Selling Yourself: How to Build a Professional Portfolio

August 23, 2009 by admin  
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Developing your portfolio is not an easy task. Initially, it can take hours of work until your eyes strain to see the computer screen, your wrists feel like someone has beaten them with a hammer, and the tips of your fingers are tired of pounding. But all this work is ... Continue Reading

Tips for Recent College Graduates to Maximize Their Career Path

August 7, 2009 by admin  
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Your first job out of college may be more important then you know. With the onslaught of outsourcing, and not just the easy stuff anymore, college graduates need to be very strategic, and interview your potential employer as much as they interview you. Here are a couple , off the beaten ... Continue Reading

3 Career opportunities for young people

August 7, 2009 by admin  
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1] Car wash: A car wash is probably the easiest to do and with a very good pay(Depending on how many you do). Take a bucket from your house or garden and a very large sponge. Rinse out the bucket and sponge. Do not take the Bucket door to door filled with ... Continue Reading

How to change careers without going broke

August 6, 2009 by admin  
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If a change of careers does not begin with a well-developed plan, the results can be damaging emotionally, socially, and financially. A confusing and disorienting outcome may occur, and at worst, a real financial meltdown. In fact, the fear of making disastrous mistakes in the process of change is one of ... Continue Reading

How to turn any hobby into a business

August 2, 2009 by admin  
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Have you been thinking about establishing your own business or finding ways to make extra money? Are you engaged in hobbies? You can use the skills you possess for your hobbies to enhance the quality of your life. By reading this article, you will learn how to employ the talent ... Continue Reading

Transferable Skills Checklist

August 1, 2009 by admin  
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Certain skills obviously will get you more responsibility and more money. Hopefully, the following skills will give you an insight on important abilities that you might possess or could improve upon in your job search and worth mentionning in an interview. a) meet deadlines b) speak in public c) supervise others d) accept responsibility e) solve ... Continue Reading

Having a job versus having a career

July 29, 2009 by admin  
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How can you tell the difference between having a job, and having a career? If you have ever been stuck at work, and you start to think that there is nowhere for you to go, you might be stuck in a job. I think that if you don’t see yourself ... Continue Reading

Guide to a career change in midlife

July 27, 2009 by admin  
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So you are considering making the leap from line employee to manager. Perhaps you are attracted by the higher pay, increased influence, or just a change from the day to day routine that now defines your job. Maybe you dislike your boss and think you could do a better job ... Continue Reading

4 ways to become a ‘luck magnet’

July 13, 2009 by admin  
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Some people “make their own luck.” These are the fearless souls who create opportunities—or maybe they simply notice opportunities others don’t. They expect the best and are resilient enough to flip bad luck into something good. Jan Fraser, public speaker and author of Ordinary Women … Extraordinary Success, suggests four ways ... Continue Reading

It’s not a job, it’s a career

July 11, 2009 by admin  
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Feeling overwhelmed by the state of the world economy? I overheard a woman say she was worried about calling in sick because she was afraid her employer might fire her. This, to me, represents the difference between a career and a job. Years ago, these two words may have meant ... Continue Reading