Author: candacemoody

Candace’s background includes Human Resources, recruiting, training and assessment. She spent several years with a national staffing company, serving employers on both coasts. Her writing on business, career and employment issues has appeared in the Florida Times Union, the Jacksonville Business Journal, the Atlanta Journal Constitution and 904 Magazine, as well as several national publications and websites. Candace is often quoted in the media on local labor market and employment issues.

Guest Post: 7 Ways to Tell Your Job is Worth Keeping

January 21, 2014January 17, 2014 by candacemoody

Time to quit? Maybe. After all, the correlation between personal fulfillment and success on the job is a strong one. If you’re really miserable, you’re unlikely to brainstorm those cutting edge ideas that will both advance your career and put your company on the cutting edge.

Develop an Abundance Mentality

January 13, 2014January 13, 2014 by candacemoody

Scarcity people believe that the slice of pie you get means the rest of us get a smaller slice. Abundance people believe you can simply make more pie.

Guest Post: Essential Tech Tools for Telecommuting

January 10, 2014February 12, 2014 by candacemoody

Thanks to technology, the choice is no longer between a germ-ridden communal office and the isolation of a home office.

Resolutions and the Modern Careerist

January 6, 2014December 31, 2013 by candacemoody

I’ve been reading a lot of advice on how to make real change in your life, and the best advice seems to trend toward not making resolutions – at least not in the traditional way. When you try to make a change based on what you “should” do (lose weight, get back to the gym, or get organized), you are relying on a very weak system to help you along.

Deduct Your Job Search Expenses

December 30, 2013November 26, 2013 by candacemoody

It’s December, and next month, we’ll all be organizing receipts and getting ready to file income tax forms. Here’s what you need to know if you had expenses related to your job search in 2013.

Guest Post: Turn Your Unemployment Into an Asset (Seriously)

December 27, 2013December 23, 2013 by candacemoody

Smart employers with an eye for nuance and an intelligent long-term business strategy are usually not turned off by unemployment. In fact, some of them actually see this as an asset.

Holiday Parties and Your Job Search

December 23, 2013November 26, 2013 by candacemoody

December is one of the busiest social seasons of the year. Arguably, we attend more parties this month than any other. That can be a blessing and a curse if you’re in a job hunt or thinking about changing jobs next year. Here are some tips to help you survive – and maybe thrive.

The Future Mindset

December 16, 2013December 16, 2013 by candacemoody

Drones are just one technology that may create thousands, even millions of jobs, within the next 20 years. How can you prepare your children – or yourself – for jobs that you can’t even imagine today?

You can’t know the exact skills, training, or experience you’ll need, but you can develop a mindset that makes you more ready for what the future holds. Here’s how.

10 Futuristic Jobs that Barely Exist

December 12, 2013December 17, 2013 by candacemoody

Kaplan Business School in Australia sent me this cool infographic to complement my post on Amazon’s drone technology. Read the original post here.

What Amazon’s Drone Talk Teaches Us about the Future of Work

December 9, 2013December 9, 2013 by candacemoody

If drones are feasible and they do become a local delivery mechanism by 2020 or 2025 (most reasonable analysts’ best guess), your 10-year-old niece or nephew could be building, maintaining, programming or operating them for a living. For that matter, so could you.