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To have a versatile staff (employee) is always been a first choice of hiring managers (employers / recruitment agency). In today’s fast moving recruiting needs there are many ways & channels to have a long & competitive list of global job seekers to choose from. Out of many other channels, social networking emerges as a robust form of candidates seeking channel, equally beneficial for career success seekers. Establishing solid and equally helpful associations is the top objective of a social networking.

Plan your career and thus succeed in finding your career targets. A well sketched career building action plan will direct you through the career searching route.

Job opportunity + career plan = Career Job!

Simple but basic steps to reach successfully to your career job!

1. Explore Career Options
2. Get career based experience
3. Measure your strength, weakness & interests
4. Get trained in targeted job search skills.
5. How to stay organized & ready
6. How to deal with your boss & colleagues
7. Improve your communications skills
8. How to make best use of your time and potentials
9. Clearly set your targets
10. Always updated your CV
11. Monitor industry trend
12. Rehearse your job interview posture

Sometimes finding alone is hard to accomplish your objectives. But once involved other social factors to assist you in reaching skies with the support of successful people consistently surrounding you and support efforts. Job seekers can go unaccompanied or gain support of a people who understand your career targets.

Once found a career job you craved for is well value the time exhausted searching for it. Sometimes job seekers come across obstacles pulling them for not moving out of existing job, if this is a situation then outline a tactic to beat them. Always keep in mind that it is a quest for your dream career and you are striving to make it happen.

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Advising others to change career sounds very simple and a workable proposition. When it comes to us, it becomes one of the toughest decisions to implement. A career change needs lot of mental preparation. If you have a family, that may get disrupted by your career change. The income may stop for some time. The decision itself may turn out to be a wrong one. It needs mental strength to change career.

Let us see what it requires.

A change of career shifts us from a comfort zone to a zone full of discomfort in the beginning. For a full time production engineer, a change to a career as human resources consultant may need a total about turn, back to school and learning new skills for the new job. Some people change careers so totally that it looks incredible. Let us talk about changes that can be done more smoothly. I am talking about learning about a new career along with the old one and then shifting to
the new career slowly. This process also requires mental strength, because it needs lot of extra work.

The first barrier that one encounters while thinking of career change is- how did I get into a wrong career? What if my new decision also turns out to be wrong? What if I continue with my present career? Why should I change my career?  Some of these questions need head to answer and some questions are for the heart such as asking why did I chose the wrong career to begin with, may involve damage to self esteem, and acceptance of failure.

Before thinking of changing career, one needs to do analysis of life goals, and deciding about how the present career does not satisfy those goals.  Only after deciding that something drastic needs to be done can one think about changing career. One has to develop mental and emotional strength to undergo these changes and emerge a winner again.

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Always interesting reading to find out if your barking up the wrong tree. Read this and find out if you need to make a career change!

How To Know If You Are In The Right Career
By Kathleen Gage

Ever wonder if you are in the right career? If you are like most people you have. Did you know that 80% of people are currently misemployed? They are either underemployed, not happy with their current position or not fairly compensated for their skill and/or function set. If so many people are misemployed, why do they stay in their current situation? Why do they not take the necessary steps to move into something that will be fulfilling and something they can look forward to doing every day - a situation they can truly be proud of?

The following are some of the most common reasons:
• Complacency
• Fear of the unknown
• Fear of change
• Not knowing what their options are
• Don’t want to give up the familiar, no matter how uncomfortable the familiar is
• Staying within their comfort zone
• No time to search for something new
• They just don’t know how to make a change
• Fear of failure
• Fear of success (they may actually get what they dreamed of)
• They fear the job search is more frustrating than their current unsatisfactory job
• Not knowing where to begin

How often have we heard others give these reasons for not moving out of an unpleasant situation? How often have we said this to ourselves if we are actually misemployed? Imagine looking back over your life and saying, “I wish I would have done it differently.”

So often in life, it is not what we do that we regret, rather what we don’t do that we regret the most. Things like not making a change when we knew a change was in order, or not taking the appropriate steps to move into a situation that would lend itself to a more fulfilling life both personally and professionally.

