Transforming Lives!!
Posted in Career Repositioning on Jul 8th, 2009
Everyone must be prepared for a layoff at any time. Going into fear because of what might happen puts you at a disadvantage and, inevitably, because of that fear, you’ll be laid off. It is often said that you become what you fear. So, if go around your place of work wearing that fear others [...]
Posted in Life Mentor, Mentoring on Jul 7th, 2009
Suffering is not ennobling, recovery is! —Dr. Christen Bernard
As we go through our life, we face ups and downs. In most cases we deal with them as they come and learn from the lessons, dealing with them. In the process we discover ourselves. This is what makes our life meaningful; having conquered the challenges and [...]
Posted in Career Repositioning on Jul 6th, 2009
The only real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes but in having new eyes. -Marcel Proust, novelist (1871–1922)
As the job losses mount and as the economy gets tougher, those left with having to do multiple jobs because of the cutbacks often have to face both, the survivors’ guilt and having to do [...]
Posted in Resume on Jul 6th, 2009
Whenever I mention to my clients, who are going after open jobs, to write cover letters in their response I get incredulous looks and an insinuation that I am hopelessly out of date and impractical. Why? They have heard from many recruiters that cover letters are a waste of time because no one reads [...]
Posted in Life Mentor, Mentoring, Uncategorized on Jul 5th, 2009
The doctrine of the material efficacy of prayer reduces the Creator to a cosmic bellhop of a not very bright or reliable kind. -Herbert J. Muller, educator, historian, and author (1905–1980)
In tough economic times, as many of us are facing these days, we often pray; more than we do when things are going well [...]
Posted in career growth on Jul 4th, 2009
As a career and life coach many of my clients come to me complaining about their mundane and exploited work life and how they would like to make it big as an entrepreneur!
When I probe a little more, I find that their motivation to be an entrepreneur stems not from a business idea that they [...]
Posted in Resume, Resume Writing on Jul 3rd, 2009
“Your reach should be greater than your grasp.”—Ralph Waldo Emerson
You do not have to go far to realize that the job market today is really tough these days! What makes it even tougher for those who are already out and looking and for those who are on the verge of a layoff is that they [...]
Posted in Career Tips, Life Mentor on Jul 2nd, 2009
“Manners are especially the need of the plain. The pretty can get away with anything.”
—Evelyn Waugh
During many of my talks I often get asked why the world—especially the employment world—has become so impolite, even rude. When asked to amplify, those asking the question tell me that they do not get response to their emails, [...]
Posted in Career Tips on Jul 1st, 2009
“A positive attitude may not get what you want, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort.”—Anonymous
When one is out of work, looking for a job becomes a full-time job in itself. The difference here is that you are working 24-7 and there is no end in sight. With each [...]
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