How to choose a career for yourself? It is important to go for a
career that is your calling. There are numbers of options to
choose from. You can make a career in medicine, law,
architecture, finance, designing, media and many more fields.
Your career will also decide what you do for the better part of
your day/night and more importantly the course of your life.
Therefore, it is advisable to choose a career that suits you and
your expectations from life.
Choose a job that you love and you ...
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July 29th, 2010 in
Careers
It's no secret that career job search times have changed.
Especially in the 21st Century marketplace.
Just take a look at the dramatic changes that have occurred in
the last few years:
1. Changing jobs every three years is no longer frowned upon.
2. Lifetime employment went out with the dinosaurs.
3. Corporate loyalty to workers in terms of job guarantees is
dead.
4. Employees are now totally responsible for their own careers.
It was largely the corporations that ended the ...
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July 28th, 2010 in
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Why is this question important? One of the most important career
and life-planning activities you can engage in is finding your
own definitions or models of success. This is vitally important
for a number of reasons: If you haven't done this, how do you
know what's best for you? How can you make career decisions if
you aren't crystal clear about how you define success? How can
you be happy if you don't know when you're successful?
If this question is relevant to you right now... There is ...
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July 27th, 2010 in
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Changing one's lifestyle, or indeed one's job, or career, in the
middle of one's life, or as one approaches fifty or even sixty -
or at whatever age! - takes a great deal of courage. Perhaps it
was male menopause that made me leave the secure job I had held
for ten years as Professor and Head of the English Department at
the University of the North in South Africa. Perhaps it was just
the need for change, for renewal.
It was a struggle to come to the decision, but finally I did it
- I let go! ...
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July 26th, 2010 in
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Career Advice: SUCCESS REQUIRES MANAGEMENT OF CHANGE by Ramon
Greenwood Change is certain and constant. Benjamin Franklin
would have been wise to add "change" to his adage that "death
and taxes are the only certainties of life."
We are inundated every day with new relationships, new ways to
do things, new expectations and new information. The total of
all knowledge doubles every five years. It has been estimated
that 75 percent of all current workers will need retraining by
the year 2010; ...
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July 25th, 2010 in
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That drive to the office seems longer every day; you swear the
road has shifted, forcing you to waste time thinking of all the
mundane projects you have to finish for a boss who can't
remember your name and coworkers who only include you when a
birthday's coming up. Maybe, your time could be devoted to
another thought: getting out and moving on.
Do we have your attention?
The sad truth is that many people feel wasted at their current
job; it's nothing more than a paycheck, a 9 to 5 anguish. ...
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July 24th, 2010 in
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CAREER ADVICE: THE MOST IMPORTANT NIGHT OF THE WEEK By Ramon
Greenwood
The reporter asked a routine question to begin his interview
with an internationally acclaimed marketing executive. He got a
surprising answer in return.
"To what do you attribute your highly successful career?" he
asked.
"Sunday nights," came the answer.
"Sunday nights? I don't understand what you mean."
"It's just common sense, when you stop to think about it," the
executive explained.
"I work hard every week from early ...
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July 23rd, 2010 in
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Career Advice: Real Winners Know How to Lose By Ramon Greenwood
The idea of winning is at the very heart of the American work
ethic. The gospel of our culture tells us winning is not just
the best thing, it is the only thing.
But real winners in the world of work know they can't win them
all, nor should they. They have mastered the art of losing,
strategically, in their career relationships.
If we insist on winning every single point, we set up
unnecessary opposition. Let's face it, nobody ...
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July 22nd, 2010 in
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I think I have one of the most important jobs in the world. I
didn't realize it at the time, because I took it as a temporary
job until, what I thought, a real or permanent job came along. I
was an accountant, so I was looking for something along that
line. I know when I was in college, people thought in terms of
preparing for jobs as a lawyer, doctor, teacher, engineer, or
businessman.
But the problem in the world today is that there's so much
violence, and it seems to be never-ending. And I ...
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July 21st, 2010 in
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If you have ever been told that you have a great voice, then you
may have thought of making use of that great voice in a
professional way, as a singer, announcer or as a voice over
talent. Voice over, or adding your voice to advertisements and
recorded messages, can be a very lucrative field for a trained
talent. If you would like to get the training necessary to
succeed as a voice over talent then here are a few steps to
take.
But first before I give the step-by-step guide to a career ...
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July 20th, 2010 in
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