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Success is not always something you nece...

Success is not always something you necessarily find when you arrive. It may be the journey that gets you there. It seems as though people make career management more difficult than it has to be. When something threatens to make it simple, they almost invariably find a way to make it more complicated. For example, in recent years there's been much more activity in the small to mid-size companies, yet the majority of people looking into a job change or career move continue to scour the newspapers for the classified advertisements, all the while complaining that there are so few meaningful opportunities. If they had the resources to scan the 300 leading newspapers and publications in the U.S. they'd still find relatively few meaningful opportunities. According to the U.S. Department of Labor and the Bureau of Labor Statistics, historically, most of the better positions are never advertised. According to R. L. Stevens Associates' CEO, Randy Stevens, 70 to 80 percent of the meaningful jobs go unadvertised. If the same people would only get out into the market and make some new friends-contacts, they'd see new opportunities, perhaps just around the corner. Easier said than done? Unfortunately, yes. Most of us have never been trained in this sort of work. Even the most senior managers may be novice in a job change or career search and can become discouraged. Still, there are a couple of basic concepts that, understood, can make job searching less complicated. One is to begin replacing the hours you spend scanning the classifieds with meaningful, face-to-face discussion. In discussion with others, like yourself, you will likely find access to the activity created by movement and happenings in the small to mid-size market. Keep this in mind: Within everyone you meet, you are likely to discover a far more helpful, energetic and interesting person you may have thought him or her to be. Just give them a change. All it takes is a little bit of encouragement and direction., which is another key concept. That is, most people like to help others; it's human nature to help others. We just don't always know how. Tell them how and they will help. Here are some practical suggestions when connecting: * Don't begin by asking for advice: Offer suggestions first; provide ideas before asking for any * Get to know others before you ask them to know you * Don't ask others to be creative or perceptive for you; it's too much work (Be intuitive, recognizing of course, that given the chance, they'll manage to complicate this thing as well) * Be clear about your own ideas - be focused *Get ready. The question, what are you looking to do? can befuddle the unsuspecting person forcing a response that is weak, irrelevant or even fatal * Move people towards embracing your ideas by listening carefully to theirs Look people in the eye and reflect on what you are hearing * Don't judge * Ask yourself, Is the message getting across; is the content clear? * Don't use jargon. If someone understands it, they won't be impressed; if they don't, they'll take out a book and read * Take your ideas, and those you accumulate, to the next contact, and so, and so on and so on * Keep this maxim in mind at all times: You must first build a relationship before you can do business Like most career professionals, you have a vision for moving onward and upward. Unfolding a career is like charting a new frontier-and sometimes equally as difficult to predict and control. What are your ideas? What do you want to do with them? How do you want to go about it ? when? A vision without a plan is a hallucination Before you spend hundreds of hours hunting for success, spend a few defining it. Consider some of history's greatest athletes - gold medal Olympians. Early on in their lives they set goals. From then on they squashed everything in their lives that didn't pertain to those goals, and went on to win the gold! Rob Taub, CCM, is a Senior Consulting Manager for R.L. Stevens & Associates (http://www.interviewing.com), a career marketing firm and organization celebrating over 24 years of providing strategic marketing solutions for its clients' career transitioning needs.]]> tag:hiroseno.com,2007:/blog/careers003//51.2346 2007-05-05T12:09:33Z 2008-07-28T08:49:00Z

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Responses can range from strong to weak to irrelevant to fatal. Having a good response, grounded in your own philosophy, is as important as having a good serve in tennis. There are several different types of responses. Two that are very effective are the Specific Approach and the Overview Approach. The Specific Approach allows you to identify specific, relevant aspects of your background, while the second is more of a summary of your background. The Overview (or general) response is usually used to keep you out of trouble when you are not certain of what the interviewer wants. Your Overview response should be followed by a question that is intended to evoke a narrower question from the interviewer. That is, it forces him or her to ask a more specific question. Example: Interviewer: Tell me a little about your business start up experience. Candidate: (Overview response) My experience covers the full breadth of starting up a business from developing a business plan to obtaining seed capital to acquiring plant and equipment to hiring staff. (Here's the follow up question) Is there some aspect of that experience, in particular, that you would like to discuss? In either case, you should keep your answer between one and two minutes and conclude with "... Mr./Ms. Smith, I have been successful over the last several years, and I can be as successful with your organization because I am a person who is . . ." continue with four or five phrases that can be associated with successfully completed tasks, positive attributes, and personal characteristics - words and phrases that can trigger interest and have immediate impact. Here are a few more: "Ability to identify alternatives"; "Results oriented"; "Decisive"; "Both large and small company experience"; "Cut through non-essential information"; "Put through major changes"; "Good long-range planner". If we agree that knowing yourself is important, how you address the job market and convey this to others is of paramount importance. Rob Taub, CCM, is a Senior Consulting Manager for R.L. Stevens & Associates (http://www.interviewing.com), a career marketing firm and organization celebrating over 24 years of providing strategic marketing solutions for its clients' career transitioning needs.]]> tag:hiroseno.com,2007:/blog/careers003//51.2347 2007-05-05T12:09:33Z 2008-07-28T08:49:00Z

