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Anna Johnson
Member since 06th March 2006
Anna Johnson runs Insider Job Secrets, which provides an innovative career guide, resume writing services and career counseling. Discover Anna's ebook, Insider Job Secrets Revealed - how Insiders get 50% of all new jobs and how you can become an Insider and get the job you want too. Claim your free chapter of the ebook after watching Anna's funny and inspiring movie, Career Choices: http://www.insiderjobsecrets.com/career-choices.htm
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12th February 2007
Most people start searching for a new job when they "need" a job - when they've resigned or been asked to leave their current job, or have simply decided to leave. However, if you want a great job - one that suits you down to the ground - these are unlike...
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23rd January 2007
An all too common challenge you may face is how to choose a job or career... when you have no idea of what you want to do.
Consequently, you may think about what you would like to do. But again, if you're like many of us, that question doesn't help at ...
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06th January 2007
Now, I don't think that career development is necessarily a matter of enrolling in formal education. However, the reality is that you do need to make some kind of investment in your education and personal development if you're going to advance your career...
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19th December 2006
Want to make a career change... but lacking confidence in your existing background and credentials?
You could be right - you may need specific skills, experience and qualifications for your desired career.
But in some cases... you don't need to be w...
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21st May 2006
Recruiting the right person for the right role is all about finding the best possible match between an individual and the job.
Let me use an example to explain how I recommend you recruit someone, starting with preparing the job description.
Let's ...
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21st May 2006
Intrigued?
Suspicious?
Don't worry, I'm not about to suggest any mind control techniques!
In fact, I'm going to suggest something quite the opposite. But first, let me explain why this article is about "getting people to give you what you want."
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21st May 2006
Let me begin by stating that the best way to handle a crisis, is to prevent one.
So when it comes to things like network and computer failures, it behooves you to: use reliable computer systems; employ the best possible technical staff to keep your net...
Views: 45
21st May 2006
Do you have an unreasonable boss? An unreasonable client? (An unreasonable spouse :) )
If you do, here's an approach for responding when they make unreasonable demands of you.
It's actually based on some advice I recently gave to a good friend of mi...
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21st May 2006
Stress.
If you are new to management you probably haven't felt quite the same kind of stress that you do now!
Now you are responsible for and to a team of people. You must define goals for your team, organize their work, make sure they do it well, d...
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21st May 2006
As an outstanding manager, you won't just "manage" people; you'll also assist the members of your team develop to their true potential.
This means helping team members utilize their talents, develop new skills and knowledge, overcome fresh challenges,...
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21st May 2006
You probably have a general idea of what a "negative" person is… but, in my experience, there are broadly two types:
The first type is the OBVIOUSLY negative person - they're constantly whining and complaining about everything. They're actually fairly...
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21st May 2006
In How To Deal With Negative People -- Part 2, we discussed the two types of negative people and your number one strategy for dealing with them.
As you may recall, your number one strategy for dealing with both "Obvious Negatives" and "Insidious Negati...
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21st May 2006
Have you ever been in a job interview where you were asked what your weaknesses were?
Yeah, I know -- the idea is to give a weakness that could also be viewed as a strength!
The truth is that weaknesses can be strengths and vice versa. And one of m...
Views: 44
21st May 2006
You've probably heard self-improvement authors and speakers extol the virtues of "positive thinking".
The idea is that in order to succeed at something, we must first think positive -- we must convince ourselves that we can do it. Even better, we shoul...
Views: 87
21st May 2006
To achieve any goal, all you need to do is COMMIT yourself to achieving it.
Sounds simple... but what that really means is committing yourself to doing every single thing that's necessary to achieve that goal.
And that's where it can be challenging....
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