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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Workplace violence - 8 tips for spotting early warning signs
- One of the greatest threats facing both employees and the companies they work for, is workplace violence. It has become the leading cause of death for women and the second leading for men, following closely behind motor vehicle accidents. In fact, the best estimates now being reported show that 1-in-4 employees will be the victim of workplace violence this year alone.While the media is quic...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - 9 tips on creating a professional emailed job application
- With the advent of the Internet, many of us have the opportunity to apply for work through email.However, just because this is the Internet and email is so fast and convenient, that does NOT mean you should give up professionalism and polish!FIRST IMPRESSIONS COUNT. I recently looked over a few emailed applications, and let me tell you, it was an eye-opening experience! Here are a fe...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Book summary: how to work with just about anyone
- This article is based on the following book:How to Work with Just About Anyone"A Three-step Solution For Getting Difficult People To Change"By Lucy GillPublished by Fireside/ Simon and Schuster 1999ISBN 0-684-85527-5206 pages"I just can't seem to get along with th...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Career in the toilet?
- Individuals not within their target career field may feel insecure, doubtful, or maybe even ashamed of their current job title. Career changers make up a large portion of the job-searching population. Although people (in general) are "creatures of habit," they thrive for change ? especially when unhappy in their current position or industry. Continuing with educational goals or transferr...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Signs of a healthy work environment
- There's no denying that a healthy work environment is a top concern for most employees. Review any employee satisfaction survey and you're apt to find this issue among the top five concerns of your staff ? sometimes above the issue of pay.So how do you know if your organization provides a safe, healthy environment for employees? Well, there are some signs to look for.1. Employees lau...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Dissatisfied with your job? stop trying to go it alone!
- Being dissatisfied with your job is a cycle, a very long and undesirable cycle. Here's how it goes:-You start to lose interest in your job. Next thing you know you start to dread Monday's and long for Fridays. Your energy, confidence, creativity and excitement feel like they are being drained from you.Then you start to think maybe there is a better job out there for you. You begin to...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - How to become a computer consultant
- Have you ever wanted to become a computer consultant, but you weren't sure if you could cut it? Do you have a basic understanding of computer-systems, strong problem-solving skills, and a desire to help other people? If so, then you already possess the main abilities and traits that you need to become a computer consultant.In this article, we'll look at the business opportunities for comput...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Do you work to live or live to work?
- Let's be realistic here - hands up all of you who bounce out of bed every single morning, raring to get to work and enjoying yourself every minute of the day?If you didn't put your hand up (even metaphorically), you're not alone. There have been so many articles published recently about working statistics in the UK - that Brits work the longest hours in the EU, that we have higher risks of ...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - How to track your right career
- Are you lost in the wilderness when it comes to choosing a career? Once, we knew the way. As children, we played at different roles, but some became our favorites. Those favorites hinted at our gifts. They pointed the way to our exciting futures as entrepreneurs, dancers or astronauts. We did what was fun, and, in the process, we began to find and follow our paths.As young adults, however, ...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Work attitude ethics for progress
- This "fruit for thought" article is for all human beings, who somehow find themselves in the role of breadwinner and striving to improve their living standards.The heading of this article could just as well have been "How to position yourself for promotion" or "How to position yourself for career advancement" or "How to climb the success ladder" or something similar.The answer on how...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Importance of your job search
- So that you can decide just how critical your job hunt is in your total life scheme, let's put a kind of frame around the importance of the effort ahead.Reflect on it.A job is not just a job. Half of you waking hours are devoted to it. Its quality ramifies through all other aspects of your life. It determines your productivity and how far you will go in achieving full self-realizatio...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Making yourself more relevant to the new workplace
- Being a current job seeker can be quite a challenging prospect as there are many changes in the workplace. Life-long employment is no longer the norm and workers must also learn to adapt with the complementary expertise of foreign talents. We are very much living in a global village.Here are some tips to stay relevant to the expectations of the workplace:Interview PhobiaYou mu...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - The myths of career change
- Chances are you already have many ideas about what it takes to successfully transition into a new career, even if you have never done it before. Some of those ideas might be useful ? most probably are not. In this article I would like to expose The Myths of Career Change, which might actually be holding you back.MYTH #1: PASSION AND WORK ARE NOT COMPATIBLEIn fact, research shows the ...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - How to answer your call in mid-life
- Hank Bochenski's story proves it is never too late to walk away from a life you feel trapped in and do something that you really love.Hank spent 30 years in demanding senior positions at large high-tech companies. By the time he went home each day, he felt like all the blood had been drained out of him.Hank's real passion was his collection of more than 1,000 movies. He had recently ...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Is your career your calling or just a 9 to 5?
