Career Assessment Career Anchors
In the 1970’s some very interesting work was begun in the Sloan School of Management at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology by Professor Schein. Schein aimed to identify the major groups of motives that influence people in their careers. These motives were called career anchors. It is useful in [...]
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One of the questions I’m most frequently asked is "How long should my resume be?" This question can be particularly challenging for the senior executive. The need to balance completeness with readability is crucial to accurately portray a distinguished leadership career, and to make you stand out [...]
Mail this post Free Career Assessement : Values
What are the core values that you chose to live your life by and that your career must subscribe to. This is a useful bit of career research that will help you think through the things that might be important for you in your next career move. [...]
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Mail this post Career Search Easy And Effective Resume Writing Strategies That Work
It’s no secret that competition for jobs in today’s market is tough. That’s why we all need to be using effective resume writing strategies in every aspect of resume development. It is also important to do your career research and be clear on what you want [...]
Mail this post Career Search Informational interviews
Need to find out more about a career area and develop some useful contacts at the same time you might be thinking of a career change?
Then consider undertaking a series of Career Search Informational interviews.
Career Search Informational interviews are appointments where you discuss a particular topic. No reference [...]
Mail this post Career Search Networking Part 2
Keys to Networking
If you are looking for work or thinking of a career change, networking is an important part of your approach. Your contatcts could provide a career link to your next move.
Obviously the way you approach contacts depends on how well you know them. However, in general it is [...]
Mail this post It is important to remember that only 30% of jobs available are ever advertised. Thus to increase your chances of finding a job you must know how to search for the other 70% of jobs in the ‘hidden job market’. Your key to success is to learn to network, research and directly market yourself.
Networking [...]
Mail this post Career Search for the Best Part-Time Jobs for Teens
Are you a teen looking for a great part time job? Collect a regular paycheck with one of these top 10 jobs for teenagers.
1. Office Jobs
Jobs in an office call for good organizational skills. One good example is a doctors office, where you might greet patients, [...]
Mail this post Online Career Search For the Hottest Jobs
Looking for a career change aftrer all everyone has that dream job, the one they’ve been secretly coveting since they were young. Of course, few can grow up to be cowboys, astronauts or princesses, and even fewer can become super models. But, we still dream. The truth [...]
Mail this post Another view of the Ten Hottest Careers
If someone were to ask me what the top ten hottest careers are these days, I would probably be able to give that person quite a few suggestions.
After all, there is opportunity everywhere you go. If your drive is strong enough, you’ll quickly be able to forge quite a [...]
Mail this post This year hasn’t exactly started off on the best foot. According to CNN, over 2 million people lost their jobs in 2008, and already 200,000 jobs have been cut during the first month of 2009. If your one of the people who was laid off, it probably seems like there is no hope. Fortunately, companies [...]
Mail this post Hot Jobs For A Career Change Part 1 Of 3
Trends Magazine has compiled a list of the hottest new jobs for the twenty-first century. Most of them are hot because of emerging technologies and the need for people who know about those new technologies. These jobs can be very lucrative to the person who is [...]
Mail this post Self assessment Tool 2: What are my capabilities?
What’s this for and when is this useful?
· How do others see you? · What is your reputation? · How do you perform on your annual performance review?
Organisational success begins with how well you do your job, but it also has to do with how [...]
Mail this post Self Assessment Tool 1: How am I unique?
"The unexamined life is not worth living" – Socrates
What’s this for and when is this useful? Whether managing your career inside a company or looking for a new job, the first step is self assessment . You must be clear on your skills, values and [...]
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Mail this post Step1: Introduction to Career Self-Assessment
"What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us." ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
Self knowledge is strongly related to success in life and work Discovering who you are is a process which continues all your life – that means it [...]
Mail this post Four Key Steps to Your Career Choice
There are four key steps to go through in order to help you decide on your career choice and focus of your career search.
1.Self Assessment This is about understanding where you are now. What do you know about your likes and dislikes, your skills and capabilities and your [...]
Mail this post More information on what do we mean by career. This is based on thinking by career expert Michael J Driver who identified 4 main types of career pattern.
Understanding your own career pattern helps you understand your career choices of the past and some of your values that will influence your future career choices.
Understanding that will [...]
Mail this post Let’s define what we mean by career
Career pathways take many different forms – and none of these is necessarily better than any others. It depends on which one works best for you. Recognising the significance of your own choices in the past is useful in guiding your thinking on new opportunities
The work of [...]
Mail this post Managing Your Career Research
Making career choices can be tough – and that’s why so many of us tend to ‘go with the flow’ rather than making conscious decisions about what they want to do and where they want to be. But there are real benefits to taking pro-active approach to managing your [...]
Mail this post The Secret To Successful Goal Setting For Changing Times: Seven Steps To Achieving Your Dreams
Have you noticed that you’ve experienced much change over the past year, months, weeks, and even days? Your situation may have changed due to the challenges presented by these changing times, and you may ask yourself [...]
Mail this post The Fastest Growing Jobs In America
Wondering how to plot out your career path during an economic crisis, or just tired of your current job? Before you plan your next steps, consider this data about the jobs most likely to grow over the next decade. These recession-resistant professions could offer you stable [...]
Mail this post Five Steps to your career reearch
Navigating a successful career transition is more often than not a challenging proposition. But greater career satisfaction is a reward you should strive for, no matter how dire the short term consequences may seem. So put aside your fears as you get ready to pursue [...]
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An introductory video to career research and career planning
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Mail this post Career Research For Your Dream Job
Whether you’ve already got a Dream Job or your own Dream Business in mind, or you’re just trying to figure out what kinds of jobs you can do that incorporate your passion, it’s vital to get out in your community to do some career research. Here are [...]
Mail this post Career Choices
Are you a high school senior who is staring graduation in the face and you still don’t have a clue as to what you want to do with the rest of your life?
Take a deep breath. This is not as hard as it seems. I am a mom who has helped her own [...]
Mail this post Where should you start on career planning? The answer is career research, and you should always begin with yourself. Take assessment tests that are available online to know your strengths and weaknesses. Speak with career counselors who can help you find a suitable career path for yourself.
Set Career and Job Goals
What are your goals and [...]
Mail this post Your First Guide To Finding A New Career
Have you been feeling of late that singular lack of interest in your current job? Have you found that you would rather be doing something else which is definitely more interesting than your existing job? Has your company announced its decision to downsize? Well, [...]
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