The title of this blog post is designed to force you to ask another question: “Am I one of the top professionals working in my field?” The reason that we ask this question—and the reason you should ask the second question—is that the top professionals are the ones who have access to the best employment [...]
Whether you realize it or not, you have an attitude about your employment situation, your professional life, and your career. That’s not to say that it’s necessarily a bad attitude. It’s just that you more than likely view and approach your career in a certain way. The key is to figure out what kind of [...]
The New Year is here! Today is January 1, and 2020 is unraveling before us like the Yellow Brick Road in The Wizard of Oz. However, chances are good that you’re not looking for a heart. Or courage. Or a brain. Or even to go home, for that matter. But what you DO want are [...]
Merry Christmas! While it’s the Christmas Day holiday, the New Year is quickly approaching. Believe it or not, it will soon be the year 2020. You might already be thinking about how you’re going to approach your career in the New Year. Some of you are probably considering a job change. Even if you’re not [...]
We recently published a blog post that dealt with the right way to resign from your job. That blog post also made reference to some things that you should NOT do when you resign from your current employer after accepting an offer of employment from another company. And it’s one of those things that we’re [...]
If you’re married, then you probably know what a “honey-do” list is. Even if you’re not married, you probably know what a “to-do list” is. Basically, it’s a list of things that you need to do or want to do. In a previous blog post, we discussed what the current economy and the marketplace conditions [...]
These are good times for job seekers and candidates in the employment marketplace. For one thing, the economy seems to be doing just fine. For another thing, the unemployment rate in the country has been hovering near historic lows. And not only that, but employers are also quite eager to hire. They’re even being more [...]
Welcome back to our series of blog posts about how you can grow and maximize your career. In the first blog post in this series, we presented the following three steps: Plot a path for reaching your destination. Prioritize, prioritize, prioritize. Be proactive about your plan and priorities. Then, in the next blog post in [...]
We recently published a blog post about “3 Simple Steps for Growing and Maximizing Your Career.” To recap, those steps were as follows: Plot a path for reaching your destination. Prioritize, prioritize, prioritize. Be proactive about your plan and priorities. While these steps are more general in nature, we also have some simple steps for [...]
Right now, the U.S. economy is good. In fact, this is the second-longest bull market in this nation’s history and it could still become the longest. As a result, economic conditions are favorable for professionals and job candidates. Not only that, but there is also a significant shortage of workers and candidates in most industries, [...]