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Passion comes in many forms. I'm focuse...

entheos, which means inspired by god. Hmmm, boundless inspiration by god! When's the last time you experienced your work or career that way? Not lately? Never? Read on! As a Boy Scout leader, one skill we teach our scouts is starting and feeding a fire. It's a pretty simple recipe ? tinder, kindling, fuel and a catalyst to get the fire started. Tinder has two parts ? something easily flammable like cotton, dryer lint or shredded paper and sticks the size of pencil lead. Kindling is a little bigger wood ? a finger-sized to thumb-sized stick. Fuel is a large chunk of wood. A catalyst is a match or lighter. You've got to lay the parts together in a specific way to be successful in getting the fire started. You put the tinder down first. You lay the cotton, lint or paper down first and gently lay the pencil-lead sticks on top. Touch your match or lighter to the bottom of the tinder and watch the fire grow. As the tinder blazes brightly, add a few pieces of kindling on it. Continue adding kindling until it's burning hotly. Then add a piece or two of fuel, and when the initial fuel logs are burning strongly, add more fuel. Once your fire is burning, it needs air and more fuel to continue burning brightly and hotly. If you don't tend to your fire's needs, it will cool off and go out. Just as a fire can dwindle if it's not tended, you passion can dwindle too if it's not tended. You may listen to your parents, family or friends who talk you out of a career that won't pay enough money or provide you enough security. You grow numb about what inspires you by buying things, getting in debt and having to work just to pay your bills ? you know, "I owe, I owe, it's off to work I go." Or you eat or drink too much or take drugs to take the edge off the emptiness you feel for not doing what you love. It's like starting the tinder but not putting any kindling or fuel on it. Anthony Farmer, in his essay in A Guide to Getting It: Purpose and Passion, describes passion "as a fire that can never be truly put out? a fire that never dies that will blaze again at the will of its owner." "Without passion you cut off vitality to our heart, your spirit and to your life." So how do you rekindle the fire of passion in your life? Do some inner work fist to reconnect to your inspiration, which means to "breathe in". What did you love to do as a child? What makes you lose track of time as you do it? What do you lose yourself in as you do it? What possible works did you leave behind because they didn't fit others' expectations of you? What would you do if money were not an object? Answering these questions gives you the air you need to rekindle your inner fire. Next gather your inner tinder. Pick small ways to try the things that inspire you. Set easily accomplished goals that will give your self-esteem a boost. Make these goals specific, realistic, measurable, achievable and timely. Ignite this tinder with your love and watch it start to blaze.As it burns brighter, gather your kindling ? slightly bigger, more ambitious goals. Goals that stretch you, give you more self-confidence and allow your inner passion to burn brighter and hotter. Lay your kindling on the little blaze started with your tinder and add more as the flames burn higher. Next, gather your fuel. Your confidence in your abilities will have grown as your passion burns hotter, so try even bigger, long-term goals. Find ways to fuel your desire so that you passion serves others. A fire to keep only one person warm quickly burns out. Finally, lay in a long-term supply of fuel, keep your fire supplied with air and stoke it regularly. Rejuvenate yourself and your fire ? take out the spent ashes, and put more fuel on it often. Love yourself, do the things you love so they will nourish your inner fire. Set bigger and bigger goals for loving service to others and tend them carefully. Anthony Farmer reminds us that, "Passion comes from being engaged in life, all aspects of life." He quotes James Roberts Rowe, "Putting your heart, mind and soul into even the smallest tasks is the essence of passion." To quote Mother Teresa, "We can do no great things, only small things with great love." Use your passion to do your unique small things with great love. Copyright 2005, Fruition Coaching. All Rights Reserved. Rick Hanes is a life and career coach, writer, outdoorsman, gardener and tireless advocate for living life with purpose and passion. He founded Fruition Coaching in 2004 to lead the fight against leading lives of quiet desperation. Check his website at http://www.fruitioncoaching.com to contact him about rekindling the fire of your life!]]> tag:hiroseno.com,2007:/blog/careers003//51.2352 2007-05-05T12:09:33Z 2008-07-28T08:49:01Z

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Today everyone is looking for that speci...

