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This book review is part of a series that covers the topic of Career Change. Though many careers are meant to be lifelong ones, sometimes change can be good - but there's a lot more to changing careers than simply updating your resume and qualifications. A thorough understanding of the ... Views: 997
This book review is part of a series that covers the topic of Career Change. Though many careers are meant to be lifelong ones, sometimes change can be good - but there's a lot more to changing careers than simply updating your resume and qualifications. A thorough understanding of the ... Views: 559
This book review is part of a series that covers the topic of Career Change. Though many careers are meant to be lifelong ones, sometimes change can be good - but there's a lot more to changing careers than simply updating your resume and qualifications. A thorough understanding of the ... Views: 725
This book review is part of a series that covers the topic of Career Change. Though many careers are meant to be lifelong ones, sometimes change can be good - but there's a lot more to changing careers than simply updating your resume and qualifications. A thorough understanding of the ... Views: 611
This book review is part of a series that covers the topic of Career Change. Though many careers are meant to be lifelong ones, sometimes change can be good - but there's a lot more to changing careers than simply updating your resume and qualifications. A thorough understanding of the ... Views: 1089
While I don't claim to be (anywhere near) the best Personal Development Speaker in the world, if you were to Google the search term Motivational Speaker you would typically find that my name usually comes out somewhere near the very top of the list of about two million matches. Now, let me ... Views: 1084
How would you like to get your dream job easily and effortlessly, without the grind, grief and grumbles of the typical job hunt?
Now, if you prefer to spend weeks, months or years trying to get hired, sending out waves of resumes with little or no response, networking like crazy in the hopes ... Views: 1091
Many people have tried or are currently trying to make money online today. Only a small percentage of these people have actually gone on to achieve enormous amounts of success. The reason for so many failures is that people simply do not know how to create a home based business or even where to ... Views: 508
We all want to feel a sense of meaning and purpose as we go through our daily lives. It is living with purpose that supports true wellbeing—mind, body and spirit. Nowhere is this more evident than in our Occupational Wellness. Think about it. Have you ever had a job where you felt ... Views: 768
There is not a single person who has not had SOME gaps in their work history. Anyone who says differently is someone who has forgotten their beginnings or doesn’t want to talk about their employment gaps.
If you, as a job seeker, wants to come to terms with these gaps, what are you to do?
My ... Views: 982
1. Not being productive on the job.
2. Not working at a job you’re passionate about.
3. Thinking that money is everything.
4. Having a bad attitude.
5. Not believing in yourself.
6. Not solving problems
7. Relying on others to get your job done.
8. Waiting for your employer to notice you.
9. Not ... Views: 1058
Sometimes no matter how much you try you can’t - and don’t want to – make your current job work for you. Maybe it’s too many demands coming from too many places; maybe it’s the lack of systems that is driving you crazy. Whatever it is, you’re at your breaking ... Views: 626
Here’s how your own private detective, (private eye), can help you decide and define your job goals.
Start here. Ask a good friend or family member to actually follow you during a day or two of your normal life. No, not into a shower or a bed, just waking hours please!
If you’re stumped ... Views: 953
Some of you have had the experience of being second choice for a job. You know the story. This looked like the ideal job for you, and you spent much time and effort preparing for those interviews. Perhaps there were several rounds of interviewing with different people. Your excitement kept ... Views: 5997
Are you unhappy with your current lot in your professional life? If you're less than satisfied with your job, you're not alone. According to a recent online jobsite survey, 86% of employees are not happy with their current position. The number one reason cited--management. Managers should take ... Views: 684
Many of my career coaching clients ask me, what's the best way to successfully navigate your career transition? That is, how will you go after your dream while being practical and taking care of your needs at the same time? As a certified career counselor who has helped many through their own ... Views: 1016
From the Heartland of America, economics takes on the familiar face of someone you know, who may have recently lost his/her job.
