whatever it is that needs advancing, if you monitor them, they arrive. They ‘get done.’ Apply this thinking to momentum. A truism [...]

Are You Using GPS for Your Job Search?

Conducting your job search without a marketing plan is like taking a trip without a GPS or map to guide you.

Marketing yourself..the plan with a payoff.

So you are ready to embark on your job search. Do you have a written plan, a strategy? How will you stay on course?