We read a lot about career development and finding the right career for our interests and abilities. Another equally important aspect of our careers is to continually research options for out talents. The best way to do this is to think long term. Many potential good career decisions are stopped in their tracks for one [...]
Recently Forbes magazine ran an article on job coaching. Companies are waking up to the costs of unwanted employee turnover. It becomes doubly bad when with a bit of effort the employer could have counseled and worked with the employee and found them a career advancing job within the organization. The in-house career counseling program can [...]
Recently an employee secured his first promotion. Based on his strategy it will be the first of many. He was working in a 350,000 square foot distribution center on the transfer dock, moving merchandise from one trailer to another. The job was hot and dirty in the summer and cold and dirty in the winter. [...]
Basic tips for writing an effective resume. A resume is more than a snapshot of your professional life. It is a document that instantly communicates your worth as a candidate, but which only has at most a minute to do just that. It is very important that you present as clean and clear a resume [...]
We read, we study we get into a career that we enjoy. Yet for many there is a forgotten strategy. Times change, we change. What was a promising career when we’re 25 may be not so great when we’re 45. And for the past 20+ years we’ve underfunded our 401k and IRAs. There was always [...]
Recently I heard of a job hunter using the hidden job market to his advantage. In researching the “hidden job market” in the local business journal he learned that a company was building a new plant in his area. He made it a point to go by the location several times a week. One day there [...]
When we thing of career planning we think of advanced education, masters degrees, technical schools and the like. About 5 years ago, my friend Joan, who was a stay at home mom, her children were getting through high school and with college expenses looming she started considering going to work. She had a college degree [...]
While working as the HR manager in a large distribution center I made it my job to get to know all of the 400+ employees in the building. In a conversation with one employee, he was in his early 40s, married, no children, high school education and over 18 years with the company. He was questioning about getting [...]