All blog posts tagged with career

Q&A - Jack of All, Master of One

Posted January 25, 2010

*This is a series of posts responding to specific questions raised by my clients, candidates and friends regarding recruitment and careers. If you would like to ask a question, please include it as a comment. Selected comments will be answered and you will be notified by email. Questions are edited …

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Q&A - Career Ownership

Posted January 18, 2010

*This is the first of what will become a series of posts responding to specific questions raised by my clients, candidates and friends regarding recruitment and careers. If you would like to ask a question, please leave include it as a comment. Selected comments will be answered and you will be noti…

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Changing Jobs 2010

Posted January 3, 2010

its a new year!Happy New Year! And it looks like 2010 will be a year of interesting opportunities... Be prepared for some unique opportunities and challenges. Many companies that survived the downturn will take longer to recover in the new economy. This creates opportunities for open-minded job seekers.

Where 2009…

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The Price of Uncertainty in your Career

Posted December 21, 2009

Don't regret any choices you make in your career. Once you make the choice you will need to commit to it and move forward from there. Likewise, do not let the fear of uncertainty block you from exploring other opportunities. We only live once.

Our careers are the most important decisions in our liv…

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Too Many Jobs, Too Few Careers

Posted September 14, 2009
jobhuntingsucksThe world is in a recession, millions of people are out of work and there don't seem to be enough jobs to go around... Or are there? Everywhere we walk there are help-wanted signs in store windows, newspapers and everywhere online. So what is wrong, why are so many people out of work?

We are sufferi…

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Posting your Resume / CV on all those Job Boards won't help much

Posted July 4, 2009

Now let's see a show of hands... How many people here got their last job from an online job portal? Or maybe an easier question, for all those people who have applied for jobs on a job portal, how many got a reply? Based on my observations, I would say almost none of you did.

Honesty, applying on Jo…

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Changing Jobs in a Market Downturn

Posted April 26, 2009

"Now is the worst time to change jobs." Everyone seems to be telling us that recently. If only things were so simple. In fact, now could be the best time to change jobs. Here are some examples of reasons to change your job...

1. Your company isn't firing people but nothing much is happening - Now is…

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