Should we blame the politicians in Washington, DC of this party or that? Probably not. On the other hand, should we blame members of organized labor or union ... Views: 795
How often have we heard ourselves, our colleagues or family state that they want a specific goal but never make that desire a reality? Are these just ‘pipe dreams’ or outcomes that would truly add value to our lives? And, why do we seem to be frozen in one place, not really advancing either in ... Views: 865
Overnight my daughter and I had plunged into poverty.
When my ex- husband moved out, it was a struggle to survive
and keep my daughter in our home. I wanted to provide
her with as stable a life as I could give her, considering all the upheaval.
Literally overnight, we had to live on less ... Views: 837
Most of us have to work to live, but how many of us live to work? Do you have a job that excites you, which you love to do and fills you with pride? Unfortunately, for many people, the opposite is true. Stress, depression and job dissatisfaction are all too common now in the workplace.
So ... Views: 1070
In countless studies, work stress has been shown to be highly correlated with a higher prevalence of disease. These include asthma, stomach ulcers, chronic neck and back pain, accidents, high blood pressure, strokes and heart attacks. In fact more people have heart attacks on Monday mornings ... Views: 987
As a medical doctor who has worked in the ER for over 20 years and examined over 70,000 patients, I have witnessed first hand the toll that work stress takes on people’s lives. Stress has been shown to precipitate or worsen many if not all diseases. I studied methods of reducing work stress and ... Views: 1233
General Outlook for Nurses
The outlook for individuals considering entering the nursing field is excellent. Registered nurses, or RN's, make up the largest number of health care workers in the country. In addition, registered nurses will make up one of the fasted growing population of workers ... Views: 4122
Travel nursing is a wonderful way to merge the nursing profession that you love, with a fondness for travel, meeting new people, and gaining new experiences. You can travel to and work in different locations and medical facilities around the country as a travel nurse or as a travel nursing ... Views: 668
As a medical doctor who has worked in the ER for over 20 years and examined over 70,000 patients, I have witnessed first hand the toll that work stress takes on people’s lives. Stress has been shown to precipitate or worsen many if not all diseases. I studied methods of reducing work stress and ... Views: 756
You may look good on paper or in your suit, but if you're looking to nail your big interview, looks aren't everything. How you sound is often more important. But many job seekers let careless speech habits sink their chances of landing that plum job.
Here are six common language mistakes and ... Views: 1558
Did you ever see the TV game show, Concentration? It was a show that came out in the 1950s. Basically it was a combination of a children’s match game and solving of a puzzle. The puzzle was a rebus puzzle, which is made up of a combination of pictures, words and numbers that when taken together ... Views: 1271
One sparrow-boned, average mother in a cotton dress thrusts up a Pontiac Grand Am to rescue a crushed and wailing child. She doesn't think about it. She does not analyze how a woman of one hundred and ten pounds who normally can't lift more than two bags of canned groceries can hoist up a ton of ... Views: 667
All of us have a personality type, in fact, one of the 16 possibilities according to the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator. The personality typing instrument was developed by the mother and daughter team of Katharine Myers and Isabel Myers-Briggs Personality over 50 years ago and is used around the ... Views: 864
Since the dawn of time, setting up a viable business has never been easier. Through the Internet, you can now tap the world’s marketplace from your living room. But here’s the problem: you don't know how to make a Web site!
Access to the world's marketplace isn't the only big change. ... Views: 815
Is it important to you that the work you pursue makes positive contributions to society and people in need? Do you like the idea of helping a worthy cause raise the money it needs to provide valuable services in your community or to a larger service area? If so, a fundraising career might be a ... Views: 769
Call it a slogan, a branding image, a tagline. When you hear it or see it, you know exactly what the product is and what it might do for you. Walk down the aisle of any food store and you'll encounter hundreds of similar slogans that reach into your subconscious and press your "buy me" ... Views: 734
On a recent Sunday afternoon, this writer caught up with a successful woman business owner, whose flight instruction and general aviation business is physically located at John Wayne Airport in Orange County, California. But, how did Evelyn A. Carlson, a Nursing Instructor at St. John College ... Views: 2315
With almost daily news reports of companies laying off workers, or filing for bankruptcy, or going out of business altogether, losing your job suddenly doesn’t sound all that unlikely. Here are some strategies either to avoid being laid-off, or to cushion the blow if it comes.
