| Architecture Job Description
November 9, 2009 at 5:25 pm
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| | Architecture job description includes all work that is done by an architect such as planning, designing and constructing buildings for commercial and residential purposes. So an architect must be interested in all new and old buildings to understand their construction, design, compatibility with the environment, making of drafts and at the same time must be good in mathematics and calculations. |
| What Are My Dentistry Careers Prospects?
November 9, 2009 at 5:19 pm
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| | The dental healthcare industry has struggled over the past few years with supply and demand. There have been far too many positions left vacant due to a lack of qualified individuals to fill the vacancies. Dentistry careers have surged but not at a rate high enough to meet the demand. |
| Bartending Tips to Make You a Great Bartender
November 9, 2009 at 5:08 pm
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| | If you want to be a great bartender, then you have to have the knowledge and skill that the job requires. Bartending is a very rewarding career, but it is also very demanding. A bartender must keep their customers and themselves happy with the service that they provide. |
| Teen Job Search
November 9, 2009 at 5:07 pm
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| | Searching for teenagers' job today is not easy, particularly as the recession has caused a lot of companies out of business and terminating thousands of workers. Accordingly, numerous adults who lose their jobs would go for jobs ordinarily done by teens. This situation causes teenagers competing for hourly or part time jobs with adults. |
| Canadian Job Market Recovering (Slowly)
November 9, 2009 at 4:39 pm
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| | The Canadian job market seems to be recovering. Statistics Canada's Labor Force Survey reported that employment increased by 27,000 in August 2009. The biggest gains were in part-time work where employment rose by 31,000, and the private sector, in which jobs increased by 49,000...But does this mean career opportunities are plentiful? |
| Can the Nursing Agency Sector Rescue Us From the Growing Crisis in Nursing Recruitment?
November 9, 2009 at 4:27 pm
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| | There have been many reasons cited for the recent worldwide shortage of nurses, but no one seems to have a definitive answer. Blame has been laid on almost everyone you can think of from big hospitals to nursing colleges and even government. Its hard to blame the nursing schools as they have been consistent in trying to attract a fresh stream of new candidates with promises of a great and fulfilling career. Unfortunately, its a sad fact that the kind of work involved in nursing puts m... |
| How to Find a Good Headhunter
November 9, 2009 at 3:07 pm
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| | A headhunter is a person or a company who basically on the payroll of a company and his primary function is to seek out the best people for a job and recruit them. Headhunters may work for more than one company at a time. They can be useful for a job seeker but there are certain things a job seeker must take into consideration before working with a head hunter. |
| Tips on How to Dress For an Interview
November 9, 2009 at 3:07 pm
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| | When the time comes to go for an interview for your dream job, apart from the thinking about what you are going to say and making sure that you have all your documents you must also spend some time planning what you are going to wear at the interview. Even though your credentials are more important that the way you look, your attire is the first thing the interviewer is going to see. |
| How to Find American Commercial Fishing Jobs
November 9, 2009 at 2:12 pm
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| | Recent economic events have inspired many people to look for a new career in the commercial fishing and seafood industries. While novels, movies and reality shows romanticize the lifestyle of fishermen, real life experiences can be quite different. Still the industry needs a new generation of workers and some people manage to enter commercial fishing with little or no experience. |
| Free Online Data Entry Jobs Vs Fast Buck Merchants
November 9, 2009 at 2:06 pm
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| | Thank goodness there are still some decent people left in this world. If you've been searching for free online data entry jobs no doubt you've really been scraping the bottom of the barrel, sifting through the dregs of the Internet. But there's hope... |
| Don't Forget the Want Ads As an Employment Source
November 9, 2009 at 1:34 pm
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| | The local daily newspaper is still your best employment source guide. Each want ad looking for workers in various fields is taken out for a week, two weeks, or longer. The daily want ads are probably more fruitful in actually finding a job than the Sunday want ads. Read on... |
| Always Be Careful Hiring Employees to Work in Your Store - Bad Employees Will Destroy Your Company
November 9, 2009 at 12:41 pm
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| | It is often amazing to me how some franchised business owners can stay in business. All too often, they hire employees that steal their cash, talk to their friends on the phone while they should be helping customers, or give free products and services to their friends who come in the front door. |
| Professional Bartending As a Career Move
