Career Coaching Articles

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1.  Career Makeover - 7 Steps to Achieving Your Goals

2.  From Delegation to deletion - Make More Room For What Matters Most to You

3.  Three Top Tips For  Using Web.20 to Market Your Business

4.  The Importance of Delegation

5.  Setting Boundaries in the Workplace

6.  Exchange New Year's Resolutions for Achievable Goals and Reap the Rewards

7.  The 7  Mistakes People Make When Networking Online

8.  The Art of Selfishness - It's not what you think

 

 

The Career Makeover: 7 Steps to Achieving Your Goals

By Krissy Jackson

     

    Career makeovers are not a new concept and if you think about it, making over your career will automatically set a chain reaction in motion that will affect all aspects of your life, particularly those that are unsatisfactory. If you've ever changed jobs or industries, worked with a recruiter, drafted a new resume or pursued additional education to increase your job prospects or opportunities, you've already taken steps to improve or 'make over' your career.

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    From Delegation to Deletion - Make More Room For What   Matters Most to You

    By Krissy Jackson

     

      Increased productivity and job satisfaction are as easy as deleting, delegating, responding, deferring and doing. Make a note of these 5 words and post them in your work area where you can see them. It will keep you focused and help you manage your time effectively.

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    Three Top Tips For Using Web.20 to Market Your business

    By Krissy Jackson

     

    People are not content to read your website anymore. They want to see you and hear what you have to say. The great thing about these videos is that not only are you putting them out into the world to do their viral best; but you can distribute them on your websites and blogs, use them in your networking postings to strengthen an argument and add them to social networking sites. This is re-purposing at its very best!

     
     

    The Importance of Delegation

    By Krissy Jackson

       

      Do either of these two descriptions sound like you?

       

      You are a solo entrepreneur working around the clock. You're tired and quickly becoming burned out. You seem to spend an awful lot of time booking and re-booking appointments with clients, doing paper work and chasing up on unpaid bills - Why is it then that at the end of the month you just don't seem to have made very much money …hire someone? - You have got to be kidding, you're hardly earning enough to support yourself.

      You are a hard working team leader, you average 12 - 14 hours a day. Everyone can see you are a great leader, you are the first to arrive and the last to leave. Frankly if you weren't around the whole department would fall apart. You have your finger on the pulse of everything and I mean everything - so why do you feel so out of control.

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    Setting Boundaries in the workplace

    By Krissy Jackson

     

      Setting boundaries is the single most common issue my clients deal with in their personal and professional lives. Why do women find them so difficult to put in place? And what can you do if a lack of boundaries is standing between you and the career success you desire?

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    Exchange New Year's Resolutions for Achievable Goals and Reap the Rewards

    By Krissy Jackson

       

      Answer the questions. How much is finally achieving my desired results worth to me? Will this investment mean I won't be making the same resolutions again a year from now?

      Don't go it alone. Enlist the help of others. If necessary...

       

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    The 7  Mistakes People make When Networking Online

    By Krissy Jackson

       

      Speaking to an audience with your back turned is like networking online without a photo. It's completely ineffective - so why do people do it and what are the other 6 mistakes people make when networking online?

       
      1.     •  They don't include a photo on their profile page
      2.     •  They don't fill in their profile

      3.     •  They don't post on group discussion boards
      4.     •  They do not practice the four essentials of the likeability factor
      5.     •  When they post they don’t put their URL into their signature.
      6.     •  They make it a mission to collect as many names as possible
      7.     •  They don't follow up with the contacts they have made.

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      The Art of Selfishness - It's not what you think

      By Krissy Jackson

         

        Achieving a harmonious balance between your work responsibilities and your personal life requires that you become selfish. That's right, selfish. Stop frowning and wipe that look of disbelief from your face. Let's look at this concept in more detail by examining the word 'selfish' in more detail.

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