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Career Management

Career management is an ongoing, life-long process of investing in yourself to achieve your career goals. The career management process begins with setting career goals then continually working to advance and further your career goals. The articles on our blog will help you with all aspects of your career planning, goal setting, and ongoing career management.

Guaranteed Ways To Get You Motivated and Moving To Land A Job Faster

You get up, go to work, push around some papers, go to lunch, attend some meetings, then go home. Do it all again the next day. Five days a week. You realize that you need something else in your work life, something to inspire

2023-10-23T17:06:08+00:00August 13th, 2012|Career Management, Job Search Advice|
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Tips to Advance Your Career by Optimizing Your Online Presence

Networking used to mean lots of face-to-face time meeting people at workshops and conventions, making calls, handing out business cards, and asking friends for introductions. While this is still true, the social network has added many new ways to build and cultivate your network. 

2023-07-22T14:59:40+00:00May 29th, 2012|Career Management, Job Search Advice, Job Search Networking, Online Job Searching, Personal Branding, Personal Marketing|
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Tips For Stay-at-Home Parents Returning To The Workforce

It’s time. You’ve decided you’re ready to make that leap back into the grown-up world where you’ll trade your sweatshirt for a suit jacket and push papers instead of a stroller. Conversations won’t end with “Because I said so” and naptime will quickly become

2023-10-23T17:05:32+00:00May 11th, 2012|Career Management, Job Search Advice|
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15 Can’t Fail Techniques to Restart A Stalled Job Search

It's undeniable. Conducting a job search isn't easy! Whether you have been at it for some time and need to revive a stalled job search, or if you are just starting out and want your search to come to a successful conclusion as fast

2023-10-01T02:57:29+00:00April 29th, 2011|Career Management, Job Search Advice, Online Job Searching|
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Mindset Changes You Can Choose to Revive a Stalled Job Search

Are you in the job market right now? Has your job search stalled or do you feel like you have hit a dead end? Do you find yourself getting frustrated, depressed, anxious, and fearful that you'll never find a good job, or maybe even

2022-10-15T00:58:23+00:00December 7th, 2010|Career Management, Job Search Advice, Personal Marketing|
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5-Step Elevator Pitch Template & Examples for Job Hunters

The elevator pitch aka elevator speech. You are probably familiar with the term. It is most commonly used to describe the concise 30-second speech that business owners and executives, as well as salespeople, use to describe their business, product, or service to others. More

2023-10-29T05:22:28+00:00September 20th, 2010|Career Management, Job Search Interviewing, Job Search Networking, Personal Branding, Personal Marketing|
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Is There Ever a Good Reason to Lie On Your Resume?

A number of years ago, there was a high-profile story in the news about the consequences of lying on a resume. Did you see it? Robert Irvine, the host of his own show "Dinner: Impossible" on the Food Network did not have his contract

2022-11-16T18:16:15+00:00September 13th, 2010|Career Management, Personal Marketing, Resume Writing Tips|
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6 Habits of Highly Successful Job Search Networking

You’ve heard it before: at least 80% of all the jobs are found through the “hidden” job market, also known as the “unpublished” job market. These are jobs typically landed through word of mouth and referrals as opposed to the hit-or-miss method of answering

2023-10-23T17:05:23+00:00September 2nd, 2010|Career Management, Job Search Advice, Job Search Networking, Personal Marketing|
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Professional References: Your Ultimate Guide To Asking For Them & Managing Them

Professional references.  Yes, we know.  We can almost hear you groaning.  Probably because, as much as you dislike having to make the necessary arrangements to get them, you know that it is "difficult" (i.e., virtually impossible) to get a job without good, if not

2022-11-16T18:16:47+00:00August 10th, 2010|Career Management|
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