Say YES! Margaret was stuck in a rut, afraid to say “yes” to her best life. She was an elementary school teacher. She loved her students, but she didn’t find her job fulfilling any longer. As a teenager, she’d always dreamed of traveling around the world and writing novels on her laptop. She wanted more …
What are you posting online? Can having a blog, a personal web site, or an account on a social networking site impact your job search, for better or for worse? Yes, it could. With the growing popularity of sites such as Facebook, MySpace, LavaLife and other dating sites, just about anything that is online can …
Finding A Job In Today’s Tough Economy “So, what will the world look like when the crisis ends? Much different than before, I expect. Months of sheltering in place will fundamentally change our lifestyles and will continue to influence the way we live and do business, long after the coronavirus is history. Finding a job …
Are you over 50, retired or soon going to be? “More retirees are choosing to supplement their retirement incomes with an online business rather than enduring the astronomical costs of an offline business. The cost is low and they can set their own hours and be their own boss.” Unlike a traditional offline business, the …
“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of light, it was the season of darkness, it was the spring of hope, it …
How Well Do You Communicate? Successful communication is critical in business. Employability skills is an umbrella term for a set of highly desirable, transferable skills that turn you into a very attractive candidate or employee. They can be defined as a set of skills employers want from a potential employee. According to Randall S. Hansen, Ph.D., …
Job Searching? What do you know about the industry you are looking into? What do I know already? Have you ever had a part–time job, volunteered to help an organization or been a member of a club or society inside or outside of university? If so then you will have a useful starting point from …
Networking…What Is It and How Do I Do It? What is networking? The art of networking is part of a proactive approach. To clarify networking is not nepotism (i.e. getting a job because of who you are rather than what you are). It is a system of identifying those who can give you information and advice to …
Action Plans for Your Career WHAT IS ACTION PLANNING? Action planning is a process which will help you to focus your ideas and to decide what steps you need to take to achieve particular goals that you may have. It is a statement on paper of what you want to achieve over a given period …
CHANGING SKILLS FOR THE NEW WORKPLACE The workplace is very different now. It is characterized by one constant — change!. Employment for a lifetime with one organization is a thing of the past for most people. Today’s worker can expect to change careers 3 or more times. Formal education can no longer end with graduation …
