Archive for category career success

Generating Interviews with Cover Letters that Sell

Generating Interviews with Cover Letters that Sell So, you’re applying for a job. You need written representation for your resume (well, you); and yes, that dreaded cover letter is a requirement. Letters are used with varying purposes in mind: introduction, explanation, instruction, and solicitation. Even cover letters for hiring purposes can be used for a [...]

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5 Tips For Building a Better Career or Business Using a Mission Statement

If you want to stand-out as the best-of-the-best, you need to have laser-sharp focus. This will allow you to make purposeful and significant contributions and build higher potential for success. Many business owners and managers have taken the time to create organizational mission statements.  However, few have gone through this process on a more individual [...]

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Cover Letters – Ask Not What They Can Do For You…

Arguably one of the greatest executives in U.S. history, the late John F. Kennedy once said: “Ask not what your country can to for you, but what you can do for your country.” This is of course a very famous quote – and definitely applies when one is writing cover letters to find employment. The [...]

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Watch Negative Self-Talk

Many people use negative thinking and unconstructive self-talk instinctively.  I frequently help my clients overcome this by boosting awareness and changing the way they think and behave.  Awareness and practice can help change the negative self-talk that probably occurs more often than you think.  It is an unhealthy pattern worthy of noticing and changing to [...]

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How to Develop a Personal Mission Statement

If you want to stand-out as the best-of-the-best, you need to have laser-sharp focus. This will allow you to make purposeful and significant contributions and build higher potential for success. Many business owners and managers have taken the time to create organizational mission statements.  However, few have gone through this process on a more individual [...]

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5 Tips to Improve Your Professional Development

Too Much on Your Plate should never be an excuse that prevents you from ongoing personal and professional development.  Continuing your personal development despite time and energy challenges will help give you a competitive edge in the market while helping you remain confident and more highly employable. So, despite the challenges, here are a few [...]

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How to Launch Your Career as a How-To Expert

For some of you in today’s economy, your last job may have been your last job. Literally. You may have decided to chuck the idea of employment altogether and become your own boss. // < ![CDATA[ // < ![CDATA[ // < ![CDATA[ google_ad_client = "ca-pub-2156433734548067"; /* */ google_ad_slot = "3230223946"; google_ad_width = 468; google_ad_height = [...]

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How to Quash Negative Thinking, Stop Procrastinating, and Get Hired Faster

The most brilliant job-search plan in the world won’t get you hired by itself. You have to take action. But before you can act, you must decide to act. And that’s where things get tricky. Because your mind can work for you or against you. If you can harness your thoughts and let them propel [...]

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Are You Management Material?

If you’re just starting out after finishing school, or even if you’ve been on the job a few years, you probably wonder if, someday, you might assume a management position in your area of expertise. Maybe you aspire to become the department head, or the shift supervisor, the director or even the CEO. Most people [...]

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10 Tips for Getting Ahead on the Job

Finding a job is tough. Finding a good job is even tougher. When you’ve found that perfect job, it’s important to then find opportunities to move up the workplace ladder. Here’s how. An Honest Day’s Work for an Honest Day’s Pay Give them what they’re paying for. It may sound obvious but employers look for [...]

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