- Do you remember your parents asking you what you want to be when you grow up? By the time I was in the 9th grade, my mother started asking me that same question until I graduated from high school. At that time I wasn't 100% sure what career path I would take, but I had several ideas.Your calling is that passion that you have deep inside ? the career that defines your purpose in life. Someon...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Five qualities employers want
- More than ever, employers want employees who can produce results! Here are five qualities employers seek in such employees.1. Attitude. You hear a lot about folks with "an attitude". If you've got "an attitude", lose it! Employers want employees with these attitudes:* "Can do" attitude * "I'm willing to risk failing to give it a go" attitud...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Career change - is your career a good fit or is it causing pain?
- Do you leap out of bed in the morning looking forward to the day ahead?Do you love your job and find that your working day goes past in the blink of an eye?Are you a solicitor, secretary, scientist or social worker because your parents or your careers teacher thought it was a good idea?Would you choose to do your job, even if you were not being paid? No?Well, take heart...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Children at work: looking at child labor in the victorian age
- Today, it isn't that uncommon for some children and teenagers to work. They may earn extra money by baby-sitting, doing yard work, or maybe even walking dogs. Others, once they go on to high school, may go to work in their local grocery store, malls, or food chains. However, in the Victorian Age, it wouldn't seem at all strange to see children as young as five or six, go to work full-time (sometim...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Career education options for working adults
- Ask yourself this question: "Do I like what I do for a living?" If you answered "no", what are you doing about it? Maybe you have a "good" job, but it's not very rewarding to you personally. Maybe you have job with good pay, but bad hours or worse ? a job with good hours, but bad pay. Perhaps you've just done your job for too many years, or are excited to work in some...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Leave your dead end job?for good!
- So here you are?stuck in a dead end job. Are you hitting the glass ceiling in a job you once loved, but now can't stand? Maybe the hours are long. Maybe you can't stand retail customers anymore. Maybe you're like 70% of college students who didn't earn a degree and you feel this is the best job you can get without one.Take heart. There are a lot of great careers out there, especially for pe...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - When should you update your job skills?
- With the U.S. economy still slumping and unemployment numbers barely moving forward, many workers may be considering what their employment future could be like if they were to lose their job. If you're in a healthcare field, or possess computer skills, you don't have much to worry about, except explaining why you left your last job. On the other hand, if you're employed in production or manufactur...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Ten great careers that don?t require a four year degree
- One of the great myths associated with the "American Dream" is that you need to have a four-year college degree to be successful. As the economy has shifted to the information age, with a greater reliance on technology and services, this belief applies less and less.The new economy relies on technology more than any time in the past. In fact 70% of existing jobs require specific t...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - How to turn career mistakes into career wins
- I recently talked with a client who was paralyzed at the thought of making another "mistake" in her career.She was stuck and unable to choose a direction. Her fear of looking stupid, of choosing another career that she wouldn't like, loomed over her. Her negative thoughts were keeping her from making any move at all.Does this sound familiar?Have you pursued a career,...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Rev-up your network!
- Whether you are looking for a job, new clients or feel the need to expand your list of professional contacts, networking is the answer.So what are you saying to yourself right now? "Yuck, I hate networking. I'll go to a networking event one of these days, if I can figure out where the REALLY good connections are."Hello? These are all excuses that keep you in the same place ...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Speak up: your job is at stake!
- How good are you at standing up for yourself?Do you run the other way when done an injustice or when someone steps on your proverbial toes?How do you react?Now's the time to speak up and stand your ground! If you've never done this, you need to master this skill.How many of you watched the "The Apprentice?" While the show is not the ultimate mirror of corporat...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - The 4 job search facts you need to know!
- Are you harboring bitterness or anger towards your current or past employer?Do you find it difficult to be upbeat when interviewing or networking because of past job experiences?Have you spent sleepless nights worrying about how to explain your choppy resume?If you are currently in the job market, you need to dump this baggage fast!Here are 4 key job search facts you ne...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Who should write your resume?
- This is a question we get a lot. It seems rather easy to do it yourself if you have access to a word processing program and printer and feel comfortable writing your job history.I always wrote my own resumes over the years, for 10 successful job changes up the career ladder, as well as in 4 different states. Inherently I knew a few things about resumes ? number one being to write each resum...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Where do i go from here?
- Making Your Future Work Better For YouIt's the commonest concern people have about their careers. Where am I heading? Is this the right direction for me? How can I tell what will suit me best? Making good career decisions doesn't have to be agony if you clear away a few misconceptions.Break Out of Your Limits:Ignore the naysayers. We aren't limited from birth by ...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - How long does it take to write a resume?
- Many people can easily write a resume in just a couple of hours. They can do this by following a resume sample and just writing their information in place of the sample. This is the quick and easy way, but it's not the most effective way.If you want to write a resume that gets noticed by employers, you need to do an assessment of your skills, interests and abilities before you write ...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Dissatisfied with your job? stop putting your attention on what you dont want!
- If I were to ask you the percentage of time you spend thinking about what you don't want, what would it be? And the percentage of time thinking about what you do want?Experience with my clients has shown me that most of us spend a lot more time thinking about what we don't want. Some examples when it comes to our job include:-I hate my commute. -I am not challenged at my job....