A skill is a special ability or expertise that you acquire by formal or informal training and practice. It is the most important factor in any career. Your skills may come from the practice of your talent or natural ability or from deliberate learning. Taking stock of the skills that you have is a big deal when it comes to making career decisions. Here are three important ways that the … [Read more...] about Why You Need to Take Stock of Your Skills
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6 Ways to Boost Your Career Opportunities
Most of us could do with a forward and upward movement in our careers. Attracting better career opportunities starts with taking the necessary steps towards creating the right change in and around you. ‘Better career opportunities’ could mean different things for different people. It could mean a better job, a better business opportunity or even new business partners. It could include one or … [Read more...] about 6 Ways to Boost Your Career Opportunities
How to Discover Your Career Interests and Passions
In making career decisions, it is important to understand the place of your interests and passions. Interests and passions aid your clarity by presenting new options to you or helping you eliminate or finalise on your existing options. Identifying your passions is not usually very difficult. For you to be able to call something your passion, it means that you love doing it or getting involved … [Read more...] about How to Discover Your Career Interests and Passions
Want to make a successful career change? Start with this.
A career change shouldn’t be an impulsive or rash process; it should be well thought-out and purposefully carried-out. Getting it wrong can lead you into self-doubt and plenty of frustration and regrets. Of course, there’s also the possibility of losing income by way of profit of salary, if things are not put in their right place. So, what is the first step of planning and executing a … [Read more...] about Want to make a successful career change? Start with this.
Feeling dissatisfied with your career? Use this 2-step formula.
Your daily work occupies a major position in their life. It is your personal and unique offering to yourself and to your world. Therefore, it matters what you do, how you do it and who you become in the process of doing it. Unfortunately, many people find it difficult to fulfill their true work potentials because they are currently dissatisfied with their careers for various reasons. As it … [Read more...] about Feeling dissatisfied with your career? Use this 2-step formula.
5 Tips to Land a Job After Being Let Go (Infographic)
This guest post (and infographic) by Careerminds* shows you easy and effective ways to help you get back on your feet and land a job after you have been let go from a position. Job searches are always hard, but going through them after being let go can make them even harder. Not only is your morale low, but there is a sense of pressure to quickly find a job as to not feel the impact of lost … [Read more...] about 5 Tips to Land a Job After Being Let Go (Infographic)