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Posted in Career Tips, career growth on Jul 13th, 2009
“If you don’t know where you are going, any road will take you there!”—Anonymous
A recent global survey of 16,000 professionals by a well-known consulting firm revealed that only about 14% of those employed are “in” their jobs; a vast majority, 86%, are “on” their jobs!
What does this mean? In simple terms this implies that [...]
Posted in Career Repositioning on Jul 13th, 2009
Much is written about reinvention and reinventing yourself to re-invigorate or even reignite your career. Well, the advice is often simple but implementing it is not always easy! In many cases a complete reinvention takes three years to develop full traction in the new career. In my own case I have completely changed five careers [...]
Posted in Career Mentor, Career Repositioning on Jul 11th, 2009
“You don’t know how far you can you until you go too far”-Ralph Waldo Emerson
Most professionals believe that their manager has the responsibility for advancing their career! In fact some are under the illusion that their managers often lie awake at night wondering about how to promote their employees’ careers and how to make worth [...]
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 Consulting, Life Mentor on Jun 2nd, 2009
When Katie Couric left her high-flying job as a co-host of Today and became the first solo female anchor of any major TV network desk by joining CBS Evening News, her show was doing quite well, both on NBC and among the crop of the early morning line ups. Real motivations apart, she admitted on [...]
Posted in Career Tips, Interview Skills on May 24th, 2009
In a corporate job, image is everything. Sometimes, image even trumps performance, making it ever so more important for those who perform well to pay equal or more attention to the perceptions that they create among their circles of influence.
This article is written especially for those who operate under the belief that one should get [...]
Posted in Life Mentor, Mentoring on Apr 14th, 2009
“A strong mentor/mentee relationship is the basis for forging tomorrow’s leaders.”—Jack Welch, Chairman, General Electric (1982—2002)
Navigating successfully through a career requires many ingredients. Hard work, planning, being there at the right time, knowing the right people, among factors, all play a role in a successful career. But, even then a career is filled with road [...]
Posted in Career Repositioning on Mar 23rd, 2009
After being at a job for a period of time and getting good performance reviews, most expect to be promoted. Expectants are often disappointed when they suddenly see a peer or an outsider who just “waltzed through,” getting promoted in their stead, creating a fallout that can put their otherwise promising career into a downward [...]
Posted in Consulting, Job Search on Feb 12th, 2009
Keeping one’s ongoing market value high and one’s name in the forefront of decision makers is no mean feat in today’s job market. Yet, with the constant change in the way jobs get defined and the way the job market is emerging, especially in high-tech, one must learn how to be a career acrobat. To [...]
Posted in Career Repositioning, Mentoring on Dec 14th, 2008
Just as much as it’s a noun, “career” is also a verb. As a verb it means to go, drive, or run at top speed especially in a headlong manner (“He careered though the small allies without a scratch on his car.”). Yet, despite this license most continue to treat “career” as a noun not [...]
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