Career Growth

Interview Smarter Using LinkedIn

Are you prepared for your next interview? If you want to ensure that you’ll be a good

CareerBuilder Tips for Candidates

Need some expert guidance as you look for a new job? Let CareerBuilder’s ebook, Jobology: 153 Ways to Improve Your Job Search, point you in the right direction. From writing resumes and cover letters to searching, networking, interviewing, and even the job offer, this ebook covers all aspects of your job search.

Negotiating for More in a Hungry Economy

Remember the scene from Oliver Twist where Oliver asked the master of the orphanage for more soup? The master was shocked and outraged that the boy wasn’t satisfied with just one bowl. As a currently employed person or a candidate seeking a job, you might be tempted to ask for more from your place of employment or potential employer. Here are a few pointers you’ll want to consider to help you avoid getting a similar negative response.

Helpful Hints for Dealing with Difficult Coworkers

Nothing is more frustrating than having to constantly deal with difficult coworkers. They drain you of your time and energy, and encounters with them leave your frustrated, angry and stressed out. Here are some steps you can take to better manage your interactions with them.

9 Things You Simply Must Do to SUCCEED in LOVE and LIFE

Though hardships befall all of us in life, there are people in life who seem to be more successful than others in grappling with the challenges. They seem to find their joy, fulfillment, and satisfaction despite pressures and realities. Others seem to be stuck in ruts, unsuccessful in their endeavors of undertakings in relationships, businesses, and personal matters. What is the key?

The author suggests the answers have always been at our fingertips. If we avail ourselves of some simple truths, timeless wisdom from Proverbs and life and apply it, we can experience change in our lives; change for the better. Dr. Cloud submits the 9 things that are the most applicable truths to follow and then outlines steps we can take to change our outlook and paradigms. Why don’t we do what is best for us? Why don’t we act on what we know? Why do we blame others? Why don’t we see the value? Why don’t we get good counsel? Why don’t we invest in wisdom? The answers are “hidden in plain view” . . .

Some Time Savers

Learn how to get more done in less time, with less stress, and have more time for the things you want to do in work and business lives.

The People Connection: Creating Instant Rapport with Anyone You Meet

Have you ever wondered why it is we hit it off instantly with some people and never seem to click with others? Why is it that there are some people we feel as if we’ve known forever and others we can’t seem to relate to even after years of contact? When we truly connect with others, we become actively involved in conversations. We become more than nodding heads or worse…”nodding off heads”! Our involvement hinges on our strengthening our abilities to be attentive when conversing with others, particularly in an interviewing situation.

Building Your Brand: Tactics for Successful Career Branding

What is it that all successful companies have mastered—and what job-seekers looking to advance in their careers need to master? What is it about Coca-Cola, Microsoft, Starbucks, Disney, and McDonald’s? What makes a consumer buy one product over another—and makes one job-seeker much more sought after than others? The answer is marketing, but more specifically it is the power of branding.

4 Steps to Career Passion

As you look ahead, think of the rest of your career as a journey. That journey has the potential to be an incredible adventure, or the roadtrip from hell. Here are four steps to make sure you enjoy the ride!

I Wish I Knew What I Want to Be When I Grow Up

Discovering what you want to be when you grow up is a journey, not the destination. The quest is different for each of us but has some signposts in common. Once you have determined what these signs mean to you, your path will be clear.

Career Change Do’s and Don’ts

Follow these career-change rules and you should achieve success in contemplating changing careers — and in your career change.