Posted in Career Change, Job Loss, Resume Devel., jobseeker on Jun 22nd, 2009
Monday’s PMA
This weekend and even this morning catching up with friends on Twitter, the topic of conversation varied but all focused on change. Change taking place in our personal lives and around the world in our professional lives every day. Talking with many on the changes in their lives, some were all for it while [...]
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 Job Search, Networking, Social Networking, jobseeker on Jun 2nd, 2009
Tuesday’s Tip
You’ve got an awesome resume you had developed by a professional resume writer and now you’ve posted it on Monster, CareerBuilder, Indeed, and Simply Hired. Feeling very confident you’ve even signed up to LinkedIn and developed a pretty savvy profile. Now it has been 3 weeks and all you’ve gotten are hits on your [...]
Posted in Job Loss, Job Search, Positive Attitude on Jun 1st, 2009
Monday’s PMA
My kids think they invented abbreviations with Facebook and texting but they don’t realize we had acronyms long before they were around. A few of my favorites are P of A, PPP and the name of Monday’s blog, PMA. My kids know these because I often use them in our home. A few definitions…
PPP [...]
Posted in Career Change, Current Events, Job Search, Networking, Positive Attitude on May 18th, 2009
Monday’s PMA
Starting my week on a renewed and positive note always helps to bring me more enjoyment and be more productive. I used the reminder from Ken Blanchard’s webinar “Leading in Uncertain Times” and have consistently found time every day to meditate and pray. It helps clear out the negative thoughts I feel creeping in [...]
Posted in Job Search on May 7th, 2009
Thursday’s Review
Always looking to find new ways to help my clients, I want to share with you a new job search engine that I think will grow to become a household name. The site is called LinkUp and can be found at http://linkup.com/. It is definitely a new and unique type of job search engine. [...]
Posted in Career Mgt., Positive Attitude on May 4th, 2009
The way I start out my blog week, professional week, and personal week is with gratitude and a positive attitude. It can be hard to do and even takes practice and a lot of determination but it is worth it. It really helps direct my week and makes it much more productive.
Here’s what I know [...]
Posted in Career Change, New Graduates on Apr 30th, 2009
Thursday’s Review
I’m sure we can all agree that we need some encouragement and understanding of the opportunities that come with major changes in environments. So, in keeping with this thought I decided to investigate the top industries and positions that job seekers looking for change or just getting started can hopefully check out to see [...]
Posted in Career Change on Apr 28th, 2009
There seems to be endless possibilities for those having to make a career change. When this opportunity becomes available some know exactly what they will do and where they will do it while others become overwhelmed by the endless possibilities and don’t know where to begin.
Three ways to help narrow down those seemingly endless possibilities:
Find [...]
Posted in Job Search on Mar 31st, 2009
I have a wonderful client I have worked with on two occasions but we keep in touch with emails a few times a year to see how each other is doing. He is an accountant working in the banking industry and understandably came back to me 2 ½ years after he first hired me, to update [...]