November 9, 2009 at 12:30 pm
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| | If you're looking for an exciting career with great opportunities, then professional bartending may be a good career choice for you. Before choosing that career, however, you'll need to decide whether you're willing to accept the risks and responsibilities that go hand in hand with a bartending job. Make sure the local demand for bartenders is high enough that you won't have to struggle to find an open position. |
| What to Do When What You're Doing Doesn't Work Anymore - Part 2
November 9, 2009 at 11:57 am
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| | It seems that everyone agrees that you need to focus, have a plan, and decide what to do to change your situation if you're miserable. So let's talk about that today... |
| Nursing Scrubs - Special Clothing For Nursing Profession
November 9, 2009 at 11:39 am
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| | In this day and age, nearly every employee at a hospital that has contact with patients has taken to wearing scrubs. The belief is that scrubs help reduce the spread of bacteria. |
| A Look at Telemetry Nursing
November 9, 2009 at 11:39 am
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| | In this day and age, there are many specialties in the nursing profession generally. Indeed, there actually are different disciplines within the nursing profession that many people do not understand or that many people may not have even heard of as of this time. An example of part of the nursing profession that is not well understood is that of telemetry nursing. |
| A Tour Into Travel Nursing - A Worthwhile Trip
November 9, 2009 at 11:39 am
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| | Although you may have heard very little about it in recent times (if ever), the fact is that travel nursing is gaining in momentum in the United States. As the nursing shortage has worsened, travel nursing is reporting an explosion in and around the US. Most healthcare experts have come to conclude that travel nursing seems to be helping resolve problems that have resulted from the nursing shortage. |
| Different Types of Nursing Careers
November 9, 2009 at 11:38 am
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| | There is a tremendous shortage of nurses in many communities today. Therefore, if you have been thinking about a career as a nurse, you likely will have a number of different and significant options to choose from when it comes to nursing jobs. |
| The Benefits of a Nursing Career
November 9, 2009 at 11:38 am
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| | Probably one of the most notable advantage of having a career in nursing is the opportunity to work practically anywhere in the world. Nurses are always in demand. Developed countries like the US, Canada, countries in Europe and Japan, needs health care professionals to man the needed posts in their hospitals and clinics. And job opportunities abroad seem to be always increasing and is continuous. |
| Benefits of a Long Term Nursing Career
November 9, 2009 at 11:38 am
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| | Every profession has its advantages but likewise disadvantages to the people involved in it. There are different benefits of a career in long term nursing as well. So if you are pondering about going into the field of healthcare, there are many doors open at every avenue. |
| Changing Your Career For Nursing - Is it Worth it?
November 9, 2009 at 11:38 am
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| | How many people actually stick with the career they started in after they graduated from college? A study shows that not many people do because they have found something later on in life that interests them. It is like shifting to another course in your sophomore or third year so if you are not happy with your job, perhaps you may find a more rewarding career as a nurse. |
| Downsides of a Nursing Career
November 9, 2009 at 11:38 am
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| | There's always been a demand for nursing, especially in developed countries. This is why labor migration on the field of nursing is always high from developing countries like those in Asia. Although, nursing does offer a lot of benefits the downsides of a career in nursing may not be always known or are not highlighted for people, like college students, to consider. |
| Options For Careers With Nursing Experience
November 9, 2009 at 11:37 am
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| | There is vast option for careers with nursing experience. But before you even think about it, are up for it? Oh well, the pressure and hard work is present in every career. But is especially true in nursing. Just like any careers in the health industry, you always have to be present in situations body and mind. You can't afford to commit minimal mistakes. This can lead to potential harm to yourself and to your patients. |
| Chef As Culinary Arts Profession
November 9, 2009 at 11:34 am
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| | When most people think about career in culinary arts, they often conjure up the image of someone serving food in big restaurants with a big chef's cap on the head. Well, chef is by far the most common and most popular profession in the culinary arts field. |
| Why You Should Consider a Career in Culinary Arts
November 9, 2009 at 11:34 am
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| | Are you a certified foodie? Do you always have well-attended parties because of the food you serve? You definitely should think about a career in culinary arts. |
| What Does it Take to Be in Culinary Arts?
