Category Archives: Career Planning
Webinar – How to Stay Relevant During Your Job Search
According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, as of 12/10/2010 the national unemployment rate is 9.3% – down from a high this year of 10.6% in January. This doesn’t reflect that more and more people are spending longer periods of time unemployed than many of them had ever imagined. So what does one do with this time to stay marketable, knowledgeable and motivated?
Ainka is an Executive and Personal Coach with the Life Performance Coaching Center in San Francisco and works with MBAs and experienced hires on professional development worldwide. For more information please visit www.RealizeYouCan.com (coming soon) and .www.LifePerformanceCoaching.com.
Why Your Resume’s Objective Statement Doesn’t Work
Blog partner Phil Rosenberg is President of reCareered, a career coaching service and website. Phil runs the Career Change Central group, one of Linkedin’s largest groups for job seekers. An active blogger about social media and career change, Phil has articles that have been republished by Business Week, The Wall Street Journal, AOL, FastCompany, CIO, ZDnet, The Examiner, and the leading job/career/recruiting sites. Phil can be contacted at phil.reCareered@gmail.com.
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Use The Choice Matrix For Big Career Decisions
You have two job offers. Which do you choose? You’re expecting a baby. Do you stay at the job, scale back or quit altogether? You’re unhappy in your current job. Do you move laterally, find a new employer, or change careers? You will make many career choices in your lifetime. A matrix of your priorities and your options is a useful decision-making tool:
In the above example, our decision-maker has two job options. Perhaps, she dreams of being a writer and gets one offer for an editorial assistant and one for Continue reading
How to Prepare for a New Career
Career change is natural, and it happens more often than you would think. Studies have shown that the average professional will change careers (not just jobs) multiple times throughout the course of his or her lifetime. Therefore, whether you’re bored with your current direction, have been laid off due to downsizing and budget cuts, or are simply looking for a fresh start, a career change may be just what you need to take your professional life to the next level. Continue reading
Substitution: An Interview Performance Technique Borrowed From Acting
Caroline Ceniza-Levine helps people find fulfilling jobs and careers, as the co-founder of SixFigureStart®, career coaching by former Fortune 500 recruiters. As a former executive search and corporate recruiter for over 10 years, Caroline has hired thousands of people for leading companies in financial services, consulting, media, pharmaceutical/ healthcare, and technology. She is also the co-author (along with Donald Trump, Jack Canfield and others) of the best-selling “How the Fierce Handle Fear: Secrets to Succeeding in Challenging Times” 2010; Two Harbors Press.
Does this sound like your interview technique?
You practice and then invariably forget one of your Continue reading
Rethink Your 2011 Job Search Strategy Now
Blog partner Phil Rosenberg is President of reCareered, a career coaching service and website. Phil runs the Career Change Central group, one of Linkedin’s largest groups for job seekers. An active blogger about social media and career change, Phil has articles that have been republished by Business Week, The Wall Street Journal, AOL, FastCompany, CIO, ZDnet, The Examiner, and the leading job/career/recruiting sites. Phil can be contacted at phil.reCareered@gmail.com.
What can you change in your strategy today that can help advance your job search next year? It’s a good time Continue reading
Career Transition Tips
Caroline Ceniza-Levine is the co-founder of SixFigureStart® (www.sixfigurestart.com), career coaching by former Fortune 500 recruiters. Formerly in corporate HR and retained search, Caroline has recruited for leading companies in financial services, consulting, media, pharmaceutical/ healthcare, and technology. Caroline is a co-author of the best-seller “How the Fierce Handle Fear: Secrets to Succeeding in Challenging Times” 2010, Two Harbors Press.
If you are unhappy in your current job, check first if you really need a career change or just a job change. If you like what you do in Continue reading
