60 Hour Work Weeks - Can You and Your Career Survive Them Are you working long hours and enjoying it less? Is worklife balance a pipe dream? The impact of working more than 60 hours a week will be detrimental to the employee and the employer. What can the individual do about it?
Whats Stopping You from Getting Your Next, Good Job? This question comes up often when I'm working with someone to help them move forward in finding their next job. What is it that compels people to stay "stuck"? 1. I think it is often inertia. It'...
Ten Healthcare Fields That Cant Wait To Hire You Healthcare is one of the hottest career fields in America today. The aging and retiring of the largest population segment in the country, known as "baby boomers", has left the healthcare industry rac...
Success at Work: Techniques: Computer Literacy It's hard to believe that there are people in today's workforce who don't know how to use a computer. In today's society, being computer illiterate is equivalent to being functionally illiterate. Obv...
Dazzle Interviewers With Your Achievements Attention Job Seekers: Tasks and Responsibilities are Boooring Ho hum. The interviewer sits there drumming her fingers on the desk trying to look interested while you drone on about your duties and r...
Tips for Getting Your Movie Career Launched Hollywood helps those who help themselves! In you want to get your movie career fast tracked then here are three common sense tips to help you on your way. 1. Borrow the Boy Scout's Motto: Be Prepare...
Change Your Career, Change Your Life! Lots of times I see and talk to people who are tired, bored and burnt out of their current jobs. I'm not sure what causes this dis- satisfaction. One reason, though, that I've thought about is that t...
Why Should We Hire You? This is one of those broad questions that can take you down the wrong road unless you have done some thinking about what to say ahead of time. This question deals with your ability to sell yourself. ...
Back to School for a Career Change Q. I hate my job as a computer consultant. I am ready for a career change. The aptitude tests say I should be a recreation specialist. I like the idea but I dread returning to school for a new degree.
6 Steps to Re-inventing Your Career Career change typically takes from one to three years. And the tendency is to just 'jump in' anywhere. It helps to have a big picture view and to know that there actually is real method to the madness!
Does Your Career Change Itch or Burn? It's tough to make a significant shift unless there is a burning desire to change. You must be inspired by the personal gain you see for yourself at the end of the career-change rainbow - and this gain must be greater than the pain of staying in place.