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Know your value
Jeri is interviewed on Studio One, a cable news program produced by students, faculty and staff at the University of North Dakota. This segment talks about job interview process and how you can be prepared for this important part of getting your career going in the right direction.
Executive: CEO, CIO, CFO, COO, President, Vice President, Partner At the top of your profession, an accomplished leader with a vision to match, you have accomplishments begging to be quantified in ways that show your enterprise scope. Management: Director, manager, general manager, operations manager, You are doubly blessed with management experience backed by a profession. Professional: You are highly educated and/or trained in a career track field. Technical: Your training is highly specialized, technology oriented, and quickly evolving. Creative: Your career has called you into the attic of angels, where the sweat of creativity powers the heavens.
So, after you do all that you list on your resume, does anything actually happen?
A resume short story “Alan” was frustrated with his new resume. He wanted it punchy and attention-getting, but it wasn’t turning out that way. He had hired a professional resume writer, and he thought that would take care of it. He had provided his old resume, his current job description, and
audreyjoie.wordpress.com The problem within our control is always within ourselves “I just got fired last week,” “Janice” told me during our first conversation.
“This has happened occasionally throughout my career. I mean, I am – or was – in a management position and have been for more than 20 years. I work really hard and get good results. People like me; I am a lively and fun
Yoga breathing instructions from DavinRosenberg.com: Begin to slowly inhale through the mouth to almost your full lung capacity. As you breathe, the stomach area should push outward, away from the spine. After you feel like you have inhaled as much air as your lungs will hold, hold the breath and sip more air in thru your mouth 3 times. Each time you "sip" more
Start your resume revision with a good job description “Rob” is a genius project manager, and he’s ready to step into a role with more responsibility in larger projects and leadership of entire programs. The trouble is that his current resume is attracting attention for positions parallel to his current role.
Rob provided me with several examples of positions in which he is interested. A comparison
Hiring managers may not recognize your value with a general resume
“Leslie” is interested in two positions, and she’s very qualified for both. She’d like to use one resume to apply for both jobs, so let’s run through the scenarios to see if that works.
The positions sound similar. One is called a business intelligence analyst, and the other is called a research analyst. However, a
Byron Katie offers jobseekers freedom from layoff albatross
We each have a story, actually more than one, according to Byron Katie who appears in last month’s O Magazine. Katie’s career, which she calls simply “The Work,” challenges each of us to examine the story we live out of each day to see if it applies to our current life or to one we no
Find out abouta prospective employer before you accept a position
If you’ve been the target of a bullying boss or worked in a culture that considered bullying a management skill, you’ll want to know about the new Boss Background Check Web site. This type of background check has been available to employers since, well, forever.
Now, for $19.95, the company will report on the person you are
My advice is the same whether you’re a new parent or a new job seeker: Take care of yourself. Allow your life to be changed by this new addition. To do that with the energy and optimism you need takes rest, water, nutritious food, and joyous support.