If you or anyone you know are looking to make a career change, the following steps will help to make a smoother transition and find the courage to make that shift:

1. Evaluate your current situation
2. Decide you are ready to change
3. Give yourself a timeframe for making the change
4. Get excited about the change
5. Become enlightened about your own values and realize you are worth a great situation
6. Decide what kind of career would truly make you happy
7. Determine what would bring you fulfillment
8. Believe you deserve it
9. Be willing to put time and effort into you transition
10. Have a plan of action
11. Take action on a daily basis
12. Consult with people who have been successful in their own career shift
13. Be willing to invest in yourself
14. Work with a coach to keep you motivated
15. Go after what you want

Most of all - be willing to acknowledge that life is not a dress rehearsal, this is the real thing. When you look back over your life are you going to wish you had it to do all over and you had taken risks to move you into situation that would bring a deep level of satisfaction to you and your loved ones? The reality is that when we are in a career that brings us a deep sense of satisfaction, all those around us benefit from the fact that we are more fully present in life rather than constantly talking about wishing things would change. The truly successful people in life are the ones who are willing to create their happiness on a daily basis with the minute-by-minute actions they take and the thoughts they entertain.

About the Author: Kathleen Gage is a keynote speaker and business advisor based out of Draper, Utah. She is the author of several books including Street Smarts Marketing and Promotions. To sign up for Gage’s free Marketing and Promotions Ezine visit http://www.kathleengage.com

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We all need a little help. The following article provides some clear examples of tactics you can use to help jumpstart your career. Sometimes formulizing your goals will help get you where you want to get quickly. I recommend that you check out Achieve-It


Top 10 Steps to Catapult Your Career Up the Corporate Ladder
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Every career success story is unique. While there isn’t a magic answer for taking your career to the top, following these ten steps will get you headed up the corporate ladder.

1. Reassess your career. Is your career path well aligned with your priorities and interest? Do you posses, or can you acquire, the experience and education to be successful? If not, consider a lateral move and work your way up from there.

2. Clearly define your career goals. Only when you know exactly where it is you want to go, will you be able to map out your plan to get there.

3. Create a development plan. Determine the steps you need to take for your next promotion. Include resources and due dates. Schedule these activities in your planner and follow through.

4. Communicate your career goals with management. If you work in an organization that promotes employee development, communicate your goals with your manager and ask for his or her support. If you are concerned about resistance, find a mentor within the organization that you can trust.

5. Volunteer to spearhead a new project. This shows initiative, puts you in a visible position, and builds new skills. It also gives you the opportunity to showcase your leadership skills.

6. Stay current in your field. Read industry publications and reports. Be aware of changing trends and position yourself accordingly.

7. Take classes or obtain a certification. Use your industry knowledge to your advantage. Take a course in an up and coming area or a specialty that will benefit your organization and give you an edge over the competition.

8. Assume a leadership role. Offer to mentor a junior associate in your organization, apply for a position on a local board, or chair a committee for a nonprofit organization.

9. Network, Network, Network. Within your organization and within the community. Increasing your visibility and gaining contacts are vital to your success when climbing the corporate ladder. No one ever got to the top alone.

10. Excel in your current position. Exceptional performance speaks for itself. You won’t get ahead with mediocre performance, regardless of how many other steps you implement.

Jill Frank is “The Promotion Coach.” Get her FREE report, “7 Unintentional Actions That Will Slow Your Climb Up the Corporate Ladder” and FREE advice on corporate advancement at http://www.corporateadvancementcoach.com

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By Waller Jamison

If you are just starting out in the labour market or planning to change career, you will want to know which jobs are experiencing the most growth.

Although it is by no means the only factor to take into account, the careers tipped to grow most in the next 10-20 years are worth thinking about when it comes to making your decision. On the other hand, spending your entire working life in a job you hate is probably not what you had in mind, even if there is more security and more money to be had. This is why it is essential to look at the bigger picture.

If you are aware of the trends and use a little creative thinking, you can find a job which benefits from economic growth but also fits in with your interests and preferences. Let’s illustrate this with an example: as a result of the fact that population in most Western countries are becoming older, it’s no surprise that healthcare comes high on the list of industries which are experiencing expansion.

But what can you do if you don’t like the idea of working in healthcare?

The key here is to consider exactly what this trend involves and look at how other careers, not directly linked to healthcare will fit in. When you hear the term “aging population”, a vision of an old people’s home is probably what springs to mind. But think a little more and you’ll realize that new centres for the elderly will require architects, builders, painters and decorators, plumbers, administrators and accountants. Another important point, especially in today’s health conscious society, is that health is not just about caring for people once they fall ill - it’s also about educating them to prevent illness and about helping them changing their lifestyles if they do become ill, so that they can cure or reduce symptoms.

