Makeover Your Career

Learning is the core of work. All people have two jobs: (a) their daily task; and (b) improving the reliability of processes by which they do their work. – John J. Sherwood Professional development, continuing education, training …regardless of what you call it, savvy professionals and business owners recognize the importance of learning. Learning is [...]

3 Benefits of Hiring Someone Who’s Overqualified By Dwain Celistan In the marketplace, there are a wide range of candidates for open positions. As an executive recruiter and coach, there are times when someone is “over qualified” for the role. Many times, these candidates are not actively included in the pool or seriously considered. This [...]

This week’s 5 browseworthy links… 1. Attention all work-a-holics: step away from the keyboard (this includes those little blackberry keyboards too). With summer getting under way some people are planning at least some kind of get away. Then there are those of us who have hard time trying to remember how to even pronounce the [...]

Wednesday Inspiration #15 Don’t wait until everything is just right. It will never be perfect. There will always be challenges, obstacles and less than perfect conditions. So what. Get started now. With each step you take, you will grow stronger and stronger, more and more skilled, more and more self-confident and more and more successful. [...]

For most of us, work is a requirement. And until we uncover or create the opportunity that allows us to work our passion, we may be in a job that’s just, well…a job. Accepting that your 9-5 is just a job works fine until your passion and purpose start calling you. Once you begin to [...]

This week’s 5  browseworthy links… 1. I discovered a great blog this week called Lose the Excuses! First of all I love the title. The author, coach Karyn Beach has a great down to earth style, perfect for prodding readers to take action instead of making excuses. My favorite reads: Lose the Assumptions and It [...]

This week’s guest post comes from  Resume Strategist – Stephanie Clark. There’s a lot of buzz about networking as a job-hunting strategy these days. It makes sense when you consider that most jobs are never advertised, and that Internet Job Boards account for less than seven percent of all jobs (some say as few as [...]

Wednesday Inspiration #14 Dissatisfaction and discouragement are not caused by the absence of things but the absence of vision. -Anonymous Sometimes we confuse the ability to get things with true accomplishment. What’s on your wish list? What are you striving for? Is it the car, the house, the label? Have you found yourself discouraged because [...]

I came across a great little book that outlines differences between employees and entrepreneurs. Here’s a quick peek at the five that stood out for me on Keith Cameron Smith’s list. You can check out the complete liste and order your copy of his book here: The Top 10 Distinctions Between Employees and Entrepreneurs. 10.  [...]