Tag Archives: career
Can Your Birth Order Affect How You Learn?
Posted on 18. Nov, 2009 by Matt Shelly.
While relating birth order to learning ability or career interests (I will look at the latter in my next post) might seem a little like relating personality to astrological sign, experts are convinced that the place that we hold within our families does have a bearing on how we think and learn, as well as on the general career direction that we are most suited to.
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Career Change – Baby Step Into Your New Future
Posted on 10. Nov, 2009 by Matt Shelly.
Whenever we think about a major change in our lives, the temptation is to see the whole thing as so overwhelming that we just put our plans on the back burner…sometimes forever. When we think about a career change, for example, it is not only the direct change in our line of work which is affected, but perhaps our finances, our family situation and our location as well. The prospect of turning our whole lives upside down feels totally unmanageable and so we just continue to rot away in a job that we hate – the paradox being, of course, that if we do just that, it affects all other areas of our lives anyway!
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Will Your Resume Pass The Parser?
Posted on 22. Sep, 2009 by Marisa Cogan.
Using a ‘one size fits all’ resume never really was the best way to make yourself stand out from the job hunting crowd, but back in the days when your document was read by a real human being and the number of applicants was much lower, even a generic resume might still have been just enough to get you an interview. Nowadays, however, you are up against resume parsing systems and applicant tracking systems and goodness knows what other kinds of technological jiggery pokery. Unlike the human reader who can put your words into context and read between the lines, these computer programs just do as they are told, and if your resume doesn’t contain the precise information that they are looking for, then you won’t get a look in.
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Considering A Career Switch? Don’t Fall Into The Investment Trap!
Posted on 03. Aug, 2009 by Marisa Cogan.
As career traps go, the Investment Trap, is a pretty deep one. What do I mean by the Investment Trap? Just this. Many people feel that after having invested various amounts of time, energy and possibly money too, in a particular career direction, it would be a waste to switch to something new. Instead, they simply stay put. While in some ways that seems like a perfectly logical conclusion, should it really be a consideration if you are unhappy in what you are doing?
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Client Spotlight: VWR International
Posted on 24. Jul, 2009 by Marisa Cogan.
When you hear about a global organization that has an “international headquarters”, New York, Paris or London are some of the cities that may come to mind. That’s why I was surprised to learn that VWR International’s headquarters is right in our own backyard. This global laboratory supply and distribution company employees over 6,500 associates around the world, but calls West Chester, PA home.
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The Dangers Of Workaholism
Posted on 30. Jun, 2009 by Matt Shelly.
Workaholics are, of course, the butt of many a joke, but actually workaholism is a very serious subject, and the chances of falling victim to it can be heightened at times when workforces are being reduced and staff members are being forced to accept greater responsibilities and heavier workloads.
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Let Go of Your Need to Be Right
Posted on 27. May, 2009 by Matt Shelly.
Have you ever had an argument? It’s a silly question, for sure. Everyone has. You know, in that moment, when you’re so sure that you’re right, when you just wish the other person would hear you – your version of reality, that is, your right way of looking at the world. If they would only understand the world the way you do, everything would be fine!
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Don’t Sell Features…Sell Benefits!
Posted on 21. May, 2009 by Matt Shelly.
One of the basic principles of selling is that people do not buy features, they buy benefits, and this is a principle which can equally well be applied when it comes to ‘selling’ yourself.
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Career Changes – How Big A Switch Do You Need To Make?
Posted on 19. May, 2009 by Matt Shelly.
I recently stumbled across an article which really got me thinking about career changes and the dilemmas that they present us with. The article looked at a range of careers which, according to the writer, have a better image than they perhaps deserve. It considered the ‘dream’ or the common perception of the job first, and then looked at the reality of what it actually entails.
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Using Adaptability To Your Advantage
Posted on 15. May, 2009 by Matt Shelly.
Amongst the list of qualities that employers find desirable in a job candidate, adaptability is one of the key ones. Not surprising really, when you think about how many changes might take place during your working life in just one company or organization.
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