This has opened up many new possibilities in a wide variety of career areas such as cooking, nutrition, complementary medicine, occupational therapy, fitness and sport. And if you look at the situation even more closely, you will see that the development of a predominantly older population will change life dramatically for the younger generation as well. This could result in the creation of jobs we’ve probably not even dreamt of now. Before you dismiss this as science fiction, consider that 50 years ago many jobs we now take for granted simply did not exist.

When it comes to trends, jobs related to computing are also expected to see massive growth, but this doesn’t necessarily mean you need to consider a high-tech career. More technology means more jobs in sales and if you enjoy teaching, there is plenty of scope for educating people in how to use the latest inventions. Whilst these jobs do require a certain amount of technical knowledge, their main focus is on other skills. And if you hate technology, you could look at ways to help people deal with the stress of using it so much in their jobs.

The changing job market itself is resulting in an increase of around 30% in posts such as recruitment consultant. And with more people choosing to become self-employed, any job which aims at solving the problems faced by would-be entrepreneurs would give you plenty of scope.

Another growth area is hospitality, tourism and leisure which offer a huge variety of jobs as well as the chance to go abroad. Again, you don’t need to be a chef, hotel manager or personal trainer - look at all the support structures which have to be in place to ensure the smooth running of any undertaking in this industry and you’ll find there are possibilities for people with a whole range of talents and skills.

Don’t be put off if trends in the employment market don’t suit your interests. Do a little thinking outside the box and you’ll find a new career to suit your personality and skills.

Want to change career, but don’t know how? To sign up for our free career change course, go to Design Your Ideal Career. Discover how you can sort out your CV to get that Interview.

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Stanford, CA (ContentDesk) February 28, 2006 — Alumni Career Services at Stanford Graduate School of Business, together with the Highland Team and Kathryn Ullrich Associates, Inc. announce the next program in the career seminar series, Getting To The Top. This series explores the skills and knowledge successful marketing and sales executives leveraged in their careers to get to the top. The seminar Getting To The Top in Marketing will take place Tuesday, March 7, at Stanford GSB, Bishop Auditorium at 6:00 PM.The panel features marketing executives from Adobe, Cisco, eBay and Symantec. This powerful group of executives will share the keys to their successful careers.• Tom Bobich, General Manager and Chief Services Officer, Visage Mobile • Melissa Dyrdahl, SVP Corporate Marketing and Communications, Adobe • Judy Kirkpatrick, VP International Development, eBay • Denise Peck, VP Marketing Operations, Cisco • Jon Pedley, Director of Portfolio Advisory Client Experience, Charles Schwab & Company • Marlene Williamson, VP Americas Marketing, SymantecMercy Eyadiel, Director, Stanford Graduate School of Business Alumni Career Services explains, “Alumni need to understand what skills are important for the next step in their careers. Successful marketing executives will explain how these skills change as one moves up in marketing management, as well as the importance for top talent to seek their own training and mentorship.”Deborah Henken adds, “These leaders will share not only what worked, but what mistakes they learned from during their career. Executives will provide a candid, honest assessment of the expertise needed to lead first-class marketing teams.”Other programs in the Getting to the Top series are:April 4Getting UnstuckJune 6Getting to the Top in Public RelationsSeptember 7Getting to the Top in Strategic Alliances and Channel ManagementNovember 9Getting to the Top - CEOs with Marketing and Sales BackgroundsRegistration is available at

http://www.acteva.com/booking.cfm?bevaid=104155

.. The fee is $40 in advance, $60 at the door. Stanford Graduate School of Business alumni that pre-register are welcome for a discount price of $25, or $35 at the door. Stanford Graduate School of Business student fee is $15.About Stanford GSB Alumni Career Services:Alumni Career Services offers a broad range of expertise, services, programs, and resources to assist Stanford GSB alumni with their continued career development. We offer the GSB Alumni Job Board, Executive Career Coaching, Self-Assessment and Job Search Tools, Workshop Presentations, Career Reading Lists, and Industry Guides. For more information, contact Mercy Eyadiel, Director of Alumni Career Services, at 650.724.3130 or visit our website at

