Your Personal Brand
Movie stars, professional athletes, corporate gurus,
icons of all types possess the one characteristic
that is needed for them to be fully in command of
their careers and their lives, and to be in demand
– a unique personal brand. For years, American
and international companies have been “branding”
themselves, developing an image of who they are, what
they do best (or exceptionally well), establishing
that they are a leader in their field, engendering
loyalty from customers, and building repeat business
and profits.
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Raise the Bar on Your Career
“We all have the ability to be somebody greater
than who we are today. For twenty-five years I thought
of myself as a sales manager or general manager type.
It didn’t occur to me that I could be anything
else. Why should it? I had talent for that kind of
work, and enjoyed success in those arenas. But once
I became comfortable with the idea that I didn’t
have to do sales, in fact, I could branch out into
something totally different and exciting, the barrier
that I had set up began tumbling down. (Take note:
the barriers were those I had set up.) No, I didn’t
become a rock star (because I can’t sing and
I quit taking piano lessons when I was seven), or
a basketball star (I’d need a tall ladder to
be able to dunk), but I did become an author and a
career coach. And I’ve never been happier.
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Career Coaching: A Competitive
Weapon
Today’s extremely competitive business environment
demands that we perform at much higher levels than
in the past. Powerful trends suggest that tomorrow’s
winners will be those people who can constantly learn,
adapt, and capitalize on the routine sudden shifts
in the marketplace. While most of us are competent
or even stars at our chosen profession, we may not
be experts in determining how our education, experience,
and acquired skills best position us for the future.
Career coaching does.
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Executive Job Hunters are Missing
the Mark
recently completed twelve months of in-depth research
on the U.S. job market for managers and executives.
I wasn't surprised to learn that over 35% of this
group was seriously considering switching jobs or
making a career change. I was astonished to discover
that over 87% of the millions of professionals wanting
to make a move were still using the same old, tired
job search strategies.
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How well positioned are you?
“Today’s job market is a volatile, highly
unpredictable, roller-coaster ride. Layoffs, mergers
and company closings are the norm, the new Business
101.Lifetime career tracks at the same company are
rare, if not extinct. Yet, if you’re like most
people, you don’t know exactly how all these
changes impact your career. Or, more importantly,
what to do to get through the rough spots when they
do appear.
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Think Like a Change Agent
“Maybe the best way to deal with change
is to embrace it. I think it was Heraclitus who said,
“everything is changing, save the law of change.”
The good news is that most of the changes are positive.
We will have lots more career choices than ever imagined,
mainly because even in a modest economy, there will
be a labor shortage.
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Career Mapping: So You Don’t Get Lost
Along the Way
“Just as companies who use a business
plan as a “road map” find the path
easier to negotiate, people who use a “career
map” have a much better chance of reaching their
destination. Think about it. If you’re in Winnemucca
and you want to get to Wichita, a map is a handy thing
to have. Without it you might eventually end up Wichita.
Might. Eventually. But it could take much longer than
it needs to and it most likely will be a forgettable
trip. Sound familiar?
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Burn Your Resume, Not your Chances
“There I was, polishing up my resume
and getting ready to load it on one of those Internet
job boards, when it finally occurred to me that this
wasn’t working,” said John Meyer, a senior
executive. He went on to tell me that for months he
had been sending his resume to hundreds of postings
with hardly an acknowledgment that the company had
received it, let alone an interview.
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It’s a Great Time to Change Jobs
Let me get to the point. The pace of hiring
for managers, professionals, and executives has accelerated
significantly in Colorado in the last three months.
On the average, our clients are landing positions
much faster than the published national averages,
and much, much faster than 2001-2003
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Executive Job Hunters Are Missing the Mark
I recently completed twelve months of in-depth research
on the U.S. job market for managers and executives.
I was astonished to discover that over 87% of the
millions of professionals wanting to make a move were
still using the same old, tired job search strategies.
Full Story...
New Times
If you’re one of the 52 million people
in the U.S. thinking about changing jobs or switching
careers this “new resolutions” month,
know this. Many of the traditional job search strategies
alone aren’t working very well. For most, they
aren’t working at all.
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The value of Career Assessment
Do you know anyone who is unhappy with his
or her career? Perhaps they are in an industry
that is changing in ways they don't like. Or
there has been a reorganization that has changed the
corporate culture where they work. Maybe they
have been doing the same thing for a long time and
are ready to try something new. It could be
that they never have been able to figure out "what
they want to be when they grow up," and their career
has been a series of one frustrating experience after
another.
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Story...
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