When you first entered the workforce, you probably didn’t anticipate the economy turning so sour. You’ve spent many years diligently promoting yourself and establishing a nice set of skills – only to find out your company can’t afford to keep you around.
So what do you do now?
While it may seem like everyone is unemployed, there are job positions being posted. A career coach can help you discover how your options match your values, lifestyle, priorities and long term goals.
Many people who hire career coaches quickly discover this is a potential career that allows them to produce fulfilling results in both their personal and professional lives. A certified professional coach helps individuals and businesses in a variety of ways, including creating a clear vision and goal achievement strategy; becoming more aware of what beliefs, skills, attitude, behaviors and resources are needed to succeed; streamlining decision making and ensuring it matches goals and priorities; forming a detailed, specific plan that lays out key milestones and progress; and, holding clients accountable to what they want to do and who they want to be.
To learn more about becoming a coach, visit the Institute for Professional Excellence in Coaching (iPEC) at www.ipeccoaching.com.
(ARA) – Creativity is the key to keeping a small business flourishing in tight economic times. In addition to creativity, there are also other free tools and opportunities small businesses should use to their advantage.
(Article Trader) I will not make age an issue of this campaign. I am not going to exploit, for political purposes, my opponent’s youth and inexperience’ – so said Ronald Reagan during a 1984 presidential debate with Walter Mondale. While some might view his comment as a defensive move to cover up his less than brilliant performance during an earlier debate, it could also be considered to be precisely the opposite – an offensive strategy which played on the wisdom and experience of age.
(Article Dashboard) Certain elements on resumes have either been so overused, or are so meaningless in the eyes of recruiters/hiring managers that just having them can be grounds for automatic rejection. Look over the 4 following “frequent offenders”. If your resume has 1 or more of these, it’s time for a re-write:
(Article Dashboard) There are lots of people who can tell you a thing or two about fashion designer schools. They may be right- fashion schools may not add up to your talent at the end of the day but you see, the other face of the coin might also be true. That is, fashion schools would not only keep you informed, you will also get to enhance your talents and special interests.
Financial experts have a lot of advice when it comes to getting out of debt, but sometimes the most logical way of reducing debt are not the most motivating. Money gurus like Suze Orman and others understand that like losing weight, reducing your debts takes constant support and progress. For that reason, we suggest that you turn you debt upside down a bit and work you way from bottom to top. 
(ARA) – The American Recovery & Reinvestment Act makes early tax planning increasingly important. The number and complexity of the changes has prompted the IRS to release educational e-mails, videos, podcasts and other tools on a regular basis since the ARRA became law in February 2009. 
(ARA) – We’ve all heard the bad news: There is a global recession, the housing market continues to decline, the banking industry is struggling and unemployment continues to rise.
(ARA) – Who says there’s an age limit on the question “What do I want to be?” According to a recent study, a large number of small business owners weren’t bit by the entrepreneurship bug until later in life.
(ARA) – An aging population and increase in demand for prescription drugs are helping to make a career as a pharmacy technician a very secure choice. In fact, employment of pharmacy techs is expected to increase 32 percent by 2016, according to a 2008-2009 report by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Are you ready for a career in this growing field?
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