Position Yourself for Success: 4 Tips to "Recession-Proof" Your Career by Mary G. White Regardless of the current state of the economy, it's up to each of us to position ourselves for success. No matter what is going on in the world around us, each of us has to take steps to make sure that we are prepared to succeed – for now, and into the future. While we may not be able to ...
Personal Branding: The Key to Becoming the Hunted, Instead of the Hunter by Jason Alba When I first started my job search I was the hunter, looking for my next great opportunity. I did "all the right things" in a job search, so I thought. I had a nice resume, applied to almost a hundred jobs online, and even tried my weak hand at networking. Months into my job search I had...
Substantiate Yourself by Jason Alba I don’t know where I picked it up but substantiate is a word I’ve said a little too much recently. I usually say, “Having a blog is a great way to substantiate your breadth and depth,”…or “you need to substantiate your personal brand.”
This article isn’t about personal branding per se, ...
How Do You Get Back Up? A Counterintuitive Approach to Thriving in Challenging Times by Steve Farber A while back, I received a distressed email from Ken, a young manager at a high-tech company.
Ken and I had never met, but he had read my first two books and had done his best to apply the ideas and practices of Extreme Leadership to the way he'd led his team. To their culture, their w...
Why Do People Make Bad Decisions? by Ramon Greenwood It is wise to spend some time examining the question as to why people make bad decisions because there's an inescapable correlation between the quality of one's decisions at work and the total of one's career success.
"Think Again: Why Good Leaders Make Bad Decisions and How To Keep It...
Flexibility in a Fragile Job Market by Barbara Wulf, MS, CPCC It's a tough job market out there, no question about that, but this downturn will pass. When? How? I don’t know, but tough times call for a tough, flexible attitude. There isn’t time for self-pity or feeling like a victim. I encourage you to find the emotional support you need to keep...
Take A Look At Mentoring by Barbara Wulf, MS, CPCC Throughout the ages, people have sought out the wisdom and counsel of those more experienced. Could you benefit from having a mentor? Does your employer encourage mentorship?
Mentors provide their expertise to less experienced individuals of all ages in order to help them advance the...
Career Q&A: Should I Change My Career Plans Because of the Recession? by Lindsey Pollak Question: I graduated in May with a political science major and am wondering what to do next. My plan was to apply to law school, but with so much student debt already incurred I am having second thoughts. I am currently working at a bank as a teller, but this is not the career I wish to p
Listening and Silence, Powerful Communications Skills by Ramon Greenwood Common Sense Career Advice
Communications must be a two-way street--sending messages and receiving messages--if it is to be effective.
That's just common sense; but it is too often ignored, as organizations and individuals spend millions of dollars and countless hours annually on s...
A Career Coaching Client Creates Work with Purpose and Passion by Dr. Maynard Brusman We are all trying to understand and cope with the enormous changes in our work and personal lives. Mostly we react in a positive and productive manner. However, many people are describing their lives as so busy, working so many hours, trying to balance work and personal lives that we often...
How to Choose the Right Leadership or Career Coach by Dr. Maynard Brusman In times of recession, companies must do more with less. Providing executive coaches or career coaches to high-potential performers is one way to get the most out of untapped talent.
"There’s no question that future leaders will need constant coaching," notes Ram Charan, author of Leade
Career Advice: How To Survive The Career Tsunami by Ramon Greenwood The world of work is experiencing changes of tsunamic proportions. Career paths are being impacted on a scale not seen since the Big Depression of the 1920s-30s. New opportunities are opening; old ones are going up in smoke.
If you are truly ambitious careerists you will pay heed to th...
Cover Letter Openings by Kimberly Schneiderman Cover Letters are an important part of the job seeking process that, when used effectively, will give you the attention you are seeking from a potential employer. With that in mind, use the opening paragraph of your letter as your first opportunity to get that attention. Write an opening t...
The Science and Art of Motivational Humor: Definition and Functions (Part 1 of 3) by Mark Gorkin In crisis-driven, 24/7, relentlessly upgrading and unpredictably downsizing (or reorganizing) world, it's no surprise that individuals, teams, divisions, and even entire companies can become "stress carriers" or high stress environments. A critical challenge for the organization is helpin...
How to Step up your Job Search in a Tough Economy by John Leutermann Jr. We continue to hear in the headlines about the slipping economy and numerous jobs being lost. Every open position draws between 100 and 1000 applicants. The facts are as a job seeker you are searching in a very competitive market. How are your differentiating yourself from your competiti...
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