How to Win the Game – The Career Game In a videogame you advance by solving puzzles, overcoming obstacles and as your skills improve, you advance to the next level. Your career can be compared to a videogame. You acquire and sharpen your skills, use your experience to solve problems, and advance to the next
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About Top Jobs Executives give seriousthought to moving on Spring is on the way, and some executives are restless. They’re sprucing up their resumes, updating their professional networks, yearning for travel, or daydreaming about launching a new venture. A survey of 2,700 U.S. executives by Korn/Ferry reveals that more than one-third are seriously considering leaving
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Senior citizens will stay in workforce Looming baby-boomer retirement figures have Corporate America readying for graying shoppers and employees. Amid all the talk about changing Social Security, an equally important retirement issue is being overlooked: Millions of Americans are nearing retirement age, and there won’t be enough younger workers to fill their shoes. By 2010,
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Aided by laptops, Internet, telework gains in popularity For six years, Pathlore Software Corp. of Ohio wooed Lee Maxey, but each time he turned down the company’s job offers. Maxey, 41, didn’t want to uproot his family to Pathlore’s headquarters in Columbus. But last year, Maxey finally accepted a position as Pathlore’s chief learning officer.
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Talking to strangers now encouraged Networking good means to find job or new customers By BLANCA TORRES Baltimore Sun Jenifer Harrington wasn’t looking for a new job when she accepted her current position nine months ago. She was just tired of always rejecting potential offers. The sales director for business publisher Jeffrey Press goes out
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Work force reflects how much gray matters Russ Creason, 84, goes to work every day, because he loves it and can’t imagine not working. Ken Moberg, 61, retired after 30 years at one company and then created a thriving new business from a sidelight interest. Donald Long, 78, and Evelyn Merchant, 67, are desperately hunting
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Can a Google Search Prevent You From Getting Hired? Question: When you apply for jobs, do potential employers google you? I’m graduating college soon, and I’m a little concerned about all those party pictures and embarrassing entries on my friends’ blogs. Answer: Job seeking isn’t just about polished rsums and firm handshakes these days. It’s
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Number of discouraged job-seekers at 17-year high Dick Merrill lost his sales job at a metals company two years ago. He networked with people in the business, sent out hundreds of resumes for sales positions in other fields, but nothing turned up. Frustrated and a bit discouraged, his full-time search for work petered out. “I
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Leveraging persistence as a job search tool I’ve been in sales and sales management my entire career, but everyone is in sales during a job search or an effort to win a promotion. One thing I’ve observed is that persistence is unquestionably one of the most vital characteristics of successful selling. Many times that extra
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Rules to win the networking game Most people aren’t methodical enough and give up entirely too easily, career transition consultant Tim Cork tells Wallace Immem. When you meet Tim Cork, he’s more than likely to whip out a pen and scribble notes about you as you talk. He’ll probably be bold enough to ask for
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Building a network to get ahead You need contacts. Here are a few ideas for getting to know people who can help you. Just don’t be too pushy. Originally published March 2, 2005 Jenifer Harrington wasn’t looking for a new job when she accepted her current position nine months ago. She was just tired of
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New position with same employer means trying harder Maggie Daronco scrambled to find another internal spot last fall after her employer, a big European bank, decided to eliminate the project manager’s post in Jersey City, N.J. She pursued three openings, and all three hiring managers told her, “You’re the leading candidate.” But her hunt still
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Laid-off workers contemplate changing careers Nearly 60 percent of laid-off workers are considering a career change, according to a survey released by Right Management Consultants on Tuesday. Forty-four percent are considering working for themselves — four times higher than the 11 percent who are actually self-employed in the U.S. — according to the survey, which
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More job opportunities seen for older workers Amid all the talk about changing Social Security, an equally important retirement issue is being overlooked. Millions of Americans are nearing retirement age, and there wont be enough younger workers to fill their shoes. By 2010, one-third of the U.S. workforce will be over 50, and American businesses
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More job opportunities seen for older workers Amid all the talk about changing Social Security, an equally important retirement issue is being overlooked. Millions of Americans are nearing retirement age, and there wont be enough younger workers to fill their shoes. By 2010, one-third of the U.S. workforce will be over 50, and American businesses
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