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Aug 6th, 2017 |
By Paul |
Category: book review, career choice, career choices, choosing a career, economy, skills, success
I am thankful for the invitation from Career Press to review Marion McGovern’s new book Thriving In The Gig Economy (How To Capitalize And Compete In The World Of Work) Marion McGovern has been at the forefront of the evolution transforming the workplace from permanent employment with a company to a free-lance, contractor-consultant, based on […]
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Mar 25th, 2012 |
By Paul |
Category: abundance, application, aptitude, Career advice, career choices, challenges, choosing a career, competitive challenges, confidence, economy, opportunity, recession, retraining, strategy, success, tactics, training
Graduation is almost here. If you are graduating from high school there are several decisions facing you. Do you plan to go to college? Get a job? Stay at home? Move out on your own? If you are graduating from college are you going to go on to grad school? Get a job? Move back […]
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Mar 20th, 2011 |
By Paul |
Category: abundance, Career advice, career challenges, challenges, economy, professional image, recession, strategy, tactics
An ideal company considers the interests of the employees when making decisions that may affect their status or careers. This seldom happens in these days of lay offs and down sizing. Businesses say they are fighting for their very survival by cutting staff. Truth is that most companies are doing just fine. The economic downturn […]
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Jan 30th, 2011 |
By Paul |
Category: abundance, Career advice, challenges, competing, competitive challenges, competitive environment, economy, mentor, strategy
The stock market took a nosedive Friday (01/28/2011) and all reports pointed to the unrest in Egypt as the root cause. This made me stop to think that if the stock market can be affected by seemly-unrelated political events could there be a link between Egypt’s political unrest and US careers? Looking back over my […]
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Jan 23rd, 2011 |
By Paul |
Category: abundance, Career advice, career challenges, career choices, challenges, economy, focus, mentor, negotiations, perks, skills, strategy, stress, success, tactics
Most of us focus only on salary when negotiating our employment packages, but it is worth your time to evaluate what perks may be worth to you in both money and quality of life. There is more pressure than ever for businesses to hold down costs, with special emphasis on wages. It may be easier […]
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Aug 15th, 2010 |
By Paul |
Category: A game, abundance, application, aptitude, Career advice, career challenges, career choices, challenges, closing, competing, competitive challenges, competitive environment, competitive peers, economy, job description, mentor, office problems, peers, personality, problem, skills, success, training
I re-learned a lesson the hard way this week. This summer I took a temporary job. When I was hired I was told the job had a definite term, and there would be no more work after the term was over. I accepted the job. There were several people who were hired to accomplish the […]
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Aug 9th, 2010 |
By Paul |
Category: abundance, application, aptitude, Career advice, career challenges, career choices, challenges, economy, job description, mentor, personality, persuasion, problem, recession, retraining, skills, success, training
This week there was a lot buzz about Psychometrics and other job screening techniques. questionsIt is probably a sign of the times, as employers are flooded with applications for all available jobs. The idea of psychometric testing and correlating traits with aptitude and performance is becoming main stream. So how do you prepare for psychometric […]
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Aug 1st, 2010 |
By Paul |
Category: abundance, application, aptitude, Career advice, career challenges, career choices, challenges, economy, negativity, recession, retraining, sales, skills, success
This week there was a lot more bad news for the economic recovery. Although some companies reported huge profits, the overall conclusion is the U.S. economy is sputtering, and there could be even more lay offs. For those of us already unemployed the hopes of finding work seems to be fading even more, and those […]
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