November 9, 2009 at 11:33 am
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| | If you feel that your cooking impresses not just your cat, and that you breeze your way through cookbooks, then you really have what it takes to be in culinary arts. You can further master your skills I any cooking school or culinary institute. |
| Culinary Arts Career
November 9, 2009 at 11:30 am
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| | The field of culinary arts is a rapidly growing industry. More and more people are entering the field, holding certain degrees and titles that determine which part of the industry they belong to. | | | 
Career assessments and tests help you explore who you. Career books and web sites give you a glimpse of the world of work. Free career information is available on web sites. Some writers have written facts for children and teens. We would like to share some information with you. These web sites use graphics, multimedia presentation, activities, and other techniques to expand our knowledge of careers. We have written information on seventeen (17) web sites. Here are the four different types of exploring careers web sites: Curriculum General Career Information Science Career Clusters Specific Science Careers Curriculum Web Sites Curriculum web sites provide activities, tests, guidelines, as well as career information. Resource One: Career Cruiser Source: Florida Department of Education The Career Cruiser is a career exploration guidebook for middle school students. The Career Cruiser has self assessment activities to match personal interests to careers. The Career Cruiser has information on Holland Codes. Careers are grouped into 16 career clusters. The Career Cruiser has information on occupational descriptions, average earnings, and minimum educational level required for the job. Teacher's Guide is also available. Resource Two: Elementary Core Career Connection Source: Utah State Office of Education The Core Career Connections is a collection of instructional activities, K to 6, and 7 to 8, designed by teachers, counselors, and parents. Each grade level has instructional activities that align directly with the Utah State Core. This instructional resource provides a framework for teachers, counselors, and parents to integrate career awareness with the elementary and middle level grade students. Career Information Web Sites Some web sites provide excellent career information. Some web sites list facts about job tasks, wages, career outlook, interests, education, and more. Resource Three: Career Voyages Source: U.S. Department of Labor and the U.S. Department of Education The Career Voyages web site is a Career Exploration web site for Elementary School students. The Career Voyages web site has information about the following industries: Advanced Manufacturing Automotive Construction Energy Financial Services Health Care Hospitality Information Technology Retail Transportation Aerospace and the "BioGeoNano" Technologies Resource Four: Career Ship Source: New York State Department of Labor Career Ship is a free online career exploration tool for middle and high school students. Career Ship uses Holland Codes and the O*NET Career Exploration Tools. For each career, Career Ship provides the following information: Tasks Wages Career outlook Interests Education Knowledge Skills Similar careers Career Ship is a product of Mapping Your Future, a public service web site providing career, college, financial aid, and financial literacy information and services. RESOURCE FIVE: Career Zone Source: New York State Department of Labor Career Zone is a career exploration and planning system. Career Zone has an assessment activity that identifies Holland Codes. Career Zone provides information on 900 careers from the new O*NET Database, the latest labor market information from the NYS Department of Labor and interactive career portfolios for middle and high school students that connect to the NYS Education Department Career Plan initiative. Career Zone has links to college exploration and planning resources, 300 career videos, resume builder, reference list maker, and cover letter application. Resource Six: Destination 2020 Source: Canada Career Consortium Destination 2020 helps youth discover how everyday tasks can help them build skills they will need to face the many challenges of the workforce. Skills are linked to: School Subjects Other School Activities Play Activities At Home Work at Home Through quizzes, activities and articles, they might actually find some answers or, at least, a direction about their future. There are more than 200 profiles of real people who are describing what a day at work is like for them. Resource Seven: What Do You Like Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics What Do You Like is the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Career web site for kids. The web site provides career information for students in Grades 4 to 8. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, most of the material on the site has been adapted from the Bureau's Occupational Outlook Handbook,a career guidance publication for adults and upper level high school students that describes the job duties, working conditions, training requirements, earnings levels, and employment prospects of hundreds of occupations. Careers are matched to interests and hobbies. In the Teacher's Guide, there are twelve categories and their corresponding occupations. Science Career Clusters Some organizations have created web sites that feature science careers. Resource Eight: EEK! Get a Job Environmental Education for Kids Source: Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources Eek! Get a Job Environmental Education for Kids is an electronic magazine for kids in grades 4 to 8. Eek! Get a Job provides information about: Forestry Hydrogeologist Engineering Herpetologist Park Ranger Wildlife Biologist Park Naturalist There is a job description for each career, a list of job activities, suggested activities to begin exploring careers, and needed job skills. Resource Nine: GetTech Source: National Association of Manufacturers, Center for Workforce Success, U.S. Department of Commerce, and U.S Department of Labor Get Tech is a educational web site that provides CAREER EXPLORATION information. Get Tech has information about the following industries: New Manufacturing Information Technology Engineering and Industrial Technology Biotechnology and Chemistry Health and Medicine Arts & Design Within each area, there are examples of careers. Each career profile gives: General description Salary Number of people employed to job Number of jobs available