https://alumni.gsb.stanford.edu/career/

..About the Highland Team:Highland Team, a go-to-market consulting firm creates revenue-enhancing strategies and programs to launch and grow businesses focused on strategic marketing, channel strategy and development and go-to-market planning and implementation. Highland Team’s over 50 years of startup and corporate executive experience delivers strategic thinking combined with rapid implementation that assures results. For more information, contact Deborah Henken at 650.224-6295 or

http://www.highlandteam.com

..About Kathryn Ullrich Associates, Inc.:Kathryn Ullrich Associates, Inc. specializes in the recruitment of senior-level executives for technology and consulting companies. Kathy and team combine proven search experience with working knowledge of high technology functional skills and industry experience to find top executive talent. For more information contact the firm at 650.458.8737 or

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) March 24, 2006 — US News & World Report, in the March 20, 2006 issue, selected Job-Hunt.org as one of the 18 “Top Websites for Finding Work” highlighted in their cover story.US News describes Job-Hunt.org as “The best site for those who have a career goal and now are trying to land a job.” Among the 17 other sites chosen are Monster.com, CareerBuilder.com, CareerVoyages.gov, and USAjobs.gov. This latest recognition joins an impressive list of awards achieved by Job-Hunt.org – Forbes Magazine’s “Best of the Web for Job Hunting” (since 2002) and PC Magazine’s “Best of the Internet for Careers.” Access to all of Job-Hunt.org’s content is free.Job-Hunt.org is one of America’s most respected and comprehensive employment portals, attracting more than 15,000 visitors on a typical weekday. Lauded for the quality of its content by both PC Magazine (“Don’t miss the site’s excellent articles…”) and Forbes (“Straight-shooting Website…”), Job-Hunt is also recognized for the quality of the links to networking sources, like “Company Alumni Groups” and “Networking by State.”Job-Hunt.org continues to provide a growing categorized directory of links to career resources and employer Websites, now numbering nearly 5,000 unique sites, in addition to numerous articles. After the networking resources, foremost in visitor popularity are the job search resources by state. The most popular articles are “Finding Jobs Online” and “Protecting Your Privacy.”Job-Hunt.org and its editor, NETability president Susan Joyce, have been quoted in TIME Magazine, FORTUNE Magazine, The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, Investors Business Daily, BusinessWeek Online, Resumes for Dummies, Guide to Internet Job Search, The Don’t Sweat Guide to Your Job Search, and hundreds of other books, publications, and Websites.ABOUT NETABILITY, INC.NETability, Inc. was founded by Susan Joyce in 1995, a year after she was “down-sized” from Digital Equipment Corporation. Job-Hunt.org, owned by NETability since 1998, is dedicated to the millions of people every year who find themselves out of a job. Note to editors: Please don’t forget the hyphen between “job” and “hunt” or you’ll be looking at a different Website.CONTACT:Susan P. Joyce, NETability, Inc.(508) 624 – 6261sjoyce @ netability.com


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Mundelein, IL (ContentDesk) April 22, 2006 — TeleCommuting do!Temps are specialized talent for quick, short-term business needs and emergencies…or to lend businesses the expertise or assistance to move their business to the next level. TeleCommuting temporary help offer choice of the best talent from anywhere in the country…just when you need it.Specialized temporary TeleCommuters are perfect for a quick fix. To fill in for staff you need to put on a hot job. To have talent waiting in the wings for jobs that come your way but you don't have the staff to handle. For assistance to get stymied business plans back on track. To handle the day-to-day work that eats away the time for you to tackle those things that will boost your business…or the specialists who can assist you in doing it. For those jobs you'd like to take on to move into new areas of profit, but don't have the staff skills.And for a host of other business needs: To produce and send business-promoting email campaigns you've been putting off because you didn't have the time. To handle time-consuming phone and email customer service with the professional quality that maintains customer satisfaction. To eliminate that 'where'd all the time go?' that leaves no time to get around to doing the things you've planned. For all those time-eating things that keep small businesses small: data entry, word processing, accounting, billing. For staff training to get you or your staff up to speed on new business boosting software.Temporary TeleCommuter do!Temps are especially valuable here: Businesses can be well-prepared for employee illness or even emergencies that keep staff away from the office…including business continuity disasters.do!Temps is a new service of the Telecommuting Jobs website (http//www.tjobs.com [Telecommuting Jobs]). For 10 years, Telecommuting Jobs job search has been helping to build the Work at Home Workforce, providing hand-screened jobs for serious TeleCommuters and linking up thousands of employers with TeleCommuting talent they can trust away from the office.Employers can post Free Job Listings for the temp specialties they need. Screening Tools are provided to make sure your do!Temps are the right ones for the job. And Collaboration Tools are available to make working with your TeleCommuting temps really working together.TeleCommuters can offer businesses their specialties as do!Temps.


