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5 Ways to Test Your Marketability
Posted by: | CommentsHow marketable are you? Are you using a sound career strategy to keep fit for today’s fluctuating marketplace?
Whether you’re looking for work or wanting to hold on to the job you have, maintaining your marketability for the long term requires that you continually invest in yourself. You are the product you’re selling, but you must be proactive to remain competitive. Here are five ingredients for a winning strategy: work that serves your goals, lifelong learning, staying current with your skills and industry knowledge, networking, and maintaining balance.
Key Traits to Look for in Your Boss
Posted by: | CommentsIn the current unstable job environment, with daily announcements of layoffs even by historically stable companies, it is more important than ever that you have a positive relationship with your boss and others in the organization who will be making the decision of who goes and who stays. It may seem unfair, but many times the decision comes down to who is felt to be the better “team player,” or simply who is better liked.
So, here is a key to putting yourself in the best possible position when and if it comes to that point. I call it the “Secret of 4,” which I learned personally through the school of hard-won experience but later discovered it explained by Dr. David Keirsey, author of the bestselling books “Please Understand Me” and “Please Understand Me II.”
Keep Your Job: 5 Ways to Be Indispensable
Posted by: | CommentsIn the turbulent, toss-about world of work in America, all kinds of people are worried about getting fired. Who among us hasn’t seen a helpful, smart, hard-working person get laid off? Being let go is not for last-place performers anymore. Everyone is at risk.
Can you avoid the pink slip? You can sure try. While no one may guarantee you a gig these days, here are five expert tips on making yourself indispensable.
5 Fast Fixes To Get Your Career Back On Track
Posted by: | CommentsLosing your job can be earth shattering — especially when you’ve put years into your job. If you’ve just been laid off, you have exactly one week to mope around your house in your pajamas and eat ice cream for breakfast. Then, once that’s out of your system, get it together and make a plan.
Heading back to school is a good option during a recession. Here are four reasons why: Read More→
Getting Educated Can Save You From a Layoff
Posted by: | CommentsIt’s a most undesirable group: the unemployed. Job losses in 2008 totaled 2.6 million, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. In December 2008 alone, the unemployment rate rose from 6.8 to 7.2 percent. Don’t want to become a statistic? Get educated.
If you enrolled in college (or considering pursuing a degree or certificate), you’d be in good company. The University Continuing Education Association cites that nearly half of full- and part-time undergraduates ages 25 to 34 and about 63 percent of those 35+ continue to work full time. About 40 percent of today’s undergrads are at least 25.
