Surpass Your Dreams

Job Action Day

Quintessential Careers has created Job Action Day  -- a worldwide day for job-seekers and workers to confront the economic crisis head-on and take action steps to improve their careers.

Quintessential Careers’ Founder and Publisher, Randall S. Hansen, invited me to participate.  I am thrilled to be included in this initiative.

Job Action Day is a chance to take a break from the daily grind of job-hunting to take a look at the bigger picture of their careers and job-search strategies. It's a day to strategize plans for developing new job and career options and devising new and better ways to track down job leads and position themselves for employment opportunities.

Full details can be found at: http://www.quintcareers.com/Job_Action_Day

Why Does It Seem Like There Are So Many Questions, Yet So Little Answers?

In my work as a career coach, I get many questions. People want to know how to find work they love, how to find better working environments, or how to change careers without going broke.

Because I get so many questions, it’s hard for me to do them justice in an email.  So, I set up some time to speak with those who wanted answers. The questions were interesting. How do I get more money from an employer? How do I transition into another industry? And, How do I get started as a coach?

The call was 35 minutes. You can hear it at http://www.surpassyourdreams.com/Questions-Teleclass-4-08.mp3

You can also read the transcribed version at http://www.surpassyourdreams.com/Transcription-4-28-08-call.doc 

It's a long document, but if you take the time and go through it, there's some good stuff there.

I will host calls like this one in the future.

To Get the Job, Customize Your Approach

Customizing your approach to the candidate-selection process shows recruiters and hiring managers that you're the made-to-order solution to their needs.

Dice.com, wrote a great article about how to connect an interviewers needs with specific solutions that you can provide. This way employers will see you as the perfect match for the job. When I was interviewed for this article, one of my quotes was about how to do well during the interviewing process:

"Employers bring you in for the interview because they already think that you can do the job," says career coach Debora Brown-Volkman. "You can get to the interview stage and beyond by demonstrating that you are the best candidate to accomplish the top three to five objectives on their list."

Show your value upfront; succinctly and powerfully. To find out how, Click Here

How to Stand Out, Make Friends, and Influence People

We all want to be the whiz kid, the one whose brilliance makes us stand out. Ironically, deep down inside, we resent the very type of person we aspire to be. In other words, standing out has its dangers.

JobInTheMoney.com, wrote a great article about shinning at work without upsetting or alienating the people around you. When I was interviewed for this article, one of my quotes was about how to make change successfully in a new position:

"Coming in at a senior level? People expect you to make changes. "If you're going to stand out, when you're new is the best time to do that," says career coach Debora Brown-Volkman. "That's when people will be watching you, and it sets the tone for your working relationships in the future."

Change is ok when it is done the right way. To find out how to win friends and influence others, Click Here

How To Leave Your Job In A Powerful Way

Have you accepted a job offer that you are excited about, but feel a bit guilty over the fact that you are leaving?

Although you are ready to leave, the people you work with are probably not ready for your departure. They will be worried about how your exit will affect them. They will wonder if they will have to do more work and if they can they handle it. In addition, they don’t know what it takes to do your job. They don’t have your knowledge or expertise.

To find out how to leave powerfully, Click Here

4 Steps For Defending Yourself At Work

In today's stressful workplace, there's an expectation that you perform perfectly all of the time. Company numbers have to exceed last quarter's numbers. Market share has to increase. Work has to be completed faster. Plus, technology advances means that you are reachable 24 hours a day, seven days a week. There is no rest for the weary.

All of this stress can have an effect on you and the people you work with. As a result, from time to time, co-workers may snap at you. They do not mean it. The pressure has gotten the better of them in the moment.

Understanding why co-workers snap is important. They are overworked and so are you. But, behavior that feels inappropriate, is inappropriate, and must be addressed quickly.

To find out how to defend yourself, Click Here

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How To Make The Right Career Moves

Are you making the right career moves? Or, are you waiting for the right career moves to come to you? Are you listening to your inner voice allowing it to guide your moves? Or, are you wishing that pesky voice would go away? One of the biggest career challenges is tapping into your inner voice when direction is needed. For example, how can you listen to what your heart says is the right career move when you are stressed and busy? How can you uncover what you're supposed to be doing next when you have a job to get to everyday, kids to take care of, and loved ones you want to spend time with? There is just too much to do. Unless you make the time. To find out how, Click Here

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Five Steps For Taking Your Career From Denial To Victory

Do you have a feeling that something is wrong in your career, yet you have not done anything about it? Do you feel like something is missing in your career, but you'd prefer not to think about it?

This is called denial; when you know something is not right, but you are not acting to change it.

Denial in your career can be good. If you focused on every little thing that bothered you such as getting up early everyday, dealing with difficult co-workers, or doing work that doesn't thrill you, your career would be hard and not much fun.

Denial works against you when your career changes for the worse, and you do not do anything about it. This is when career distress wins.

When you notice a change in your career, and you know in your gut that it's not a good one for you, you have to act. This means it's time to take your career from denial to victory.

To read the whole article at About.com to find out what the steps are to get to victory, Click Here

6 Tips For Making Sure Your Next Job Is The Right Job For You

Are you ready for a change in your career? If you answered yes, you are not the only one.

According to the 2004 U.S. Job Recovery and Retention Survey released by the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) and CareerJournal.com, 38% percent of the human resource professionals surveyed said they have noticed an increase in turnover since the beginning of 2004.

Why are people leaving? According to the survey, better compensation, better career opportunities, and dissatisfaction with their current job. The job market is shifting. More jobs are being created. Demand is up and supply is beginning to drop. It may be an employee’s market sooner that we think.

If you are ready to switch jobs, it’s important to make a good decision. You don’t want to walk into someone else’s nightmare. You want to make a good choice, not ANY choice, but the right one.

To read the whole article listed at 6 Figure Jobs News For The Executive Click Here

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