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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - 20 questions that helped me take a leap of faith and change careers
- When I was working more than 45 hours a week in a job with a two hour commute each day, the challenge of a new husband, new step children, two beagle dogs and maintaining a home was more than a stretch! Something had to give, and unfortunately I was the one starting to not be able to hold it together!It was a Catch 22 situation. We had an expensive home near the city center with large mortg...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Interview tips, how to get the job you want
- Enter into a state of relaxed concentration. This is the state from which great basketball players or Olympic skaters operate. You'll need to quiet the negative self chatter in your head through meditation or visualization prior to sitting down in the meeting. You'll focus on the present moment and will be less apt to experience lapses in concentration, nervousness, self-doubt and self-condemnatio...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Resume writing tips
- Make sure that your resume is up to date with your latest job experience and educational accomplishments. Have a friend or relative evaluate your resume to see if it is clear, consistent, and fairly represents your skills and experience.Is your resume in a high impact format?Be sure to do a spell check on your resume. Misspelled works can reflect negatively on you and diminish your p...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Job trap; relationships with co-workers
- Most of us interact with our co-workers on a daily basis, its what helps us get through the day. Most employers go to great lengths to promote the "team", some thousands of dollars on retreats and seminars and the like. Basically, to them a group of cooperative, resourceful employees all working together is as valued as good advertising. And no wonder, without it their business would fare well. Pi...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Are you a nice person? what companies are looking for in recruiting and retaining great people
- Hal Rosenbluth, author of The Customer Comes Second, states; "In our selection process, kindness, caring, compassion, and unselfishness carry more weight than years on the job, an impressive salary history, and stacks of degrees."Does your company hire these types? Are you one of them? Take the following quiz to see if you are:Agree Disagree1. While driving, I signal...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Finding a career in harmony with your life path
- Which of the following would you chose? Doing your lifework as a permanent occupation or a regular activity performed in exchange for payment. The first is the definition of a career and the second that of a job. Both involve physical or mental effort or activity directed toward the production or accomplishment of something, but in a career you are self directed and at choice. In a job you are gen...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Should you join a modeling school for petite modeling?
- If you are thinking of breaking into the petite modeling industry and wondering if you should hundreds of doll ars on modeling school or classes you need to read this article. Here are few facts about modeling schools.==>Modeling schools will not get you jobs. Clients who are hiring petite models do not care if you have been to modeling school or not. It does not quialify your for the job....
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Petite modeling: is there a career for you?
- PEtite modeling is a tough industry to break into. Especially since most modeling agencies won't represent models unless they're 5 feet and 9 inches tall or taller. Have you had people tell you're cute? Do you hear all the time "you should be a model"? But you just don't qualify for the strict standards that most modeling angencies have?Rest assured there is a career out there for the petit...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Do you have what it takes to be a successful petite model?
- Want to break into the petite modeling industry but wondering if you have what it takes to succeed? There are lots of magazine and commercial modeling opportunities for good modeling jobs. Take this quiz to find out if you qualify to be the next top face in the petite modeling industry. Answer honestly. These 15 questions will tell you what your chances are of being able to make it as a top paid p...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Five facts you must know when changing careers
- Too often in life, we fail. We fail not because we set our goals to high and miss achieving our aspirations. Instead, we fail because we set our dreams too low and we achieve them. If we achieve what we set out to do then how is this considered to be a failure? Failure occurs when we are not fulfilling our highest aspirations. Theresa Castro, executive career coach and author of The Dark Before th...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - War time hiring: 5 steps to attract top talent
- A recent report, titled "The War for Talent" stated that over the next 20 years, employee talent will be what differentiates successful companies from those going bust. The late 90's gave us a glimpse of the talent war, but was nothing compared to what's ahead. Here are five ways to bulletproof your company before the battle begins.Practice What You PreachRecent studies of America's ...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - How to really look for a job
- Are you looking for a job -- really looking? Or are you simply waiting for employment to fall into your lap?If you're like about 75% of the job seekers I've met over the past nine years, you're probably doing too much waiting and not enough searching.Stop.Now.Instead, here are two ways to be more proactive -- and much more effective -- in your job search.1) Stop ...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - How to crash - proof your job search
- Think you have the speed, endurance, and know-how to fix what's broken? Bet not. The smartest people in the world are those who can leave their ego at the door, and know when its wise to seek help.Since crashes are usually preventable, when is it a good time to seek professional assistance?before or after the disaster? Talk to local firehouse or police headquarters and they'll...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - The fallibility of psychological testing
- Psychological Testing has become rampant across industries, more so in the case of Information Technology, BPOs and ITES companies. These tests are used to 'throw up' personality profiles and competency descriptions that would help companies recruit the 'right' candidate. The Human Resources department in most organizations is responsible for the administering of Psychometric tests.The Inte...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Stripper--turned--waitress cant leave former job behind
- She stretches in the break room for 30 minutes before each shift. She glides around the dining room like silk wafting on the breeze. She's been known to strip off her shirt and bra to combat the heat in the kitchen.The newest addition to the Red Robin wait staff, Paula Roche (also known as Mystique and Sable), who spent the past five years dancing at various upscale gentlemen's clubs, is fi...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Has adhd put your career in danger? 3 steps to get you back on track
