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How to Face Down Your Fear of Career Change
Tweet Share on Facebook May 6, 2010 Comment (2)Changing careers to pursue your passion means thinking bigger than your immediate box and stretching yourself beyond your current circumstances. When you do that, you’re 99.9 percent guaranteed to bump up against fear at some point. It just comes with the territory.
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10 New Rules for Today's Job Hunt
Tweet Share on Facebook May 5, 2010 Comment (56)If you are mid-career, out of work and looking, you’ve probably already figured this one out: The tried-and-true job-hunting techniques that served you so well in the past no longer fill the bill.
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7 Tricks For Fixing Your Lack of Motivation and Bad Attitude at Work
Tweet Share on Facebook May 4, 2010 Comment (24)Another possible headline--Why Some People Can Motivate Themselves and Others Can’t: The Real Secret to Success. That's a bit overblown, but if you're reading this, chances are good that you might agree with me or--even better--that you recognize how important your own self-motivation can be at work.
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8 Ways to Tell if You Have a Good Boss
Tweet Share on Facebook May 3, 2010 Comment (12)You're likely to work for plenty of bad managers in your career. If you're lucky, you'll also get to work for some good ones. Here are eight signs that you have a great boss:
[See 15 essentials for getting hired.]
1. Great bosses tell you where you stand. They're clear about what you do well and where you need to improve, and they're also clear about how you're doing overall. You never need to wonder what they think of you.
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What Every New Employee Should Know
Tweet Share on Facebook April 30, 2010 Comment (1)Let us stipulate that some people can stay with a job for years knowing little more than a few rudimentary skills and the location of the restrooms. If you want to rise above that level, however, there are approaches that can contribute greatly to your success.
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No One Cares About Your Career Like You Do
Tweet Share on Facebook April 29, 2010 Comment (3)So, you've been promised a promotion, you've been told the date it's effective, and you've seen the approval via E-mail. But it hasn't come through. How far can you go in advocating for yourself?
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40 Topics You Can't Discuss at Work
Tweet Share on Facebook April 28, 2010 Comment (167)You spend a lot of time at your job. Maybe most of your waking hours. Ideally, your boss and coworkers become your friends, which is nice.
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Is the Unpaid Internship for Everyone?
Tweet Share on Facebook April 27, 2010 Comment (9)Could unpaid internships be right for everyone? Maybe. Let’s review the options: You have been searching for a new job for some time now. No one seems to be hiring and the process is frustrating because you know you can help some companies. But why should you give work away for free--especially when there’s no guarantee that you can work your way into a job?
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6 Mistakes New Grads Make in Their First Jobs
Tweet Share on Facebook April 26, 2010 Comment (8)With a new class of college students about to graduate and join the workforce, here are six ways that new grads often harm themselves at work inadvertently. Don't make these mistakes!
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Why the 'Dumb' People at Work Often Aren't
Tweet Share on Facebook April 23, 2010 CommentTwo executives were conducting a meeting with a large audience of managers. Executive A missed no opportunity to slip in only slightly veiled criticisms of Executive B’s department. Executive B never responded and focused instead on the purpose of the meeting.
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