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How Do You Measure Career Success?

As one who has worked with, coached and trained over 11,000 people in 11 years, I’ve seen many different measures of success. The best measures are the ones that are meaningful to you personally (everyone is different!). But the common threads that come up most often are that people want to feel fulfilled, purposeful, impactful and valued in their work.

People want to use their natural talents and gifts in service to others, and they want to balance their work with their outside life. They wish to be making a positive difference with the time they have on this planet […]

Is This a Rough Patch or is it Time for a Career Change?

We all have rough patches and difficult times in our career and jobs, but if the signals that are telling us that something is amiss are chronic, and won’t go away, then it’s time to shift gears. It could be that it’s time to change jobs, pivot in small ways, or engage in a complete career transformation. If you’re emotionally struggling for at least 4-6 months in your line of work, it’s certainly time to explore new directions or interview for other jobs.

Is it Time to Jump Ship?

It’s important to know that sometimes it is just your particular job, employer […]

Top 5 Reasons Why You Should Consider a Career Change

Are you looking to make a big change in your career? Are you sure? We had the distinct privilege of sitting down with Kathy Caprino, an international career and personal success coach, writer, speaker and leadership developer dedicated to the advancement of women worldwide. Kathy shares with us her vast expertise on this subject.

She explained that there are indeed strong signs and indications that it’s time to make a change in your career. It’s actually rather obvious if you’re open to them, but many if not most professionals stay in denial far too long and don’t make a move because […]

3 Top Experts Weigh in on Interview Fashion

It seems like the “fashion rules” of professional attire are becoming increasingly lax during recent years. We have rounded up the experts to give us their two cents about interview fashion and how to best represent yourself during this crucial time when a business suit does not always seem like the obvious answer.

Meet our expert panel: Linda Allen, the editor/owner of Ms. Career Girl, Lauren McGoodwin, Founder & CEO of Career Contessa, and Julia Erickson, Career Coach at My Right Fit Job and Amazon Best-selling Author. Can’t wait to hear what they have to say? Neither can we!

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4 Hiring Experts Share: 9 Reasons Why We Dismiss Potential Candidates

We have all read countless articles during the job search process to help us avoid potential pitfalls as we enter this stressful time. Are you sending out tens or hundreds of resumes and aren’t landing a single interview or even a polite email back? What could possibly be going wrong that is preventing hiring managers from reaching out to you?

We consulted with 4 hiring experts to ask them why they overlook candidates and what can be done differently to make your application SHINE.

Danica Kombol of Everywhere Agency, a social media and influencer marketing agency, shared her take on this […]

The Secret to Securing an Interview in Today’s World

Still looking for a job, despite a fabulous resume? It’s a problem many people face. You work hours upon hours tweaking your resume based on the latest advice, and then you have several people proofread it, perhaps even including professional resume “crafters.” After it’s in stellar shape, you send off your resume to tens, if not hundreds of job postings, along with the requisite carefully-worded cover letter.

But then what? No responses. Nothing. Nada. Zip. As if you’re throwing your resume into some big, black resume hole. You can’t get past the resume filter in order to […]

How to Have an Outstanding Professional Relationship with your Boss

One of the most important keys to success is having a good, solid, professional relationship with your boss. While it is everyone‘s job at the company to accomplish the tasks necessary to keep the business heading in a forward direction, it is also in the interest of the boss to have a positive relationship with all of their employees. A proper, professional relationship with those that he or she works with every day is a natural one considering that they spend more time with you and your co-workers that arguably anyone else.

The same is true for you as an employee […]

How to Handle Stress at a New Job

Starting a new job can be a very exciting and stressful time in your life. The promise of new opportunities is often accompanied by the fear of the unknown. This means that many of the stressors that you feel come from not having the experience of being around new people, bosses, and an environment that is different than what you have grown accustomed to.

A little stress is actually good as it provides motivation and the extra effort needed to get you through the first few days on the job. However, too much of it can negatively affect your performance as […]

Managing a Relationship when you Both Work Different Hours

Working different hours for some couples can be a nightmare when it comes to the relationship. The reasons are fairly simple especially in the early stages of marriage spending time together is essential for the relationship to succeed. The pressures of pursuing a career can really affect the work-life balance when one of you works during the day and the other is working the graveyard shift.

However, there are methods you can use to minimize the impact of working different hours so that your relationship can continue to grow.

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Pros and Cons of Working the Graveyard Shift

For many people, working the graveyard shift is something that they need to do when a recruit is starting a career, looking for higher wages, or as simply a required part of the job that they want to pursue. It is against conventional standards to work a shift outside the typical 9 to 5 that most workers enjoy.

Working this type of shift has been going on for well over a century and there are certainly positive and negatives to putting yourself through this process.

Advantages

There are a number of benefits that working this type of shift brings, particularly for those who […]

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