- "Roger, you must get those contracts completed for this month's sales and don't forget, we have a meeting tomorrow at 9:00. Don't be late again!"Roger was a super salesman, but he risked losing his job because he was too busy rushing from client to client to get his paper work completed. He missed meetings and was disruptive when he did come. His boss saw how his energy and enthusiasm broug...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Difficult relationships at work - dealing with workplace conflict
- Difficult Relationships at Work - How to Influence the UncooperativeWe rely on and spend more time with our colleagues than with most other people in our lives: yet we frequently experience conflict at work. This is a problem that is beginning to be recognised, but it is still not being dealt with either effectively or sufficiently. Conflict is such a broad term for what can be experienced,...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Get beyond your tasks
- Ever hear the story of the two masons working side by side at a building site? They're doing the same work under pretty much the same conditions. Then, one day a stranger comes along, approaches one of the men and asks him, "What are you doing?" "I don't know and I don't care," replies the man, his voice brimming with irritation. All I do is slap this crummy mortar on these crummy bricks and pile ...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Fun at work leads to more success
- Common sense at work: Such qualities as loyalty, energy, intelligence and hard work are certain to be in any consensus of what it takes to build a successful career."However, there's another essential ingredient that is too often overlooked," says Ramon Greenwood, senior career counselor at www.CommonSenseAtWork.com> "That is having fun on the job."In fact, most o...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - The 5 essential telecommute rãƒæ’ã‚â©sumãƒæ’ã‚â© components
- 1. An attractive layout that is easy to read and follow.Recruiters and hiring managers are busy people. They are often reading hundreds of résumés in a day so they don't have time to clean up your résumés formatting.If a hiring manager opens your e-mail attachment and the lines are out of alignment (usually from usin...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Big job sites vs the small ones
- There is much to say about posting resumes on the big job sites online. There are many positives and also negatives to doing this as well. Posting your resume is a way to get you exposure to recruiters and employers. There really isn't any specific criteria for posting your resume... Only get it out for everyone to see! The more you post, the more exposed your resume.The big job sites are a...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - How to write a better cv (uk), or resume (usa and elsewhere)
- The first point to make is that the terms "CV" and "Resume" (with or more often without the French acute accents over the e's) are virtually interchangeable in the UK; they mean the same thing, but if anything the norm is CV. In the USA and elsewhere, the CV (Curriculum Vitae to give it its full title - literally "Life Study") is a different animal - a dry listing of qualifications and experience ...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Find passion for your work
- Most people spend approximately 25% to over 67% of their waking hours working. Eventually, most everyone will want to work in a career that they enjoy and are paid well enough to live a prosperous life. Yet, far too many people end up being miserable in their job and find themselves stuck in a career that they did not choose. People then get discouraged, produce less, and become disgruntled. Unfor...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - How to improve your work situation
- buWhy are so many people unhappy in their work situation? Why do people, who are successful at one career, have such difficult times coping with their new career? These problems frequently occur, because conflicts exist in their work relationships.Relationships between you and your work can also be considered the "games of work." Games have basic rules to play, which require specific skills...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - 9 secrets to career success
- Are you miserable at your job (or what you are doing) but go anyway to earn a living? Do you feel you are unable to use your talents and are doing things that are stressful? Do you find yourself in a career rut? Wouldn't you rather be in your ideal income position and "Go to Play" everyday? Most people spend approximately 35% to over 67% of their waking hours working. Being unhappy for s...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Driver team solo positions: the nitty gritty on truck driving jobs
- Trucks and truck drivers are a constant presence on US highways and interstates. A person on even the shortest drive is likely to pass by a truck or two transporting goods, and even merchandise that travels by ship, train, or airplane travels on a truck for some phase of the journey to the customer. Because trucks are such a major part of industry, truck driving jobs are important positions and go...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Why use a resume writer or resume-writing service?
- Here are some of the questions we have been asked by our clients or potential clients in the past, together with our answers to them. We hope you find them useful, and that they help you to make an informed decision.However, it may be that you have a question we have not answered. If so, then please contact us (mailto:info@top-pro-cvs.com) to discuss it. Just give us your first name and an ...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Mastering the job interview - 5 tips to make yourself irresistible to the interviewer
- So you've figured out, more or less what you want to do and where the opportunities are. Now; you have been called for an interview. Here are five steps for interview success for students and graduates:1. Prepare, prepare, prepare.Thoroughly research each employer you pursue. It is not enough just to show up for the interviews and hope for the best.Take the time to rese...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Job search -- one of the secrets of a trade show
- A trade show is a great place to network, look for a job, find a new employee or develop a partnership.Are you in the market for a change? Maybe. Maybe not. But it's always smart to be willing to chat.CAVEAT ? Don't gossip. Don't be negative. Don't burn bridges. Every industry is a closed loop, so what goes around comes around. You never know who knows what.HERE'S A START - 50...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Air liquide: driving liquid air
- Have you ever heard of liquid air? The process of liquifying air was a major scientific achievement that took place over 100 years ago. Even after 100 years there are only a few companies that liquify air, which is probably why you've never heard of it before. Liquifying air is a cheap way to isolate different gasses like oxygen and nitrogen.The task of liquefying air began in 1892, when Fr...