Posted in Help Others, Positive Attitude, book review on Sep 10th, 2009
For anyone who has enjoys listening to the heart felt harmonies, guitar or piano inspirations of Diamond Rio, you’ll truly enjoy their new book, Beautiful Mess – The Story of Diamond Rio. I have to reveal here, that I am a huge fan of their music – they turned me on to country music in [...]
Posted in Career Devel., Career Mgt., Help Others, Job Search, Networking, Online Identity, Social Networking, jobseeker on Sep 2nd, 2009
Wednesday’s Q & A
Question – Does social marketing help job seekers get noticed?
Answer – Absolutely! Social marketing is moving so fast that it is often tough to keep up with. New sites, blogs, videos and social networks are being introduced daily. “What to use”, “how much to use”, and “is it worth it since my [...]
Posted in Help Others, Positive Attitude on Aug 24th, 2009
I used to love the old Patty Loveless song, “…life’s about changing, nothing ever stays the same…” Remember that song? I often find myself humming that song when I think about how life isn’t meant to stay the same. It is about how we respond and react to change. Seeing change and lots of it [...]
Posted in Help Others, Job Loss, Job Search on Aug 18th, 2009
Once again Fox 2 Detroit is sponsoring a career fair to help those in the southeast Michigan area connect with companies currently looking for new candidates.
Putting America Back to Work Job Fair
Wednesday, August 19th
Burton Manor
27777 Schoolcraft Rd.
Livonia, MI
9:00 am – 1:30 pm
I will be there answering questions and reviewing resumes so please make sure to [...]
Posted in Help Others, Job Loss, Job Search, Networking, Positive Attitude on Jul 17th, 2009
Friday’s Free for All
Staying focused and finding ways to stop procrastinating can be difficult when you’ve got activities, decisions, or things to do that you really don’t want to do. I know… I fight it often.
I love learning new things, information finding new resources and new technology to help with my work and my clients. [...]
Posted in Career Mgt., Current Events, Help Others, Resume Devel. on Jun 12th, 2009
Friday’s Free for All
Today was a fun, new experience for me. I was asked to take part in two interview pieces for our local Fox network. The first interview was completed on Wednesday when I went into their studio and participated in a live plug for a career fair I’ll be at next week. It [...]
Posted in Help Others, Job Search, Networking, Positive Attitude on Jun 8th, 2009
Monday’s PMA
If you’ve been working daily really hard on your career search and you are feeling a bit burned out, take a few days or week and don’t search at all. Instead of another week of contacts, researching companies and career opportunities, attending networking events, following up on resume submissions and interviews, take a break [...]
Posted in Career Change, Help Others, Job Loss, Job Search, Networking, Social Networking on Jun 3rd, 2009
Wednesday’s Q&A
Question: How can I find networking events in my area and what should I bring and expect.
Answer: This question comes from a recent client who had always progressed into new positions by getting noticed and being asked to move up the ladder or to other organizations. Now, as many Americans are discovering, he needs [...]
Posted in Help Others, Positive Attitude on May 22nd, 2009
Friday’s Free for All
I missed Thursday’s blog – first time I’ve missed since revamping the Career Essentials blog and implementing the content calendar schedule. Sorry to those who regularly read the blog. I suppose that will happen from time to time….that’s life.
Since it was a post for Thursday’s Review, I had planned on reviewing Toastmasters.org [...]
Posted in Career Mgt., Help Others on May 15th, 2009
Friday Free-For-All
I was honored to listen to a webcast with Ken Blanchard, founder of Lead Like Jesus and The Ken Blanchard Companies, and author of more than 35 books. I’ve been following Mr. Blanchard for a few years now, have read several of his books and was thrilled to have the opportunity to learn from [...]
