Makeover Your Career

Guest Advice from Walethia Acquil of Grace and Charm Your image is very important.  More people will take you seriously and listen to your ideas if you look professional.  How you dress, professionally and casually, communicates how you feel about yourself and your audience. The more professional your image, the easier it will be to [...]

It’s no longer just your resume and references you have to worry about during your job search. You may have a dozen letters that give you a glowing recommendation, but one less than favorable item from a social networking account or Google search could create a roadblock in your job search.  With the massive influence of [...]

Respect is an important part of the way we live. However in today’s society, respect is often seen as an afterthought. And unfortunately this same attitude carries over into the world of work. With millions of college educated professionals treating the cast of “The Bad Girls’ Club” and “Jersey Shore” as their role models, respect is often taken for granted, ignored, or seen as an entitlement rather than something established by integrity, character, and performance.

This week’s browseworthy links: I literally stumbled upon Colin Wright’s site and free e-book last year. Be Remarkable is full of advice, inspiring thoughts and thought provoking quotes that spark reflection. Favorite tips: #17 – Give Rewards, #66 -  Do You Love It?, and #98 – Expand Horizons. Quote to Note: Don’t fear failure so [...]

Guest Post by Joshua Waldman (http://CareerEnlightenment.net) Everyone is on LinkedIn these days. Let’s face it. Almost every CEO from every fortune 500. Last count was over 60 million users. In contrast, job boards only have about 3.5% of available jobs. This is common knowledge in the career industry, but why do so many people spend [...]

By Carol Dunitz Ph.D. All of us are in sales. That’s because we all have to sell ourselves to achieve success. There are a multitude of ways to jump start your efforts. Start out by choosing several of the suggestions below. As you develop more confidence, try some of the others. In the process you [...]

Career Makeover Strategy #2 The important thing is this: To be able at any moment to sacrifice what we are for what we could become. – Charles Dubios It sounds like a great idea. Leaving your “day” job to pursue your passion on a full time basis. But if you’ve reached a certain level of [...]

Post 3 of 6 We’re drowning in information and starving for knowledge. – Rutherford D. Rogers Zeal without knowledge is fire without light. – Thomas Fuller We live in a world right now where information is king, but knowledge is what makes or breaks the credibility of your brand. Knowledge is defined as familiarity, awareness, [...]

Post 2 of 6 – Only 20 percent feel very passionate about their jobs – 33 percent believe they have reached a dead end in their career – Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but a longing fulfilled is a tree of life. – Proverb 13:12 Imagine a world where more people loved what they [...]