Archive for December, 2011
As you make plans to spend time with friends and family tonight/tomorrow to celebrate the New Year, I recommend that you try and set aside 30 minutes to really reflect on the past year professionally. What have you learned? What would you have done differently? What would you have done the same? How can you [...]
In short: YES!! I’m a big believer in New Year’s Resolutions overall, and I think a career-motivated resolution is a great thing. Almost one year ago on January 3rd I posted the following here on the blog, and I still believe every word of it: Some people are firm believers in the importance and power [...]
Per this article citing the Labor Department: 1.9 million workers resigned their jobs in October. In the two years from early 2009 through early this year, there was no month when that many workers quit. But the number has been exceeded eight times this year. So, why is this a good thing? Because people are [...]
A few posts ago, I talked about how social media is a TOOL in networking, but relationship building is the key (jump to the post here). But within the tool of social media, there are a number of other tools to help you utilize things like Twitter or Linkedin for the end goal of better [...]
Let’s face it: if you’re a job seeker or a fully employed (yet unhappy in your job) professional, the recession probably doesn’t ignite you with much optimism. With seemingly less opportunities out there, it’s only natural that you might be getting down. But as I’ve said before, nothing matches the power of positivity. Which is [...]
I recently did a post about finding part-time work during the Holidays, but what about people who are still looking for that full-time job of their dreams during the Holiday period? If you’re like me, the Holidays and everything that come with them can be overwhelming enough as it is – how are we supposed [...]
I recently read this great blog post about social media measurement by social guru Chris Brogan. He makes some very good points about how social media channels like Twitter are great tools that assist relationship building. Brogan’s post got me thinking: even though his message focused on business, it also relates to job seekers today. [...]
I came across this blog post the other day that I found very insightful. The post is written by an IT professional who’s discussing how there are “emergency changes” and “normal changes” in the workplace. The point he makes is that sometimes you need to say NO to a proposed change because it isn’t set [...]