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What Motivates You?
What gets you out of bed and into your workplace every day? Do you feel stimulated or challenged by your job? Are you in a field that you’re passionate about, and that passion means more than your salary? Do you feel that you’re making a difference to your customers, members, or clients? Boredom and not [...]
- Monday, July 19th, 2010,
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6 Keys to Finding a Job in the Internet Age
Technology has changed how most of us do our jobs. It’s also changed how we find jobs. The Internet allows us to find job listings all over the world. But it does more than give us unlimited classifieds. It offers new ways to connect to people who are looking for candidates and for candidates to [...]
- Saturday, July 10th, 2010,
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Job Titles and Descriptions: Less is More?
Job titles were originally meant to succinctly describe a person’s basic duties in a few words. When you looked at someone’s business card or shook their hand in a meeting, their job title would give a general (but clear) idea of their role within their organization. Some titles have stayed true to this purpose, remaining [...]
- Wednesday, July 7th, 2010,
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Stuck With a Steady Job
It sounds backwards, doesn’t it? How could you be “stuck” with a fairly decent job? In today’s economy, millions of unemployed workers would be delighted to be “stuck” with a steady stream of tolerable work. But does that mean that we should be satisfied with “steady”? The difference between a “steady” job and a great job [...]
- Tuesday, June 29th, 2010,
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Burn Your Resume: Alternative Strategies to Get Your Dream Job
A dream job usually isn’t something conventional. Nor should your approach to getting hired. Have you ever thought of the whole resume process? You spend many hours, and in some cases many dollars, creating – fabricating – a document for that your potential employer is going to probably dedicate less than 30 seconds to reading it. [...]
- Wednesday, June 23rd, 2010,
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Win The Lottery, Lose The Job?
Life is pretty good here in Canada. Things are generally pretty quiet, so much so that a lottery jackpot going unclaimed for three weeks in a row is newsworthy. Very newsworthy. LottoMax is a weekly lottery where you pick seven numbers, from 1 to 49, for your chance to win. The pot starts at $10 million, [...]
- Saturday, June 19th, 2010,
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What is a Dream Job?
We are always rolling the idea of a “dream job” around in our heads. Whether you’re sagging your head on a slow workday or sweating bullets during a hectic one, thoughts of your perfect job will cross your mind. What is a “dream job” anyway? It’s different for everyone, but it usually comes to us [...]
- Saturday, June 12th, 2010,
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What is a Dream Job?
We are always rolling the idea of a “dream job” around in our heads. Whether you’re sagging your head on a slow workday or sweating bullets during a hectic one, thoughts of your perfect job will cross your mind. What is a “dream job” anyway? It’s different for everyone, but it usually comes to us [...]
- Saturday, June 12th, 2010,
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Paying Your Dues As An Entry-Level Employee
“Entry-level” work often consists of the mundane, tedious tasks that managers and veterans just won’t do anymore. The term itself makes it quite clear that entry-level positions are at the bottom of the office rankings. Being the “new guy” or the “rookie” at work can seem like a raw deal, but the right outlook can help [...]
- Saturday, June 5th, 2010,
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3 Great Job Interview Articles
In today’s job market, people are not only changing workplaces more than ever; they are altering their career paths as well. Being confident going into a job interview – either for a better position within your current place of employment or for a new employer altogether – can be a real challenge. Being prepared, however, [...]
- Friday, June 4th, 2010,
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