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(ContentDesk) April 26, 2006 — A new ebook called Recruiter Secrets Revealed written by a recruiter, is helping career-minded individuals properly manage their career for the long term while dispelling common myths that cost them job opportunities.Just released, Recruiter Secrets Revealed (

http://www.RecruiterSecretsRevealed.com

) is over 100 pages long and discusses many aspects of the job search and career management processes and specifically, the mistakes that people often make that can cost them during their career.”I wrote this ebook to help career-minded individuals cut to the chase and figure out what they can do better in their career and during job searches in particular” says Carl Mueller, author of Recruiter Secrets Revealed.”Anyone frustrated with sending out numerous resumes without getting interviews or attending countless interviews and not receiving suitable job offers can benefit from Recruiter Secrets Revealed” says Mueller.Jobs tend to be lost because of small mistakes that job searchers are often not even aware of and this ebook will help identify these mistakes and show how to avoid making them.Recruiter Secrets Revealed also provides career advice regarding strategies that recruiters use to help people find jobs, advice that any job searcher can use to their advantage.The Recruiter Secrets Revealed website provides an extensive list of the topics covered in the ebook and how the ebook can help career-minded individuals.It also includes a Glossary of terms and other helpful advice including interview dos and dont's, resume tips, Frequently Asked Questions and much more.For more details, visit

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December 6, 2006

A “Lost” Lesson

by: (ContentDesk) — I’m a fan of the hit TV show “Lost.”

In case you’re not familiar with it (can you believe some folks don’t watch TV?), it’s about a bunch of plane crash survivors living on an island full of mysteries. I always find it to be entertaining. But a recent episode was also (probably unintentionally) educational.

In that episode, a character named Hurley was assigned the task of controlling a newly found stash of food. Although it’s obvious from his size that Hurley loves to eat, he wasn’t thrilled about being in charge of the food. Why? Because everyone liked Hurley, and that was very important to him. “Everything’s going to change,” he lamented. He knew his fellow survivors would want the food, and they’d be mad at him when he did his “job” and kept it from them. The thought of losing their friendship stressed him out so much that he planned to destroy all the food rather than perform the difficult job he’d been assigned!

Like Hurley, many of us hesitate to tell our boss when we are feeling overwhelmed by a task we’ve been given. Bosses just don’t want to hear it, right? Well, it depends. In many situations, your boss may be so busy that he can’t keep track of the work you’re doing or the problems you may be experiencing. Unless you speak up and tell your boss that you’re having difficulty with an assignment, he’ll assume everything is fine. While the boss is unaware of your dilemma, you’ll struggle on your own to find a way to get the job done, becoming more frustrated and stressed about the assignment.

It may even affect your mood and judgment so much that you’ll make a big mistake. If this happens, your boss will not appreciate hearing, “But I couldn’t handle it; I was overwhelmed!” Saying that after the fact will be much worse than telling your boss up front—before mistakes occur—that you’re having trouble with your assignment. If you’re tasked to do something a certain way, and you feel there’s a better alternative, speak up!

Hurley eventually came to his senses and did this. He went to his “boss” and suggested doing something completely different from the task he’d been assigned. To his amazement, the response was “Sure, go ahead.” Rather than controlling access, Hurley gave everyone food, they all remained friends, and the episode had a relatively happy ending.

Of course, real life doesn’t always work like that. Sometimes you’ll just have to deal with a difficult job (or difficult boss) the best you can, with no way around it. But instead of assuming that’s the case, find out. Do what Hurley did. Talk to your boss about it. Explain potential problems, and propose alternative courses of action.Who knows? Maybe all is not “Lost!”

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Bonnie Lowe is author of the popular “Job Interview Success System.” For more career-boosting tips, visit her website at http://www.best-interview-strategies.com.


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