The Times Are Changing ... Are you?

I have been exposed to the job market for, dare I say it,     F-I-F-T-E-E-N years .    As a result, I am at the point in my life where I want to apply what I have learned and help others, like you!  I am a qualified Personal Performance & Corporate and Executive Career Coach and can help you with developing the confidence and direction in life that you need.   GUIDELINES There are a few guidelines I always recommend, regardless of the role you are in now or wish to aspire to.      To   get hired or promoted, you have to be sure your do a few things : 1.  FIND the RIGHT BALANCE of your  professional    skills along  with the right soft skills.   Knowing how to talk to people at all levels will take you far!  Go to professional groups, networking events within your industry or area to brush up on your communication and social skills.  2. KNOW WHEN TO GET A SECOND OPINION . ...

Sure, you want to come across strong and confident to land that job you found, right? But how do you do it?  I can help you to kick start that same process.  Celebrities, Athletes, Entrepreneurs and Professionals are all promoting their personal brand to achieve success and access their greater potential.  It's everywhere you look. Often times, people are even paying lots of money to get it identified for them.  If I asked you to tell me "What is the one thing that you uniquely offer your next company?", can you answer it?    Steven Cuoco, proven Intuitive Publicist of United Angels Dream and best selling author invites us to   ask ourselves,  "do I believe in what I am selling? Is what I am selling really worth my time to make someone else happy, and will the company recognized it or not?  Who am I and do I truly know who I am?"  Most people in the world search for power and stability in all the wrong places....

Remember the Five Keys to Success By Alicia Pozsony I believe that those of us out of work have to have the very same qualities it takes to become our own boss, because we  are  our own boss in the business of networking, job searching, and selling ourselves. Imagine yourself an entrepreneur. What do you need to succeed? According to a recent article on Web site  ezinearticles.com — http:// ezinearticles.com/?How- Entrepreneurs-Succeed---The-5- Qualities-Needed-For-Business- Success&id=22948 —there are five qualities that all entrepreneurs share that are the keys to their business success. See how they apply to your own job search: Desire       You must have a desire to break into the workforce or out of the average nine-to-five in an economy as tough as today’s and to put your ideas, ideals, and beliefs into action. Desire is the one key strength that forces entrepreneurs to stay ahead of competitors. Positivity      ...

The end of the year is not only a good time to reflect but also to perform that ever so important part of any Project Mangers role ... Lessons Learned.  Perhaps the most important lesson I learned this year involves a unique project I was tasked with completing. I was assigned the huge challenge of a Designing a SharePoint solution for a company wide intranet, including a solution for the PMO. The PMO solution needed to include a repository for project documents, confidential financial documents and the usual project inputs and outputs - issues, action items and risk lists. The Problem: This was an internal project funded by overhead, not from an external client or vendor source and stakeholders wanted it done without much time or input from them. They wanted it done right and it had to work for everyone. 'Everyone' meant, HR, Development, Finance, executives, remote and in house developers, too.   Without requirements, some of the dilemmas I encountered included: No de...