Life@Work
the blog about finding career happiness, brought to you by heather mundell of dream big coaching services
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What to Read When You're Tired of All the Negative News
There's a fine line between being informed about current events and feeling saturated with depressing information, and it's not always easy to keep yourself from crossing it.If you're in the midst of a job search, it's best to stay moderately informed and not to read or listen to too many articles on how hard it is to find a good job right now.That part of you that is already discouraged and pessimistic doesn't need any more fuel. You don't need to read more stories... |
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How to Ace the Marathon Interview Process
So you've got a one or two-day interview ahead of you, during which you'll meet everyone from the CEO to the janitor. What can you expect? How can you make your best impression and somehow not collapse from the stress of repeating yourself and smiling for hour upon hour? More and more, risk-averse employers in today's slow hiring market are investing plenty of time getting to know you before extending an offer. The good news is that serial interviews give you... |
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How to Take the Intimidation Out of Networking
The Career Collective, a group of career coaches, resume writers and other job search professionals, are posting today about networking. Follow us on Twitter at our hashtag, #careercollective. See links to the other Career Collective posts below! (image by Ajda Gregorčič) If the idea of networking makes you want to run for the hills, this post is for you.There is no activity that inspires fear and loathing in a job search more than networking. First off, the word networking is loaded... |
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Best 100 Career Advice Blogs
Onlinedegrees.org has compiled a list of the top 100 career advice blogs out there. I'm pleased to say that life@work is included!Check out the whole list - there are some really knowledgeable job search and HR experts out there giving solid, free advice. |
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Career Advice for New Grads
It's that time of year when a new class of college graduates emerges, ready to take on the world, or at least to start paying off their student loans.That was me 21 years ago. I relocated across the country to Seattle with a liberal arts degree and no clue what kind of job I wanted or could get. My student loan payments would start that November, and I knew I had to find something. My job search strategy was to find temp work and see where it led. It wasn't so much a strategy as a plan... |
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Build Your Strengths Rather Than Fix Your Weaknesses
If you want to take your career to the next level, whatever that means in your specific situation, you might be thinking that you need to fix your weaknesses and make them disappear before you can expect to make any progress.For example, say you'd like to become the Senior VP of Awesomeness, which comes with the responsibility of managing over 150 people. Right now you're a couple of steps away from that goal. You know that you have a tendency to avoid conflict even when it's necessary,... |