Nine Sure Fire Ways To Boost Your Career
A PVP, a description of how your unique mixture of five key elements creates and/or adds value for an organization and the people in it.
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The Top 10 Steps for Choosing a Career
Career choices may well be more difficult today than at any time in history, for three reasons: there is infinitely more to choose from; career definitions are more fluid and changing; and the levels of expectation are rising.
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Self-Market To Boost Your Career
Are you looking for ways to get that next promotion or make yourself more marketable within your profession?.
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Top 10 Ideas When Pursuing a Long-Distance Job Search
The world has shrunk dramatically with the advent of the airplane, overnight delivery and the Internet.
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Do you have the flair for industrial designing?
Here are answers to some common queries on the upcoming field of industrial designing. Check if you have the knack for it.
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Be a high flier, Be a pilot
Pilots fly airplanes and helicopters to do many jobs. Most pilots fly people and cargo from place to place.
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When the Internet can cost you your job
Many companies are waking up to the painful fact that more and more employees are getting hooked to the Internet, and are found browsing the Net for subjects unrelated to their work during office hours.
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Unhappiness lines the cubicles of call centres
Workers in telecoms and IT call centres show the poorest job satisfaction and highest levels of depression, reveals a UK study.
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Dial 'I' for Interview
If you have been trying for a new job and are tired of being rejected at the interview stage, maybe you need to have a fresh look at your approach.
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Careers for Creative Types
Is the thought of eking out a living, while being true to your art, getting you down? Why not check out the wonderful world of advertising, where you can actually get paid for being creative.
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Anger and hostility: Hotheads harm hearts
You're in traffic with a friend at the wheel when another driver cuts him off. He erupts into a volcano of obscene gestures and foul language.
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Mentors in the Twenty-First Century
In this technology-driven Internet age, the last thing on most people's minds is the traditional, sage advice of a mentor. The days when a middle manager was invited to the steam room and cigar club by the well-connected senior executive are certainly over.
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The Guide to Effective Brainstorming
Brainstorming is a much talked about and much misunderstood technique for generating ideas. To get the best value from brainstorming it needs to be fully understood and carried out properly.
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Memory Problem
Memory is as natural to us as breathing. It is an ability we all have yet rarely ever think of unless we perceive that we are losing that ability. We will have a lapse at times and it can be annoying.
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Business Wardrobe Basics for Men
There used to be a time when all a businessman needed was a matching pair of pants and jacket, nice dress shirt and tie. But with more companies adopting a business casual look, knowing the proper articles of clothing has become trickier.
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Holiday Gifts: A Business Etiquette Primer
Sometimes even an innocent gesture as holiday gift-giving can turn into a major embarrassment. Knowing the proper etiquette behind business gift-giving is critical.
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Handshaking 101: A Classic Gesture Defined
Handshakes convey trust, create a nice feeling, and help build relationships. Studies show that people will remember those whose hands they have shaken more than those who don't.
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Guide to Global Etiquette
Succeeding in a global marketplace requires more than business acumen --closing that international deal may depend upon interpersonal skills, as well as your knowledge about foreign countries and customs. So make sure you do your homework.
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Work/Life Balance Tips
for the Business Traveler
Business travel can take a heavy emotional, physical and mental toll. You can achieve balance by choosing to stay connected with the critical areas of your life -- your family, your body and your psyche. The ultimate trick is simple: Let go.
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Overcoming Language Dilemmas
Linguistic diversity makes life interesting, but there are times when we all need help in communicating across language barriers and even accents. Here are some tips that will help us all communicate better.
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E-mail Abusers Reform Now
Most companies don't train their employees how to use e-mail properly. So a powerful tool that should save everyone time and money becomes a serious drain on both. You know who you are. Or maybe you don't.
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Relocating? Help Is Just a Click Away
Not that long ago, an executive assigned to an overseas post was given nothing more than the most basic cultural facts to help with the transition. Today, thanks to the Internet, a wealth of information is available to ease those relocation blues.
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Breaking Your "Lethargy Cycle"
You could be working your way through lunch, burning the midnight oil or hustling through times zones and still be "in lethargy." Translation: you're not getting anywhere. Solution: be picky about the information you take in.
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To Hell With E-Mail
One executive road warrior rebels against the slavery of e-mail and finds that liberation means greater productivity. But moving forward required looking back to a simpler time.
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Too Much Success Can Kill You
There's nothing wrong with high achievement, but the problem starts when it takes over our lives -- when our careers become our whole identity. Without balance, success can be short-lived. Literally.
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Getting Your Message Across
The savings of getting your corporate communications right the first time are enormous. Your audience gets your message the way you want -- with maximum creativity, clarity and impact.
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Lateral Moves: When Do They Work?
Increasing numbers of people are finding that there's another way to move -- laterally.
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What's Hot for the 21st Century?
Whether you're in a hot job or not, job fit is still key. The ability to embrace change is also crucial.  full text

How to Construct a Dynamite Resume
Unless you can afford to rely on your "reputation," or on the recommendation of a barracuda recruiter, you'll need more than the right qualifications to get the job you want - you'll need a dynamite resume.  full text

Clever Ways to Get a Raise
Many ways to sweeten the pot don't cost employers money out of their pockets. Those ways are easier for them to "swallow," and can provide real extra income to you.  full text

E-Network Into Your Next Job
The methods and strategies of successful job searches have changed forever. One of the most exciting developments is the explosion in e-networking, or taking traditional networking techniques and launching them into cyberspace.  full text

Winning the Interview Roulette Game
Most people plod through a roulette-style interview process, uncertain what information the interviewer will use to select someone. With this approach, even after careful research, you still have only a 70 to 80 percent chance of getting hired.  full text

Three Strikes and You're Hired
Authorities with the power to hire usually will not need your services at the time you call. However, contacting people who could hire you is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to create a good resource - if you handle it well.  full text

Counteroffers - Just Say No
Surveys show that eight out of 10 people who accept counteroffers do not complete the following year with their employer, so why even consider one?  full text

Seven Keys to Interview Preparation
It's been said that Napoleon won his battles in his tent; that is, he did all the planning the night before the battle was joined, so that every contingency could be adequately covered.  full text

Overcoming the Fear of Changing Jobs
You and I are lucky -- we live in a world rich in possibilities. Besides being able to select from an unlimited variety of occupations, we also have the right to find happiness in our daily work.  full text

Executive Recruiters: Your Job-Search Commandos
Executive recruiters (also known as headhunters or search consultants) have firmly established themselves as a visible and highly valued fixture in today's employment landscape. Through their aggressive matchmaking, recruiters affect the careers of individuals, the lives of their families and friends, and the profitability of entire corporations.  full text

Career SAVVY: How To Have Career Security In An Insecure World...Part 2
As organizations continue to change -- to grow, to restructure, to merge, to rightsize, to outsource, whatever - an increasingly vital career strategy is to make sure your competitive edge continues to be well-honed, razor sharp, and very, very productive. The next three tactics will help you, not only stay in the game, but also, get ahead of the crowd.  full text

How to Have Career Security in an Insecure World...Part 1
Downsizing. Rightsizing. Mergers. Outsourcing. Streamlining. The mere whisper of these seemingly harmless words sends shock waves through the workplace. As an administrative, technical, or managerial professional how can you direct your career though the turbulent waves of a continually changing and challenging workplace?  full text

The New Era of Job-Hunting: Strategies for Finding Jobs on the Net
Looking for a job may never be the same. With the huge growth of employment-related Web sites on the Internet, a job-seeker cannot afford to overlook searching for a job electronically.   full text