Posts belonging to Category Career Planning

How to Figure Out What You Want To Do with Your Life

I've developed relationships with several readers over the past year as writer of this blog.   One reader specifically has been getting the interviews but the companies either don't hire anyone,  leave the position open for the 'perfect' candidate or is a company not worth working for.  This reader has had a very interesting career as [...]

5 Ways to Get The Job Experience You Need

I was speaking with a young lady the other day who shared with me her dream was to be a Web Designer.   She explained that she answered ads that promised $60,000+ salaries if she got her degree in Web Design.  After getting the training, she went on interviews and was told 'She Was Not Qualified' [...]

Develop Your MasterMind Group

In Napoleon Hill's blockbuster novel  "Think and Grow Rich", he describes the MasterMind as "Coordination and Effort, in a spirit of harmony, between two or more people, for the attainment of a definate purpose".
In my experience, job seekers and anyone wanting to achieve success cannot do it alone.   In my sessions, I actually advise to [...]

The New Game of Employment: What Will You Do Different To Set Yourself Apart

The Rules of the Game have changed whether we like it or not.   Yes, the economy will eventually come back. Yes, companies and people will start buying again and yes, Unemployment will drop.  
So what's changed you ask?  It is what people and companies will now expect.   For every $1 spent, there will be a higher Value [...]

Do EyeGlasses Help Your Career?

I came across a blog article this morning in CIO that asks this same question.  I was disappointed that it did not give an answer, then after thinking about it I'm not sure you can.
I started doing a little research and found the site, http://www.allaboutvision.com and here are some statistics it talks about:
Approximately 168.5 million [...]