Tag: career advice

Introvert or extrovert at work?

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How much does your introversion or extroversion preference affect your career choices? The short answer is: it probably depends a lot on how strong your preference is. If you thrive with lots of people around you, frequent changes, do OK

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Want to ask for a raise? Try these tips

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If you’ve thought about asking for a raise but hemmed and hawed over it, consider this: according to a recent study reflecting a broad variety of industries, about 70% of people who asked for a raise received one. The experts

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Where the jobs are: long-haul truck driving

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Did you know the United States is currently in the middle of a truck driver shortage? If you’re interested in a career on the road with a pretty short training period but good job and salary prospects, long-haul truck driving

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Find a career that engages you

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Have you ever asked yourself: “What would it be like to do work I am really passionate about?”

And the natural follow up question: “How do I find a job like that?”

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Revitalize your career

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Looking for an injection of new vitality into your career?

Learn insights from author Gregg Levoy, who spoke recently at the 2018 National Career Development Association conference on the subject of igniting passion in your life and career.

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Older workers have strong prospects

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Hear about effective job search strategies from older workers from career counselor John Coffey.

Coffey, age 70, speaks from personal—as well as professional—experience.

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Mentoring makes a difference

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Is the impulse to help others an innate human trait?

Helping others through mentoring is beneficial for both mentors and mentees, and has been around as long as human relationships have existed.

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Over 50 and overqualified?

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The job market is improving for older workers, but many still deal with the concern that they may appear overqualified to a prospective employer.

Mount a defensive against this assumption by putting yourself in the employer’s shoes.

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Good work for Labor Day

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Learn how CareerOneStop can help make this your best Labor Day ever!

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Tee up summer goal setting

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As the year approaches its halfway mark, it’s a great time to check in on your goals for 2017.

Even if New Year’s optimism has given way to discouragement or indifference, there is plenty of time left to work on building a platform for what you want to do next.

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