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Entries from May 2008

How do you treat those around you?

May 31st, 2008 · No Comments

How do you treat those around you?
By Douglas E. Welch

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How do you treat those around you?
May 30, 2008
Starting tomorrow, I want you to arrive at your work — whether in an office, retail store, support phone line or other service job — and imagine that everyone you deal [...]

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Archive: Nothing from Something - April 22, 2008

May 28th, 2008 · No Comments

(This podcast is pulled “from the archives” and presented here as a service to more recent listeners — Douglas)

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Even as the world has progressed from a manufacturing economy to a knowledge economy, many things have remained the same. Products, whether hard physical objects or great ideas, are the end [...]

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Ugliness and Beauty

May 23rd, 2008 · No Comments

Ugliness and Beauty
By Douglas E. Welch

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You may think that ugliness and beauty are only concepts that occur in art, but they are both part of everyday life. More importantly, they are also a part of your work. Every action we take, everything we do can often be divided along these lines. Were [...]

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Archive: Working in a Coal Mine - April 15, 2005

May 21st, 2008 · No Comments

(This podcast is pulled “from the archives” and presented here as a service to more recent listeners — Douglas)

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When I am having a particularly bad day on the job I tend to grumble about it. On these days, my wife’s usual response is, “It isn’t like your working in [...]

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Those who talk, but do not do

May 16th, 2008 · No Comments

Those who talk, but do not do
By Douglas E. Welch

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“I want to…” “I need to…” “I would love to…”
We hear these every day from those around us. We might even say it ourselves. Then come the excuses. “I don’t have enough time. I’m too busy. I don’t have [...]

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Seesmic Video Comments now enabled

May 13th, 2008 · No Comments

Want to leave a comment, but hate to type?
Career Opportunities now support video comments. Click the comments link below and leave me a few words of wisdom
Try it out!

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Career Tip - 20080512-2

May 12th, 2008 · 1 Comment

Your blog (twitter stream) is now your resume. Treat (Tweet) it well!! Read/Listen to the article at: http://tinyurl.com/62w7k5
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Career Tips - 20080512-1

May 12th, 2008 · No Comments

Companies laying off people will often offer them lousy jobs at lousy pay to give them some “alternatives”. Don’t be sucked in. Go elsewhere.
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Career Tips via Twitter

May 12th, 2008 · No Comments

Today I started a new daily Career Tips message using Twitter. If you are on Twitter already, you can type follow careertips or visit http://twitter.com/careertips

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It is your career, after all

May 9th, 2008 · No Comments

It is your career, after all
By Douglas E. Welch

Listen: The difference between what is and what you wish it to be
Lately, when asked to describe Career Opportunities I have found that I can better describe it by what it is not. Career Opportunities isn’t about resumes, interviewing, climbing the corporate ladder or many of [...]

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