Careers
The Transference of Job Skills
Do the work to Love your work… We graduate college, take a job and develop our skills in one or more¬†specific areas.¬† After a time, we realize that we have evolved and can now claim an¬†expertise.¬† In other words,¬†we are marketable in this particular area.¬†¬†The time we have invested in honing our skills has been…
Read Full PostThe Interview: Selling Yourself
Being interviewed comes second-nature to a salesperson.¬†¬†He or she knows to ask questions,¬†listen intently to their prospect’s responses/objections and obtain their¬†feedback, all of which helps them¬†derive an understanding of what the prospect is looking for and¬†then, they meet those needs with suitable products or services. In selling ourselves, the mechanics are the same.¬† But for…
Read Full PostIs it Practical To Do What We Love?
A step and time to consider… I support others in doing what¬† their hearts tell them to do.¬† No matter what the age or status of a client, or even a friend with whom I engage in this type discussion, I am moved to inquire about what they love to do.¬† And it never ceases…
Read Full PostWhen Job-Seeking, Are You Driven by Fear or Desire?
Making the most of a Career Transition There can be a chicken-little effect on job-seekers in today’s market.¬† It appears to depend again on how we look at it. There are those who face a job loss and pretty quickly get on with the opportunity that the moment offers and then there are those who…
Read Full PostRight Here, Right Now
¬†My buddy Gus, reminding me that nothing is more important than this moment… Sometimes things happen that send us into a tail spin and at the end of it, we realize that we either said something or did something or acted in a way other than how we might have if we had remained in…
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