5 Easy Steps to Finding Passion

Many people, particularly as they accumulate years of work experience, find they have a growing desire to put passion into their life and career. My observation about why this takes place is that as we grow in life experiences a lot of the excitement or “newness” diminishes. We simply have been there and done that [...]

How to Apply Perfectionism to Your Career and Life

In business school, if not earlier, we’ve all learned about Maslow’s Hierarchy of Human Needs, and we’ve been told that what’s called “self-actualization” is the highest, or rather, most pressing human need, on which all other “lower” needs serve as only building blocks. While Maslow’s theories have earned their fair share of criticism, I’d like [...]

Your First Job: Why It’s More Important to Learn than Earn

As you diligently search for the job that sets the cornerstone for your career, it’s important to realize what is truly important in this first experience. While you may have college loans to repay and it can be tempting to take the highest paid option out there, this is not necessarily the best option [...]

Forget My Past… I Can Do This Job!

“Past performance is the best predictor of future success.”
That’s a phrase many hiring managers live by when evaluating candidates for a job opening. HR Managers often preach that mantra, and it certainly is the safest route to take when they want to be sure of making a good hire.
Job seekers, on the other hand, [...]

Job Concerns Living Inside the Head of a Person Near You

Do any of these job hunting concerns live inside the head of a person near you?

I’m interested in so many things, I can’t settle on just one.
If I’m so smart, how come no one is offering me a job?
I’d do real well on an interview, I just don’t know how to get one.
I’d get hired [...]

Are You Sentenced for Life to Your Current Occupation?

The most common question I get by far is, “I have become very skilled at my current occupation, but I don’t really like it that much. Am I sentenced to be in this occupation for the rest of my life?”
The answer is, “No you don’t have that life sentence, but you’re probably [...]

Why Don’t More Companies “Just Do HR” the Way Nike Does? They Should!!

Nike uses a very unusual model for hiring and retaining people. I’ve heard it described by them as their “free agent” HR model (appropriately enough). I find it fascinating. I can’t help but think it is one of the reasons Nike is such a great company today. Here’s how it works.
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Career Transition: 4 Stages of Career Planning: Bitten off more than you can Chew?

Bitten off more than you can chew with your career transition?
Do you feel overwhelmed and confused about all of the potential career choices?
Don’t know how to plan a successful career change?
Is your lack of career direction creating chaos?
My dog, Chester, often bit more than he could chew, and created chaos. Chester is a brown, “Bearded [...]

Campaign For Success

This article was first published on CareerRocketeer in May 2009, then again last week on CareerRealism.com. It’s been popular and is a great introduction to the free webinar today on this very subject. Click here to register for the free webinar that starts at 11am PST / 2pm EST Unstuck 101: How a Career Campaign [...]

How Committed are You to the Outcome?

“We are where we should be, doing what we should be doing. Otherwise we would be somewhere else, doing something else.” – Richard Stine
How we get from Point A to Point B is directly related to what actions we take to get there. If we are out of milk we need to find and purchase [...]