Careers Hot Trends

Archive for September, 2007

Obtaining an online bachelors degree can be a swift and easy way to further your career,prospects and life in general. But before you enroll, there are a few important points you need to know get your head around.

Number one, you'll want to make ensure that the college that offers you a degree online is accredited. School and universities are accredited on a national or state level. This accreditation means that a relevant board of education has researched and approved the schools curriculum and course.

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Success at Work: Techniques : Taking Initiative

By Stephen Bucaro

Do you have to constantly nag at your kids to do things?
Why can't they clean up their mess and get ready for school
without being told? Now think about your boss at work. Does
your boss always have to tell you what to do. Does your
boss have to treat you like a child, or do you take
initiative?

Career planning necessary to work out

Career planning is one of those things you don't learn about in school but what decisions you make with your career affect your future in more ways than one. No matter what choices you make regarding your career, make sure you have it worked out before you step into any interviews. Your interview is your prospective employer's first impression of you. How you sell yourself career wise is how your employer will see you for the duration of your employment with him or her. Don't sabotage your own career.

Why Choose A Professionally Written Resume?

Good question, considering that nowadays you can find many
useful resources to help you write your own resume
(including many located at http://www.impressive-resumes.com).

A professionally written resume might be just what you need.
On the other hand, perhaps you can easily write your own
resume using a resume template or commercially available
resume writing software. How do you decide which is right
for you?

Here are a few questions you can ask yourself to help you
decide.

* "Do I have the time to do the job right?"

Apparently, there are all sorts of reasons to be dissatisfied with your job…

Statistically, studies have shown that:

-Lack of career advancement
-Lack of training
-Lack of direction from supervisors
-A challenging economy
-Lack of support from employers
(CareerBuilder.com)

Some of mine included:

-Feeling under valued
-Feeling like a cog in the wheel
-Feeling like I had my hands tied when trying to manage
-Feeling out of balance
-Feeling out of integrity with my company's philosophies

I'm sure you could add a few of your own as well.

Years of working with clients to permanently put an end to their job dissatisfaction has led me to the following important conclusion:

"Work and Play are words used to describe the same thing under
different circumstances." - Mark Twain

Our work really should be an outworking of something we enjoy. You have probably thought this many times as you struggle to get up on Monday morning dreading the thought of another week at the office. "If only I could be fishing or shopping or reading or… you fill in the blank. We all have different interests and passions - different things that get us going. There are ways to make money doing something that you love, but there are a couple of things you have to do first.

From an employee's perspective, management often conducts itself in ways that make no sense. When the economy is slow, jobs are few and far in between or people are fearful, staff will tolerate management behaviors and policies that are nonsensical (in their eyes) or they judge are harmful.

But when staff gets together for lunch and they start critiquing management, these are the Top 10 Reasons Why Staff Quit.

10. "My boss is arrogant and believes his own press clippings." As a result, staff feels taken advantage of..