Work, success, and meaning at every stage of your career
Stephen Covey, author of The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People, created the concept of the emotional bank account. Covey’s metaphorical bank account holds trust as its currency. He uses the idea to help people understand how trust is built: not on faith, but on proof. The emotional bank account works just like a traditional … Continue reading Emotional Bank Accounts
http://www.gettyimages.com/detail/photo/cloud-computing-desk-royalty-free-image/171998918 (This article originally appeared in my column in the Florida Times-Union.) If you’re in a career transition, you may need to brush up or acquire skills to be competitive. If it’s been a while since you’ve used the latest version of Office software, or a job posting requires a skill you don’t have, Lynda.com … Continue reading Software Skills on Demand
Does your company label your time off? Many companies have switched from a system that tracks vacation days and sick days to a system that simply calls all days off “Paid Time Off” or PTO. There are plenty of advantages to a PTO system. Workers who remain healthy get to take more vacation days, and … Continue reading Me Time
Graduating from college or high school and beginning your first serious job search means you need some upgrades. Here are three improvements new graduates can spend some of their cash and time on before starting to schedule interviews. Upgrading your wardrobe is essential if you want to be taken seriously as a professional. Invest in … Continue reading 3 Essential Upgrades for New Graduates
Choose a size: This post contributed by Vanessa Fardi at NEUVOO.com. Neuvoo.com provides job leads in over 60 countries, including the U.S., Canada, and the U.K. Leaving your home, friends, and family behind to move to another country, where everything that surrounds you is completely different, is not an easy task. You must get used to different people, … Continue reading Guest Post: Finding a Job Abroad
It’s graduation time, and thousands of new college graduates will enter the market looking for their first serious job. The local market is certainly better than when they entered college four (or more) years ago; the unemployment rate has dropped from 11 percent in 2010 to around six percent today. Graduates will have a diploma … Continue reading Advice for New Graduates
The Holland model also gives you the career group that is least like your preference; you can use that to avoid jobs and organizations whose culture would drive you crazy.
Carol Eikleberry, Ph.D, has written a career guide for creative and unconventional people. Her 2007 book holds up well over time, and should be required reading for workers or parents of children who considered themselves to be work challenged because they are creative. Eikleberry is a licensed psychologist who has studied creativity, been a career … Continue reading Career Transition for Creative People
http://www.gettyimages.com/detail/photo/woman-greeting-returning-soldier-royalty-free-image/476804095 National Military Spouse Appreciation Day is celebrated on the Friday before Mother’s Day in May. This year it will be celebrated on Friday, May 6. The day was designated by President Reagan in 1984 to celebrate military spouses, the heart of the families who support troops during mission, deployment, and return to civilian life. … Continue reading Military Spouses and Portable Careers
(This article originally appeared in The Florida Times-Union at http://www.jacksonville.com.) It was March, so it wasn’t surprising to see a group of young men discussing brackets. But these weren’t the usual March brackets. The young men in question are engineering students at Palatka High School and they were double checking the math on load-bearing formulas. … Continue reading Engineering Students Learn by Doing
