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No one likes rejection. However, is your fear of rejection keeping you from achieving your career goals? Whether you're in a job search, looking to move up the proverbial career ladder, or are having difficult reaching your sales goals- your fear of rejection may be paralyzing you. In an article by Harvey Mackay, he shares tips on how to actually look forward to facing your challenges. Click here to read the article.

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Use the correct electronic version of your resume, cautions Deborah Walker in her article for Quint Careers, Is Your Resume Lost in the Great Internet Void?. If your resume can’t be opened as an attachment, then it can’t be seen. Because of the threat of computer viruses many companies only accept resumes through their own online forms which ask you to cut and paste (rather than attach) your resume. Make sure you are sending your resume in a format that will work for the employer. Continue Reading »

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In yesterday’s coaching session, my client (we’ll call him Jim) told me that, before engaging my services, he received a phone call from a contingency recruiter in California. Jim didn’t know the recruiter, but was told by the recruiter that he had about five or so contacts where he could present Jim. Ahhh, the lure of an opportunity.

Jim sent off his resume and heard ... nothing. He still has heard nothing. My advice, write to the recruiter and inquire to whom he presented his resume, when, and put him on notice that he was not authorized to present his resume to anyone else without Jim’s knowledge and consent.

Why? Because in this situation, every one stands to lose.

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Carol writes: I have read your Quintessential Careers article Moving Up the Ladder: 10 Strategies for Getting Yourself Promoted with great interest because of my situation. It has been recommended I write a proposal to create a new position for myself to move into. I am having a difficulty finding a template as to how to create such a document. Can you make any suggestions. Continue Reading »

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Microsoft Study Finds Online Reputation Management Not Optional is a post from: Executive Career Brand After interviewing over 1,200 hiring and recruitment managers and 1,200 consumers in the United States, the U.K., Germany and France, a December 2009 Microsoft-commissioned study revealed the tremendous impact candidate’s online identity had on their selection criteria. Continue Reading »

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I’ve never really been a big fan of Poison or Bret Michaels. I don’t have any of his music on my iPod and when Rock of Love came out I rolled my eyes. But all that changed this week when it was reported that Bret Michaels had suffered from a brain hemorrhage. Maybe it’s because he and I are around the same age or maybe it is because he has young children, or perhaps it is because I have a family member who battles diabetes, but all of a sudden I started identifying with Bret Michaels and felt the need to know his status on a fairly regular basis. Continue Reading »

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Today is day one of the full conference… tomorrow is day two and the last day. I present tomorrow on home office productivity, focusing on tools I use in my office … the presentation is based on this and this blog posts. Continue Reading »

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“I … think a personal approach in the search process is always the best,” said Norine Dagliano in the href="http://www.quintcareers.com/career_experts/Norine_Dagliano.html">Q&A interview she did with Quint Careers. “The cover letter provides job-seekers an opportunity to ‘speak’ to the employer in their own words; to give the employer a little ‘window into their personality;’ to address the employer’s needs by describing specific contributions they are prepared to make. We don’t want to rewrite the resume for each job, but a well-constructed cover letter can expand upon the resume and bring to the employer’s attention the key selling points to be considered.”

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By Wendy J. Terwelp, Career Coach, Brand Strategist On Tuesday’s episode of Glee, Sue Sylvester tells two students, “Now if you’ll excuse me, I have to put in a call to the Ohio Secretary of State notifying them that I will no longer be carrying photo ID. You know why? People should know who I am.” Do people know who you are? The right people? While you may not have the need of Ms. Sue Sylvester, who feels everyone should know who she is, it’s important to have the right people know who you are. Continue Reading »

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Today I ran into an old friend at the library.  After exchanging updates and pleasantries, I asked Clare, a fellow empty-nester, what she has been doing to fill her time. "I'm taking a math course," she said.  "And I'm loving it!"  She smiled and pointed at her notebook.  I looked down to see pages of math equations scattered on the desk. Really?" I replied, trying to feign enthusiasm. "Are you taking this as a prerequisite for a degree?" "No, I'm just doing this because I want to," replied Clare. Wow, I thought, inwardly cringing at the idea of spending a beautiful spring day in the library working on math problems.  Glad it's not me!  But then Clare went on to share an interesting observation. Continue Reading »

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