Want to know how to make your business network work like magic? Well, you've heard that the key to finding a great job is to "work your network," right? But what does that really mean? Does that mean you go to 18 thousand networking events so you can kiss just as many frogs in the hope of finding Prince or Princess charming? Or does it mean you ask your great uncle about his tennis partner's golf buddy, and what he does for work? It all feels very overwhelming and confusing, but … [Read more...]

If you're like a lot of people I talk to, you want to keep your career options open because you can do so many different things. You're thinking that by keeping career options open, you're that much more likely to find the right thing - after all, you're not closing doors, not saying no to opportunities, and you're showing the world how many different hats you can wear, which in your experience has been a great asset to companies. Why Keeping Career Options Open Is Hurting Your Job … [Read more...]

Face it. This job isn't doing it for you, and you're constantly thinking about your next job instead. You might have some days where you feel like work was ok, but you have other days where you're tearing your hear out. On those days you head for the nearest computer and type in "job hunt" faster than you can leave work at 5 p.m. You're thinking about your next job. You want to get out of there. But when it is time to find something new, you should know some key things that will make … [Read more...]

Making a career change is harder than just choosing what you want to do and pressing "GO." Even if you're at the point where you know what you want to do, there may be a lot of things that hold you back from being willing to give up your current job, even if you know it's draining the life out of you, or it will turn into a pumpkin soon. Those things that keep you hanging on may even prevent you from doing the work that you need to do to dig in and figure out what you really do want to do … [Read more...]