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How To Promote Your CareerA well-known adage advises that you have only to invent a better mousetrap and the world will beat a path to your door, bearing recognition and riches. Believe me, that’s poor career advice!If you are content to accept that bit of career counseling, you are likely to end up with a shelf full of unsold traps.Common sense says that inventing a better mousetrap is only the first step toward a successf...

These are troubling times in the job market. No doubt about that. Nearly 15 million Americans are looking for work. The unemployment rate is holding steady at 9.6%. No one has a firm idea as to when this situation will improve.The reasons cited for this horrendous condition include lack of consumer spending (i.e. confidence), plus uncertainty about what the government will do about taxes and regulation, as well as changes i...

Winners in the career chase know persistence is a daily necessity if they are to achieve their goals.One of those big winners, Ted Turner, world-class sailor and founder of the CNN television network, explains his success by saying:“The secret of my success is that I never quit. Winners never quit, and quitters never win. You might go bankrupt, you might lose everything, but as long as you’re out there still dukin’ back,...

With your workload piling up, multitasking may seem to be the only way to get the job done.But hold up. Research by the University of Michigan reveals that what we think of as multitasking may be nothing more than skipping about between multiple tasks, forcing our brains to refocus with every new subject. This reduces productivity by 20% to 40%.“Attempting to multitask is one of the single greatest ways to undermine product...

Today's workplace is a breeding ground for stress: pressure to get more donewith less; layoffs; overtime and inflexible schedules; irritable co-workersand bosses; sedentary lifestyle that leads to bad habits of overeating junkfood and spending too much time in a stupor before the TV; uncertainty aboutthe future. While there is no such thing as a job without stress, you can take 11 stepsto reduce the life threatening damage...

Everyone agrees…at least pays lip service to the idea that effective internal communications are necessary to have a smooth-running organization. How else would management and employees understand and agree on assignments and common goals? How would members of the team be motivated to achieve their best?Organizations spend hundreds of millions of dollars a year on employee attitude surveys, newsletters, brochures, videos,...

You've landed a new job. If you are interested in building a successful career, don't burn bridges to the past as you move on. Here are 13 steps you can take to help make the transition a positive step toward your career goals. First of all, be doubly sure you are making the move for the right reasons that in total mean a step forward on your career path. If you are making a change for negative reasons be certain you can le...

There is a strong temptation in today's highly competitive job market to go for gimmicks to make one's resume stand out from the crowded field. The temptation is particularly strong after a number of rejections. Avoid gimmickry like the plague. There are rare occasions when a really creative tactic works, but most of them will backfire and make a resume stand out for all the wrong reasons.Still some applicants--especially e...

Your resume is the all-important first step in the your search for a job, but don't expect it to close the deal. Instead, craft it with a single objective in your mind: Get invited in for an interview where you can elaborate on and sell your qualifications in face-to-face communications with one or more decision makers. Remember recruiters use resumes as an essential part of the screening process to help weed through the th...