1. Keep your ... Views: 1178
If coming back to work after the holidays makes you cringe, then it’s definitely time for a career change. And if you’re ready to make a career change into a new role, company, or industry then this article is for you. There are five critical steps on the “Career Change Checklist”, and when ... Views: 1126
Are you just about to leave university? You are just setting out in the job market? You have a number of hurdles to get over before you have the job you have been dreaming of. You find the thought of an interview daunting. You want to make a good impression and succeed!
Creating a good ... Views: 1028
Many individuals are choosing to re-enter the workforce after retiring from their primary careers. Whether out of economic necessity, a desire to remain active, or to pursue alternate career paths, it's a fact that many individuals are staying in the workforce well past the traditional ... Views: 1693
A nursing job is a tough one. A nurse when on duty has to stand part of the time, and always has to be on her feet to check patients, administer them the medication prescribed, check the IV fluids, and if in Intensive Care, this check has to be performed continuously. In the CCU (Cardiac Care ... Views: 670
Patience. It’s a difficult trait to possess when you’re in the middle of a job search. This is especially true when you’re miserable in your current job. You think any job would be better than the one you’re in now. Caution: Tread carefully; you don’t want to make ... Views: 828
If you are considering a career change, you might want to know that you are in good company.
A recent finding from the “Working in America: The Key to Employee satisfaction” survey showed that 32 percent of the respondents were not satisfied with their current employer. This survey was ... Views: 1459
These days, working from home is becoming the most economical and feasible way to balance work, home and a number of other aspects of the busy adult life. While some companies offer this option for its workers, others choose to find their own type of work by contacting the National Work at Home ... Views: 1403
So many times, we run into rookies who are fed up with their regular 40 hr week job. After hearing all the stories of people getting rich with real estate, they are ready to throw in the towel on their regular job, tell their boss what they think of him, and jump full time into the business of ... Views: 649
For many individuals, the idea of an employment search is one that can give rise to a feeling of unease. While the idea of searching through hundreds of job listings is daunting for some, others squirm at the idea of being under the microscope of one interview after another. Luckily, there are ... Views: 764
Any transition serious enough to alter your definition of self will require not just small adjustments in your way of living and thinking but a full-on metamorphosis. – Martha Beck
Until late last year, my career had been dedicated to sales, mentoring, coaching and leading an ... Views: 946
It is easy to get caught up in the day-to-day stress of everyday life: deadlines to meet, schedules to keep, unexpected expenses, conflicts to resolve, illness of loved ones, to name a few.
Amidst all this, it is easy to for me to lose sight of why I do what I do - my purpose for being. I ... Views: 1555
What stops you from living out your dreams? Over the years, I have coached thousands of people in living out their dreams and have heard at least as many reasons why people don't believe they can make them happen. I have nicknamed these challenges "Oblocks" - obstacles that block us and occur as ... Views: 1579
Every year, people resolve that this year will be different: "This will be the year that I write that book, start that new venture, double my income, take more time off to spend with my family," and the list goes on and on. However, when people think about pursuing their dreams, they often ... Views: 1313
What’s Really Stopping You From Finding a Great Job?
Here are my ideas as a career coach about how people stay stuck in not finding a job that utilizes their values, interests and skills.
1. It’s often because of low self-esteem. No one yet has devised a self-esteem meter,
to measure ... Views: 952
On a recent Southwest Airlines flight from Dallas to Oklahoma City, I happened to meet someone who is called into the situation only if there is a dispute between a labor union and management that cannot be resolved by the parties themselves. Yes, he belongs to an elite group of men and women ... Views: 2333
Today, Sheri Tingey, who is age 60, runs a family business called Alpacka Raft, which has created and built a series of ultra light, packable rafts for use in long distance backpacking and wilderness racing.
Sometimes, a "new" business opportunity can begin with a challenge or a question from a ... Views: 1757