Want a Raise? (Here’s What You Need to Know)
You are overdue for a raise, you want a raise… and you deserve a raise. But are you going to get that raise? Read on and find out!
Career Searching – What Is the Difference Between Jobs and Careers?Career searching is the term I apply to actively pursuing a career position rather than looking for a job. I can’t tell you how many times I would interview someone, and when I would ask what they are looking for in a job, they would reply, “I’m not looking for a job. I’m looking for a career.” And while I can appreciate the intentions of an applicant with this response, I need to stop to tell you how wrong this is – to the recruiter with whom you are speaking, but more importantly, how much this will hinder your job search.
Replacing the Objective Statement With A Qualifications Profile On Your ResumeDoes your current resume begin with a generic objective statement telling the reader what type of jobs you are looking for? Let me guess that it reads something similar to this: “I am seeking the opportunity to expand my skills, knowledge and experience in a challenging professional environment. I am honest, reliable, eager to learn and open to tackling a range of tasks.
Defining Your Career in Agile Project ManagementAgile project management is a method approach to projects that draws on a different framework or process than do standard or traditional project management. It is essentially based on the concept that project planning and completion should be handled in small steps or iterations.
Real Career Change Feels Like Coming HomeWe often think of career change as moving to new territory. We expect to take some action and emerge as strangers in a foreign country, learning the language and customers. The truth is that career change actually feels more like a return to your “real” home, even if you’ve never lived there before. Read on to learn how this happens.
National Park Service Jobs: Adventurous and ChallengingNational Park service jobs can be very exciting, adventurous, and rewarding, but also very challenging. Most jobs require a background investigation, physical exam, valid driver’s license, related job experience and appropriate education.
The Key To Success – Developing a Zero Failure MindsetDeveloping a zero failure mindset is the key to success. Many of us ponder over what went wrong in certain situations but never really use those mistakes or failures as learning tool to grow and conquer. Examine your strengths and weakness, develop a plan of attack to balance them out and practice mindful awareness to achieve all the success you desire.
Bank Probationary Officer (PO) Exam PreparationBank Probationary Officer (PO) exam is one among the well known bank exams in India. Bank PO exams are a gateway to officer and clerical posts in various private and public banks. This examination is tough to crack and needs quality preparation. Let’s discuss the examination pattern and the various books which can be helpful for candidates.
Benefits of Online Healthcare Administration DegreesOnline healthcare administration degrees are perfect for the working person. These degrees provide the best healthcare administration experiences and coursework. Feel free to read this article to understand the benefits of an online MHA degree.
The Curiosity of a ChildIf you feel stuck in your life or you feel like everything about you is always the same take a tip from the little ones around us. Look to expand your curiosity. Remember, they can only see with their eyes and hear with their ears. The very young among them are not able to talk and ask questions. They’re not able to read about that which interests them. Yet because of their strong sense of curiosity they learn so much in those early years of their life. You too can continue to learn and as such likely open yourself up to opportunities and next steps in your life that were not there previously. All it really takes is having the curiosity of a child.
Is That Change of Perspective Inside of You?It is human nature that when things are not going well in our life we look for reasons that are outside of oneself. We point to the actions of others, we blame the environment around us or we just look at just having bad fortune as reasons. Certainly, external forces do happen and many times they impact people who in no way expected them to happen. However, more often than not, those items that are holding us back or keeping us at a pattern of unrest are internal to us. And, while they may not be immediately apparent or even at times easy to accept, the good news is they are things we can choose to address.
What Choice Will You Make?A company has an opening in which you have an interest. You apply for the job. You’re called in for a first interview, and then another. The process moves on and you are told it is down to the final selection stage, that you are one of the finalists for the position. What do you do at this point?