| 451 | Ten Tips for Starting a New Job Preview: 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.Don’t try to change everything at once. Be open... (more) Published By: Alvah Parker Submitted: 29 October,2004 |
| 452 | Knowing Your Unique Gifts Preview: 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 fulfilling work. The one characteri... (more) Published By: Alvah Parker Submitted: 29 October,2004 |
| 453 | The Job Loss Myth Preview: 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 due to the evolution o... (more) Published By: Jean Fritz Submitted: 31 October,2004 |
| 454 | Five Steps to Vocational Passion: A Disciplined Plan for Major Mid-life Changes Preview: There’s a famous song lyric that asks: “Is that all there is?” Every seven seconds, an American turns 50 years old. So there’s 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, and begin counting in their heads all the mou... (more) Published By: Craig Nathanson Submitted: 01 November,2004 |
| 455 | Four Steps a Recruiter Takes to Trash CVs and Resumes Preview: Having 200-300 CVs or resumes to analyse, a tight schedule, and probably working late, an employer's or recruiting manager's 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 it gets noticed and shortlisted. The s... (more) Published By: Dr. Amjad Rafiq Submitted: 03 November,2004 |
| 456 | How To Maximize Your Downtime Preview: "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 progress. It gets frustrating when you fin... (more) Published By: Ke o agile Khiba Submitted: 04 November,2004 |
| 457 | How to Choose Your Ideal Career Preview: They say that most people do complete and total career changes at least once often twice in their lifetimes. Very few people chose the ideal perfect career for themselves when they're in high school and blissfully happily work those same jobs for the rest of their lives. With the way that technology and everything else changes so fast, I think it'... (more) Published By: Skye Thomas Submitted: 04 November,2004 |
| 458 | How to Be Prepared for a Layoff Preview: If you are concerned that your company might be planning a layoff, your best course of action is to be prepared. Employees often see warning signs that their jobs may be at risk. Such signs could include poor company performance, earlier rounds of layoffs, conflicts with their manager, increased manager intervention and involvement, and poor perfo... (more) Published By: Ann Hackett Submitted: 04 November,2004 |
| 459 | Wanted: Free Agent Preview: Once upon a time, it was reasonable to think a person could grow up, get a job and work at it the rest of his life until retirement. Those days are quickly becoming a thing of the past. According to experts, a person who begins work today can expect to have as many as fourteen full time jobs in five or more different career fields. A study cited ... (more) Published By: Jonathan R Taylor Submitted: 07 November,2004 |
| 460 | Any Job is an Honorable Job Preview: Seeing your job as an honorable job, adds more meaning and peace to your life. Also, seeing the honor in what you do now, creates an ideal foundation upon which a career change can be built. At fifteen, my first job was that of a waitress at a local truck stop. One day, back then, I happened to meet the elementary principal of my past. She menti... (more) Published By: Teresa Proudlove Submitted: 09 November,2004 |
| 461 | The Path to Your Right Livelihood Preview: Find Fulfilling Work from Within Seeking meaningful and fulfilling work can become a discouraging, confusing and overwhelming journey. Beware spending too much time looking for your answers outside of yourself. Ultimately, coming to know our right livelihood is the inner work of our whole being. In order to nurture our well-being and come to ou... (more) Published By: Teresa Proudlove Submitted: 10 November,2004 |
| 462 | How to get a job offer from every interview Preview: About four years ago a friend told me one night that she had an interview the next week and was looking for some comfort as she was extremely nervous, as most people are about interviews. I thought back on my my carreer and realized that in the nine year of my career I had been to thirteen interviews and, more importantly, that I had received a jo... (more) Published By: Dirk Wessels Submitted: 10 November,2004 |
| 463 | Turning Their Loss Into Your Job Gain Preview: Turning Their Loss Into Your Job Gain Copyright 2004 It isn’t the end of the world, even if it seems like it. Losing your job can be a heart-breaking experience. After all, your security in life and your abilities is now in question. You can feel disillusioned and there is the ever-nagging question of: What do I do now? Well, you start over. Don... (more) Published By: Robert Moment Submitted: 11 November,2004 |
| 464 | Architecture for Ships? Preview: What is Naval Architecture? Many folks will not have a slightest idea. It's a field of study that involves Physics, Mechanics, Engineering and Legislation. Architecture involves design of buildings. Naval Architecture is slightly different. Many considerations need to be made when we construct a ship that can travel through stormy seas, m... (more) Published By: Thomas Yoon Submitted: 12 November,2004 |
| 465 | When You're the New Employee or Temporary Preview: It’s amazing what people don’t think to tell you when you’re new to their place of business. Everyone should be required to work somewhere new for a “first day” about once a year to remember what it’s like. Someone who’s worked in the same office for months of years forgets, so you’ll have to remind them. Every new employee needs to know at the a... (more) Published By: Susan Dunn, MA, Personal Life & EQ Coach Submitted: 13 November,2004 |
| 466 | Transitioning portable careers for global military families Preview: Mention virtual business or portable careers in the military community and typically you think of the military spouse, veteran, or military retiree jump-starting their own business - - keeping in touch with clients, colleagues or a combination of both. How? Electronically of course. The evolvement of home office technology presents a wealth of op... (more) Published By: Victoria Parham Submitted: 15 November,2004 |
| 467 | Parents Deciding Kids Future Preview: In countries like Pakistan, my country, it is a moral value that what your elders decide goes no matter how big or personal the matter is that is even about their careers or even worse their weddings. Hey I am not saying that these decisions totally go wrong or something, they are quite experienced people and have seen high and lows of life and s... (more) Published By: Bilal Shah Submitted: 15 November,2004 |
| 468 | Getting off That Treadmill Preview: Have you ever had one of those days when you’ve asked yourself: “Why am I doing this”? Do you hate Mondays and hang out for Fridays? Or do you say to yourself: it’s not forever, and the money is good”. If work has lost it’s meaning for you, and your care factor is hovering close to zero, then you can join the thousands of other people who are endl... (more) Published By: Megan Tough Submitted: 16 November,2004 |
| 469 | Take It or Leave It ... But Get It Preview: The expense was substantial. An immersion workshop with twelve participants sharing a common goal to hone their skills. With nervous eagerness like kindergarteners embracing school, we received input, critique, and suggestions about our work. Some of the feedback I used. Some of it I didn't. But all of it was helpful. I haven't always viewed feed... (more) Published By: Nan S. Russell Submitted: 17 November,2004 |
| 470 | Can I Really Make Money At Home Filling In Online Surveys? Preview: It’s true, this is a very viable approach to many stay at home moms, and dads, college students, retirees, and you name it. No one really believed you could actually earn a monthly income just from getting involved with survey companies and focus groups. It is a simple approach to earning an honest income at home. Most people who desire to work at... (more) Published By: Nicole Boles Submitted: 18 November,2004 |