Career Ideas for Everyone--Get These Books and Change Your Life Now
Outliers: The Story of Success the hot new book by Tipping Point author Malcolm Gladwell about how genius is overrated, but persistence and opportunity matter in people's lives and careers.
I Could Do Anything If I Only Knew What It Was: How to Discover What You Really Want and How to Get It -Can't miss book that is fun, upbeat, filled with exercises to move you forward with your career goals, even if you are starting out uncertain and confused. By Barbara Sher
Learned Optimism: How to Change Your Mind and Your Life -Proof that optimism and success (and health and popularity...) go hand in hand. Ideas on how you too can learn to be optimistic. By Martin Seligman
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LINKS--Career and Job Search Resources
CAREER INFO
US Government Summary of Careers and their Outlook -- Occupational Outlook Handbook
JOB SEARCH SITES
Twitter -- Job Search on Twitter
Facebook -- Job Search on Facebook
About.com Job Search (Allison Doyle) -- Variety of Job Search Sites/Tools
Jobfox -- Job search on Jobfox
PROFESSIONAL RESUME SITES
Tag Archives: career ideas
Know What You’re Really Doing at Work
you need to recognize what you are really about at work beyond your job title and listed duties. Continue reading
But Is It Realistic? How People Kill Career Dreams
Whether helping people as a career coach or a creativity trainer, one of the most common self-limiting ideas I hear—actually it may be the most common—is that a goal, a career, a job, a solution is unrealistic. addthis_url = ‘http%3A%2F%2Fwww.choosingacareerblog.com%2Fcareer-coach%2Fbut-is-it-realistic-how-people-kill-career-dreams’; … Continue reading
The big MO and Succeeding with Your Career Ideas and Goals
There are lots of things to say about how to succeed with any long-term goals—whether starting a business, choosing careers, changing careers, changing your department’s culture, becoming a lawyer, earning a degree, or even becoming a better skier or dancer. … Continue reading
5 Basics Tips to Prepare for Layoffs
A friend of mine just missed getting laid off as 23 of his coworkers were let go with no notice. In fact, the company had indicated it wasn’t having a tough time. addthis_url = ‘http%3A%2F%2Fwww.choosingacareerblog.com%2Fcareer-coach%2F5-basics-tips-to-prepare-for-layoffs’; addthis_title = ’5+Basics+Tips+to+Prepare+for+Layoffs’; addthis_pub = … Continue reading
Superbowl Career Ad–Emotional Truths, But Don’t Just React to the Negative
I confess I didn’t watch most of the Superbowl ads. I did see the end of the game and all of the Boss of course. But I did look later for the career ads just to keep up my career … Continue reading
Career Ideas–Understand Failure
One of the most famous stories about seeing failure in a new light is about Edison. A reporter is said to have asked how he felt about having failed in thousands of experiments trying to make a lightbulb. Edison replied, … Continue reading
Career Coaching–It’s All About the Questions (mostly)
This week I spoke with a few people about coaching and how problems get solved in career coaching. People asked how I work or what I would do as a coach if faced with this situation or that. One wanted … Continue reading
The Emerging Social Media–Visual Resume/Portfolio Trend
As with everything else in the career and job search front, the expectations keep rising for what you can or should do online. That’s apparently becoming true of resumes. There are many sites to post your resume, usually with a … Continue reading
Career Idea–Get Grateful, Get Happy, Get Effective
Eric was 16 and knew it all so had no reason to participate, apparently, in a journaling class I was teaching. We got along OK, and respected each other, but he wasn’t exactly a great contributor in attitude or ideas … Continue reading
Keeping Difficult New Year’s Career Resolutions
Here’s a common career question I get as a career coach and an answer I wrote a couple of years ago at that start of the new year that has helped my clients and ezine readers get clearer about what … Continue reading
Creative Ideas to Avoid Layoffs and Find Career Niches
The New York Times reports that companies are recognizing the value of retaining good, proven employees even during the recession. Instead of relying solely on layoffs, some are trying other approaches that cut down on labor costs while making sure … Continue reading
Which Career Is Best–Career Ideas for Artistic Student
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