Change Your Career–Top Posts

Answering people’s questions and trying to hunt up the latest on career ideas, I’m writing about all aspects of career from visual resumes to networking, so sometimes I even have to remind myself that the core of all of this is career choice, how to change or choose a career. Without a good career choice, who cares how high tech or catchy your resume is.  It still can’t land you the right job.

So I wanted to make sure that anyone looking for information specifically about how to make a new career choice can quickly and easily find the top posts on this topic.

Here they are:

Choosing a Career You’ll Love

How Big a Career Change Do You Want?

The Big Secret About Finding a Great Career

Which Career Is Best–Career Ideas for Artistic Student

How to Choose A Career–Tips from the MBA Application Process

Choosing Your Career? Or Is the Wrong Career Choosing You

The Happiness Factor in Choosing a Career

One True Career?

Get Answers to Questions about Specific Careers, Jobs

7 Things Career Changers Should STOP Telling Themselves

I hope this helps.  I’d also suggest you use the search box at the top left of the page to look for specific topics on career choice or any career topic.

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Number 1 Leadership Skill

In its 2010 study of 1,500 Chief Executive Officers from 60 countries and 33 industries worldwide, IBM discovered that chief executives believe that – “more than rigor, management discipline, integrity or even vision — successfully navigating an increasingly complex world will require creativity,” according to an IBM press release. “Less than half of global CEOs believe their enterprises are adequately prepared to handle a highly volatile, increasingly complex business environment.”  But by instilling creativity throughout the organization, today’s challenges can be met, in their view.

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Forget Time Management

If you’re stressed out and overwhelmed with too much work and getting home late all the time, if you’re worrying about work life balance, or if you’re always running around scattered because of so much to do–stop!  Don’t run out and start implementing time management systems.  Forget about time management….for a moment.

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Learning from Success

Intriguing research from MIT has shown that when we are succeeding at a new task or learning something, our brain begins physically (or biochemically) changing.  Neurons start acting differently in ways that make doing the new task easier the next time.

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HR and Hiring–the New Big Brother?

Think your online reputation is a secondary matter to be handled the same way you handle an update on FaceBook?   Think again.  Please.

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5 Questions about Your Resume


Can you say yes to these 5 questions about your resume?

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5 Tips for Your Career Change

Making a career change typically takes time, creative thinking and great support.  Here are 5 tips that cover the most basic elements of success for launching a new and better career.

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Know What You’re Really Doing at Work

Tech and social media guru Seth Godin just wrote a blog post on who will save publishing…or newspapers. His answer in a nutshell—no one will save things as they are, and therefore no one will save the jobs as they are. He wrote: “We need to get past this idea of saving, because the status quo is leaving the building, and quickly. Not just in print of course, but in your industry too.”

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Keys to Job Interview Preparation

Avoid These Mistakes Preparing for Job Interviews

It’s easy to overprepare or underprepare for a job interview.  Here are 4 mistakes to avoid if you want to properly prepare with the least amount of stress.

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A Third Way-Beyond All or Nothing Career Solutions

If you are unhappy, then you are, unfortunately, not alone.  Only 45% of Americans are satisfied with their work. That was the lowest level recorded by the Conference Board research group in more than 22 years of studying the issue.

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Career Success Secret?

I couldn’t resist writing a post today, having just read an inspiring article about the artist Carmen Herrera.   It seems Herrera has been a serious painter since the 1930s. Now at age 94, she’s suddenly famous, having had her first museum show 5 years back when she was a youthful 89.  Her “secret”: persistence borne of her love for painting.

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Branding Yourself–Go the Extra Mile

Marketers need a targeted niche, but they also know their products and services need to stand out from other products in their niche.

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