Dream Career or Fantasy?

March 24, 2008

Can you really create your dream career? Yes, you can, IF your dream career is indeed a dream and not a fantasy. What is the difference? You can make a dream career come true through planning and execution. With a fantasy, you are completely at the mercy of chance. And you are usually dealing with [...]

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Dream Career or Fantasy Answers

March 24, 2008

Answers: 1. Dream 2. Fantasy 3. Fantasy 4. Dream 5. Fantasy

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Jump Off the Career Ladder

March 15, 2008

It used to be that you could make decisions for your career plan simply by identifying the next rung on the success ladder. Today, for most people, the ladder no longer exists. In the old days, a career plan was basically a matter of figuring out how to move up, either by obtaining a more senior position [...]

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Where is Your Dream Career?

March 1, 2008

What you do is only part of the equation for your dream career. In addition to what you do, there is the question of where you do your work: the organization you will work for (even if it is your own business), and the role you will play within that organization. The organization, or where [...]

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The New Dream Career Model

February 23, 2008

The new dream career model emphasizes two major focuses: what you do (what most people call a career) and where you do it (the organization). In this model, I call the “what” your primary criteria and the “where” your secondary criteria. Both sets of criteria are important, but your primary criteria is the most critical [...]

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Don’t Torpedo Your Dream Job Change with the Wrong Email Address

February 16, 2008

Your e-mail address is part of your first impression when you are making a dream job change. Imagine if an employer sees a resume with an email address like funnyface@ or jeepersjohn@! Unless you’re a professional comedian or actor, the email address that seemed fun when you set up your account could cost you the [...]

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Lower the Risk, Get Your Dream Job

February 11, 2008

Whenever an employer is making a hiring decision, they are taking a big risk. When you are making a job change, get your dream job by lowering the risk for a potential employer. How do you do that? Primarily, by demonstrating credibility.  Obviously, it is easier to demonstrate credibility in your current field, especially if [...]

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What’s on Your Dream Career Bucket List?

February 6, 2008

Do you have a bucket list for your dream career? A bucket list, as in the movie starring Jack Nicholson and Morgan Freeman, is a list of things to experience before ‘kicking the bucket.’ A career bucket list would include the career experiences you want to have before you retire. For some people, those experiences [...]

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Play to Your Strengths

February 2, 2008

Strengths are what we were traditionally taught to use as a basis for a career plan. It includes the areas where you excel — your strengths — as well as skills, talents, personality traits, experiences, and education. Strengths can also include skills you would like to develop further; it does not have to be only [...]

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What’s It All About, Alfie?

January 29, 2008

Meaning is a much more significant part of career decisions, career plan, changing careers and choosing a career today that it was in the past. Meaning includes elements such as what you are passionate about, what is important to you, what you value, and the impact you wish to have on the world. The trend [...]

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