Today everyone is looking for that special job that will suit their exact needs. In this day and age we all have circumstances, situations, obligations, etc. that make demands on our time and energy. In most cases students will get a job that will give them enough money to pay for the fuel for their car and a few nights out, assuming they even have a night off. Why should any student who is studying hard and working hard, and building up a huge debt in the process, spend what little available time they have left slaving away for someone else with minimal payback? The answer is simple. That's the way it has always been. Employers know that they can get cheap labor that can add and subtract, converse if necessary, sell, stock, clean, and on and on for very little pay or benefits. This is because the jobs that pay more and offer more are only available to someone they think will stay with them for a while and not be a transient for just a few months. However, today there is a way around this dilemma faced by thousands of students everywhere. It really is possible to make the money they need, have time to study, develop a social life, and at the same time build something for their future. That last one is something they can't even begin to think about in their current job situations. OK, so just what is this super magical answer you ask. Well it's nothing that new or different. It simply isn't usually thought of as an answer for students. However, I believe that it is perfectly suited for the situation. Students who are reliable, honest, and serious are the very ones who are geared up and ready to take the initiative of setting the wheels of their future in motion while taking care of today's needs. They are already multitasking on a daily basis. Why should they work for pennies for someone else when they could be in business for themselves? Yes, you read it correctly. They could decide when to work, when to have time off, when to give themselves a pay increase. While doing all of this they would also be able to build an income that could be there for them in the future. Sound impossible? Quite the contrary. Today it is more than possible, it's fact. The truth is they have a choice today that allows them to choose the direction of their life rather than passively letting things happen. They also are savvier in general and ready to take that plunge that could change their present situation. All they need is the right vehicle. I strongly believe that vehicle goes by the name of Network Marketing. There are numerous ones out there and some are better than others. All it takes is a look-see in order to decide if it's the right one. Thanks for your time and attention, and I hope you are able to find your place, Bill. Most of my adult life I have been self-employed. I have never come across anything else that would allow an individual to develop a good income with little investment and not have the expenses, stress, boss, time constraints, and worries that go along with most other businesses or jobs. Who needs a job when you can work for yourself? I am quite serious about this and I am always ready, willing, and able to assist anyone who is honest, reliable, serious, and over eighteen, to find their place. If you are interested in knowing more, you may call me toll free: 866-645-1193. I live in the Eastern US time zone. tag:hiroseno.com,2007:/blog/careers003//51.2354 2007-05-05T12:09:33Z 2008-07-28T08:49:01Z

One-day you're minding your own business...

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"They say my résumEshould be only one page long. Is that correct?" Not necessarily. Many résumés are rightly two, three, or even more pages in length. On the other hand, many résumés are far longer than necessary. Carelessly written, they contain "TMI"-"Too Much Information"-and that mind-numbing surplus can damage or destroy a résumEs ability to generate a job interview. Here are some tips to help you avoid that possibility: Eliminate "fluff." Some of us use bloated, hackneyed, or empty phrasing that just takes up space. For example, a résumEs objective might say something like "Accomplished Mechanical Engineer seeks an upwardly mobile, challenging position in a growing company." Better: "A continuing career in Mechanical Engineering." Be ruthless in cutting out language that serves no plausible purpose. Weed out the unnecessary. Few readers enjoy plowing through overly detailed job descriptions on a résumE Make sure your duties, responsibilities, and achievements are described in only as much detail as necessary. Avoid "flop-overs." Save space better used elsewhere by rewriting sentences or paragraphs that end with only a few words on the next line or on the next page. Not only will your writing look neater, but you may also save space better used elsewhere. Downplay old experience. In most cases, the last 10 ? 15 years of our work experience are the most relevant to our next job. Showcase your skills and achievements in that span in as much detail as prudent. Then, shorten earlier job descriptions accordingly. Use bullets. Use bullets (but not too many) to describe achievements or skill sets because ? ? They often take up less space. ? They allow you to prioritize more easily. ? They grab the reader's attention. (See?) Use different formatting. Change the top, side, and bottom margins to as little as one half inch if appearance permits. Or reduce the size of your text font to 10 point (but no smaller). Or try using a font like Garamond instead of Times New Roman: it will take up less space. Or try using a condensed font such as Weissach Condensed. A little experimentation will probably yield big results; however, whether you use these suggestions or others, just make sure readability is not harmed. Delete "References Furnished on Request." Often found at the end of a résumE the phrase has little importance. If an employer wants references, he will ask for them anyway. Utilizing the tips above, you may be able to reduce the length of your résumEby a page or more without sacrificing meaning, impact, or readability. In fact, when your copy is clear, concise, and properly formatted, it gives you more space to set forth your skills and achievements in a professional and well-appreciated fashion. Try it-you'll see what I mean! Pierre Daunic, senior consultant for R.L. Stevens & Associates Inc. (http://www.interviewing.com), a career marketing firm and organization celebrating over 24 years of providing strategic marketing solutions for its clients' career transitioning needs.]]> tag:hiroseno.com,2007:/blog/careers003//51.2356 2007-05-05T12:09:33Z 2008-07-28T08:49:01Z

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