Develop Your Career Competencies
Competencies essentially refer to a collection of characteristics, that enables us to be successful in our interactions with others at work, school, home, and in our community at large. They refer to knowledge, skills, and personal attributes required for outstanding performance in a job, role, or specific business.
How to Love What You Do – For Employees Who Aspire to Love Their Jobs“Do what you love.” We always hear this piece of advice whenever we raise some concerns about the career paths we are taking. Of course, this is true!
Pseudo-Extroverts in the WorkplaceAre you in a leadership position in the workplace or work in an environment where you have to be ‘on’ all of the time? Don’t have the stomach or real personality for it? This article is for you! Personality conflicts and personal style are things that have to be managed on the job. If you are not Type A, you can learn to play one at work and learn to cope with those who are loud and obnoxious, but always seem to have the favor of upper management. Learn to master the pseudo extrovert behavior that you may need to cope in the often over-hyped, aggressive win- at- all- costs work environment.
How to Get a Job Before You GraduateHow many of you know someone who graduated college, but can’t get a job? It’s an unusually common phenomenon, and the solution is simpler than you might think. Learn how to get a job before you graduate.
Stuck in Your Career? If You Are Tired of the Rat Race, Please Look at the Rules of the Race AgainMany of us live our life being in the rat race which is a perspective of looking at life rather than just a manifested competitive spirit. Most do not realise that we are a part of this rat race which can only bring us pain and suffering no matter what we get or achieve in life. It is an insult to our dignity of being a human being.
Stop Ignoring The Most Important Person To Give You Job Search AdviceIf you are in the process of making a change in your career – moving up or changing industries – it is natural to do a little research job search strategies, resumes, networking, LinkedIn, interviewing only to quickly discover information overload which leads to analysis-paralysis. Who do you listen to? The one person you have probably been ignoring.
Twelve Things You Can Do to Make Your Work Life More Satisfying Each YearMonth by month, your year comes to a close and if you look back you are most likely not the same in one way or another. Think about it. You are either healthier or “not-as-healthy,” saved more or spent more, learned something new or forgot more than you remember. If you just work and work and feel like a hamster on a wheel, it might be time for some good, old fashion work life planning month-by-month.
Can’t Stop, Won’t Stop: How to Know When You’re Talking Too MuchA person who talks too much, whether they’re in a formal meeting or having a casual conversation, could turn what would otherwise be a friendly interaction into a “hostage situation.” While it’s easy to criticize other people for talking more than they should, it’s a far harder thing to realize or admit when you’re the very type of over-talker you tend to dislike. How do you know when it’s time to quit talking? Ask yourself a few basic questions
Don’t Stand So Close to Me: Personal Space in BusinessPersonal space is an issue in business. American business has a formula for how close you should be to people at work. Knowing this can help your career.
Know What You Are Not In Order To Move Forward In Your Career And Support Your TeamsSometimes knowing what you are not good at is beneficial to your career and your teams. Your weaknesses are as important as your strengths, so are recognizing the strengths of others.
The Secrets to a Successful Job SearchWhen it comes time to conduct a job search, jobseekers have a number of options available to them. While the process can be arduous and because a person to experience self-doubt, these secrets can help to unlock the key to success and ensure that you are able to get the job you’ve always wanted, as opposed to settling for the best possible alternative that you can obtain.
Benefits of Running a Passion Based BusinessEverybody needs a home, a decent one of course. On top of that, everyone desires to live a self-fulfilling life. But this is not the case always. Most people believe that business ideas have been exploited to the fullest and what is remaining is becoming a slave to somebody else’s work. I find this very disheartening when you see an individual being a slave of somebody for the rest of their lives. The worst part of this all is when one works for somebody at a meager salary that can’t even buy a home for them. If you have a passion for something, pursue it, you will be amazed at the results you will get.
