The Single Most Important Aspect Of Your Career

Do you want to get a promotion and make a lot more money? Do you want to be recognized for your hard work? Do you want to keep your job and not be downsized? In fact, do you want to know the secret to be Upsized? The most important skill you will ever learn is how to study and understand Office Politics. Office politics plays a very important role in whether you get a promotion, an award, the job that you want, or the compensation that you receive. Virtually every aspect of your ...
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Thursday, March 4th, 2010 Careers

Look Youthful by Controlling Aging with Retin-A Topical Cream Part 1

Generic Retin-A stands for the brand name of retinoic acid, a kind of vitamin A. Its generic equivalent is Tretinoin. Generic Retin-A is applied for the treatment of acne and sun-harmed or blemished skin and is administered in a topical cream or gel form. Generic Retin-A is a prescription drug that loads of individuals expect it to render them a younger look. With proper and watchful application, the cream can come in handy in cleaning out pores, avoiding acne, and decreasing the symptoms of ...
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Tuesday, March 2nd, 2010 Health

Leadership Training and Character

/p> The vast majority of leadership training available to managers focuses primarily on skill and behaviors: how to delegate, how to communicate, how to manage conflict. These skills are unquestionably important and necessary. However, we maintain there is another important ingredient that has been severely neglected in leadership training, that ingredient is 'character.' Leadership character and its qualities is the focus of our new book and workshop: 'Qualities of Leadership.' In 340 B.C. ...
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Tuesday, March 2nd, 2010 Careers

How to Start a Career in Massage Therapy

A career in massage therapy can be an extremely rewarding choice for people interested in working with and helping others. While learning the proper techniques from an accredited school or academy is paramount, there are a number of other important considerations to reflect upon while considering a career in massage therapy. To begin, you ought to ask yourself a few important questions. Do you enjoy working with people? Do you enjoy caring for and tending to the needs of others? Are you ...
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Sunday, February 28th, 2010 Careers

Resume 101 - Enhancing your marketability despite those

Involuntary career breaks, or dare we say it, 'unemployment', can often be a frightening situation for anyone to be in. After the initial shock of unexpectedly finding yourself without a job, it doesn't take long before disillusionment sets in, particularly when days turn into weeks, then weeks into months or even longer, and you begin to panic: how you are going to handle the ever-increasing employment gap on your resume? The belief that the longer you are out of work, the more difficult it ...
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Saturday, February 27th, 2010 Careers

Plan for your retirement career

No matter what the circumstances, it always seems that people accept the next available job offer. Whether they are just tired of the current job or jump at the first higher offer, it never fails to amaze me. As a result, at the age of 55 or so, people are finding that they are working another job that they hate with no chance for starting a new career and little chance of getting on with a company that offers great retirement benefits. Put a stop to it Now is the time to take a stance and put ...
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Thursday, February 25th, 2010 Careers

Career Change Over 40

As populations in the developed world are growing older and many countries are experiencing a crisis in the pension system, we are facing the prospect of having to work past the usual retirement age. Yet, at the same time, older people are not always welcomed back into the work force. Many also have difficulty finding a new job if they have an unbroken track record and are simply looking for a change in career after the age of 40. There are a number of steps you can take to maximize ...
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Tuesday, February 23rd, 2010 Careers

Resume 101

The employment meeting went extremely well. The interviewer was impressed with your abilities; you answered the questions superbly; and you were able to develop an excellent rapport with the interviewer and other staff at the company. So, now just the reference checking process, BUT, unfortunately you did not make it to the following stage. Why not? Everything went so well. What possibly could have gone wrong? How often do I hear similar comments from candidates who are at an absolute loss as ...
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Saturday, February 20th, 2010 Careers

Boost your candidacy with these must-follow Resume Writing

Due to the increasing competitiveness of today's job market requires the job seeker to be far more aggressive in their overall job search campaign, particularly when developing their career-marketing document ' the resume. With a window of opportunity often as little as 10 seconds for the resume to spark the readers attention, demands a dynamic document that portrays the candidate's expertise and overall value offered. Gone are the days of a tasked-based resume with an inventory of a position's ...
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Friday, February 19th, 2010 Careers

The Personal Assistant - A Growing Career Field that's not just

What started as a service to the rich and famous, specifically those of celebrity status, is becoming a career field based on white and blue collar workers who are finding they have less and less free time. The rising costs of living have created dual income families, leaving little time to respond to the everyday errands and crises that inevitably occur. Personal Assistant services take the edge off these demands and can make life much simpler for career driven families. With both adults ...
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Thursday, February 18th, 2010 Careers