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Amazing Tips To Help You Cope With Stress

Amazing Tips To Help You Cope With Stress

A set of tips on how to begin with your personal development makes the perfect starting point for a beginner to start becoming the person they desire. Below is just such a collection that will hopefully assist you in developing a plan that can help you become a better...

Transforming Any Job

Transforming Any Job

Enjoyment and satisfaction come from the way people see their work. Those who take pride in doing a job well, putting others at ease and contributing their best, can apply their attitudes to any situation, glamorous or ordinary, exciting or routine, transforming it...

Concepts In Healing The Hidden Self

Concepts In Healing The Hidden Self

Developing our concepts will assist us in conjuring up new ideas and perceptions that lead us to heal the hidden self. Through theorizing, shuffling, and developing new ideas, we can change our view of life by changing our fundamental beliefs and perceptions. The...

Expectations Of A Supervisor/Manager

Expectations Of A Supervisor/Manager

Read each statement and designate each point with a comment (VI, SI, NI) that is appropriate for you. Key: VI = Very Important SI = Somewhat Important NI = Not Important 1. Is fair with all. 2. Is technically knowledgeable and competent. 3. Delegates work, stating...

Types Of Resumes

Types Of Resumes

In today's competitive job market, more and more qualified applicants are competing for fewer positions. Job-seekers and job-changers have a significant challenge, just getting into an interview. The resume -- a typewritten summary of experience and education -- is...

Kinds of Interviews

Kinds of Interviews

The screening interview is typically conducted by a personnel representative in person or by phone to determine if you have the basic requirements for the job. If successful, you're referred to the next stage: an interview with the hiring manager(s). Combined...

Networking

Networking

Note: Don't discount the notion of creating your job. Jot down ideas you get while reading, watching TV or listening to others, regardless of how wild they may seem. The next step is to identify your network -- all the people you know who may be helpful resources in...

Self-Management Skills

Self-Management Skills

Review this list and check all the self-management skills you have.  Review the list again and put a second checkmark beside your strengths. Using the Skills Inventory blog on this site, list your self-management skill strengths in the appropriate column....

An Assessment For Skills Development

An Assessment For Skills Development

Rate your current competency in each skill listed below on a scale of 1 to 5 (5 being high skill level). Identify the skills you would like to develop for future jobs with an asterisk (*). Speaking - Ability to express oneself effectively in individual and group...

Setting Goals To Overcome Skill Gaps

Setting Goals To Overcome Skill Gaps

Here are some ways you can develop or increase competency in any of the skills you marked "Want to Develop": - Read a book - Listen to audio cassette tapes on the subject = Speak to experts - Ask your supports for ideas/suggestions - Take a course. Compare the many...

Affirmations

Affirmations

Affirmations are an excellent way to improve self-esteem. These are positive, present-tense statements we say to ourselves about ourselves.    Pick from your list of self-management skills five or six strengths that you feel best to describe you as a person. Write...

Gathering Resume Information

Gathering Resume Information

WRITING YOUR RESUME Several resources follow to assist you in developing your resume. They include a personal biography form, a list of effective action verbs to use in describing your key job responsibilities and a list of useful resume headings. Personal Biography...

Job Search Traps & Challenges

Job Search Traps & Challenges

Whether you use a combination or chronological resume, the following content areas may present some challenges or traps for you: Headings Be selective about the resume headings you choose because they can influence whether you get in for an interview. Job Target Avoid...

Target Your Resume

Target Your Resume

When you target, you're more likely to hit the bull's eye and get what you want. To focus, analyze what you're good at and what working environment is most compatible with your needs: ? large, medium, small ? formal, informal ? high-rise or industrial setting ?...