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Archive: When it’s time for a new line of work… — from the Career Opportunities Podcast

Sometimes, it can be a little difficult to tell when you should be investigating a new line of work, but in the life of one software developer, the case seems very clear. They have stepped over the thin line between … Continue reading

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Archive: Keep a grade book to track work performance — from the Career Opportunities Podcast

My wife, Rosanne, recently returned to teaching, working as an undergraduate history professor at a local CSU campus. Watching her grade mid-term tests combined with my recent thoughts on office performance reviews lead to a bit of an epiphany. Instead … Continue reading

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Career problems often stem from life problems — from the Career Opportunities Podcast

Life and career are intimately intertwined. We can try to keep them as separate as possible, but the fact remains that it is an impossible task. Our daily work life directly effects our life outside of work and vice versa. … Continue reading

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Archive: Don’t treat everyone like a criminal, or an idiot — from the Career Opportunities Podcast

How are you treating those around you? How do you treat your customers? Are you letting your day-to-day interactions with them cloud your judgment and effect your behavior? This is one of the most insidious problems you can experience as … Continue reading

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Those who “need” your help, but don’t really “want” it — from the Career Opportunities Podcast

It is important to remember that every job, every career, involves some aspect of customer service. In some cases we might be supporting our outside customers while, in others, we are supporting our fellow, in-house, coworkers. Whatever the reason, though, … Continue reading

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Audio: Organization: The 7 Skills of a Successful Careerist — from the Career Opportunities Podcast

Read and Listen to the Introduction to this series, The 7 Skills of a Successful Careerist. When most of us think about organization, we think about calendars, address books and to-do lists, but organization, as it relates to your life … Continue reading

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Archive: Does your company respect your work? — from the Career Opportunities Podcast

When talking with Career Opportunities readers and listeners, I regularly hear stories of how a particular company does, or does not, provide the basic necessities for success. Some workers are left without an office or even a cubicle to call … Continue reading

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Archive: Playing “the enforcer” could put your career at risk

In the typical corporation, you will find many people whose main role is that of “The Enforcer.” Project managers who enforce project timelines, human resource staffers who enforce work policies, union representatives who enforce labor agreements and even IT workers … Continue reading

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Make your own Career Classroom — from the Career Opportunities Podcast

The explosion of educational MOOCs (Massive Open Online Courses) seems to indicate a large, renewed interest in nontraditional educational opportunities. People are looking for new opportunities to learn when and where they can. While there are a tremendous amount of … Continue reading

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Archive: Have you talked with your manager (or employees) today?

One of the most important parts of any job, whether you are an employee, manager or executive is communication. Without regular communication among all the parts of your company, projects will fail, tasks will go incomplete and business will suffer. … Continue reading

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