Have you ever wondered what it feels like to be at the start of a new era? Its a thrilling feeling of achievement, and a great confidence booster as well.
As a mom of two, Ive had to share my life between my family and my job in a school. Ive spent long days and nights […]
The inscrutable Malaysian Immigrations Officer at Kuala Lumpur International Airport caused me a moments consternation with his question until I realized that he was just making small talk whilst manically trying to stamp all the bits of paper that I had placed on his otherwise spotless Formica top. I had just finished six weeks work […]
Could You Be A Workaholic?By David Leonhardt
If you need to put on boots and grab a lap-top computer to relieve yourself at night, you might be a redneck workaholic.
It never crossed my mind that there could be such a thing as a redneck workaholic, until I read a column on Are you a workaholic?
Did you […]
What a Career Coach Can or Cant Do for You
I want to start with what I think good career coaches do for people who arelooking for new jobs, facing downsizing, ready to retire, but want to work longer, etc. Any category of job seeker is who we want to work with. Ill startwith my own […]
Ten Tips For Starting A New Job
1.Get to know people. First meet those people in your department and then those in departments you interface with. Listen more than you talk. Ask lots of questions and get clarification if necessary so you truly understand how the office/department/business works.
2.Dont try to change everything at once. Be open […]
When Bill became my client he had a very successful recruiting business but he could see the business environment was changing. He felt that he was not using his natural gifts effectively in his business and he wanted some help in identifying what he could do with those talents that would provide him with more […]
Presidential candidate John Kerry is fond of stating that … not since Herbert Hoover has any president lost more jobs than George W. Bush. And there is a kernel of truth to the statement; thanks to technology, jobs require less human intervention to complete. However, a larger factor in this seeming loss of employment is […]
Theres a famous song lyric that asks: Is that all there is? Every seven seconds, an American turns 50 years old. So theres a good chance that song is running through some of their heads.
The question captures the ennui that many people feel in mid-life. They look up at the clock, see it ticking, […]
Having 200-300 CVs or resumes to analyse, a tight schedule, and probably working late, an employers or recruiting managers approach is to scan the huge pile quickly and look for any little reason to trash your CV or resume. Learn how to avoid your CV or resume being trashed and how to almost guarantee that […]
The time we spend in developing resources is what is going to really make the difference in the future.
Have you ever experienced ‘downtime? Or are you going through it right now? I have! When nothing seems to be working. When you have done everything you know how to do, yet there seems to be no […]