in the future Place of work Level of education required Location of training programs: University Pharmacy Programs. Courses needed There is a Get Tech Teacher's Guide. Resource Ten: LifeWorks Source: National Institutes of Health, Office of Science Education LifeWorks is a career exploration web site for middle and high school students. LifeWorks has information on more than 100 medical science and health careers. For each career, LifeWorks has the following information: Title Education required Interest area Median salary True stories of people who do the different jobs LifeWorks has a Career Finder that allows you to search by Name of Job, Interest Area, Education Required, or Salary. Resource Eleven: San Diego Zoo Job Profiles for Kids Source: San Diego Zoo San Diego Zoo Job Profiles discussed jobs for people who: Work with animals Work with plants Work with science and conservation Work with people Work that helps run the Zoo and Park There are activities listed under each area, for example: What we do What is cool about this job Job challenges How this job helps animals How to get a job like this Practice Being a ... How to Become a ... Resource Twelve: Scientists in Action! Source: U.S. Department of the Interior Scientists in Action features summaries of the lives of people involved in careers in the natural sciences: Mapping the planets Sampling the ocean floor Protecting wildlife Forecasting volcanic eruptions Resource Twelve: Want To Be a Scientist? Source: Agricultural Research Service, U.S. Department of the Agriculture Want To Be a Scientist is a career exploration web site for kids about 8 to 13 years old. Want To Be a Scientist has a series of job descriptions, stories, and other resources about what scientists do here at the ARS. These stories include information about: Plant Pathologist Chemist Soil Scientist Entomologist Animal Scientist Microscopist Plant Physiologist Specific Science Careers The last group of web sites is dedicated to providing information on specific science careers, for example veterinarians, Resource Thirteen: About Veterinarians Source: American Veterinary Medical Association About Veterinarians has facts about: What is a Veterinarian? Becoming a Veterinarian Making a Career Decision What Personal Abilities Does a Veterinarian Need? What Are the Pluses and Minuses of a Veterinary Career? Veterinary Education General Information After Graduation From Veterinary School General Information School Statistics Preparation Advice Preveterinary Coursework Where Most Schools Are Located About School Accreditation The Phases of Professional Study The Clinical Curriculum The Academic Experience Roles of Veterinarians Private Practice Teaching and Research Regulatory Medicine Public Health Uniformed Services Private Industry Employment Outlook Employment Forecast The Advantage of Specializing Statistics Greatest Potential Growth Areas Other Professional Directions AVMA Veterinary Career Center Becoming a Veterinary Technician Your Career in Veterinary Technology Duties and Responsibilities Career Opportunities Education Required Distance Learning Salary Professional Regulations Organizations Further Information Resource Fourteen: Aquarium Careers Source: Monterey Bay Aquarium Aquarium Careers features careers information. For each Staff Profiles, there is Educational Background and Skills Needed. The Staff Profiles include: Aquarist Education Specialist Exhibits Coordinator Exhibit Designer Research Biologist Science Writer The Aquarium Careers web site answers the following questions: What should I do now to prepare for a career in marine biology? Where can I find a good college for marine biology? What should be my college major? How do I pick a graduate school? I'm not sure of my area of interest. What should I do? Marine Science Career Resources include information on: Marine Advanced Technology Education Marine Mammal Center, California Scripps Institution of Oceanography, California Scripps Library Sea Grant Stanford University's Hopkins Marine Station State University of New York at Stony Brook Resource Fifteen: Engineering The Stealth Profession Source: Discover Engineering Engineering The Stealth Profession has a lot of information about engineers: Types of Engineers Aerospace Engineering Ceramic/Materials Engineering Chemical Engineering Civil Engineering Electrical/Computer Engineering Environmental Engineering Industrial Engineering Manufacturing Engineering Mechanical Engineering Other Engineers True Stories Salaries Education Required Work Schedules Equipment Used Resource Sixteen: Sea Grant Marine Careers Source: Marine Careers Sea Grant Marine Careers gives you facts about marine career fields and to people working in those fields. Sea Grant Marine Careers outlines information on: Marine Biology Oceanography Ocean Engineering Related Fields In each area, there is a detailed description of the type of the work that the scientists do. There are feature stories for different scientists in the career field. The career profiles include information on: What is your current job and what does it entail? What was the key factor in your career decision? What do you like most about your career? What do you like least about your career? What do you do to relax? Who are your heroes/heroines? What advice would you give a high school student who expressed an interest in pursuing a career in your field? Are career opportunities in your field increasing or decreasing and why? What will you be doing 10 years from today? What is the salary range? Resource Seventeen: Do You Want to Become a Volcanologist? Source: Volcano World Do You Want to Become a Volcanologist? provides the following descriptions: The Word Volcanologist Daily work Traits for success Education Salaries Career web sites help you build awareness of the different aspects of careers: the tasks, wages, career outlook, interests, education, knowledge, and skills. We know that you will be fun exploring careers.
What is your career? Forget about how you define this to others for now, and just think for a bit about how you define your career to yourself. What does it mean to you to have a career? Is it just your job? Is it something you do to make a living? Is it what you do for money? Is it your work? Most people would define a career as more than a job. Above and beyond a job, a career is a long-term pattern of work, usually across multiple jobs. A career implies professional development to build skill over a period of time, where one moves from novice to expert within a particular field. And lastly, I would argue that a career must be consciously chosen; even if others exert influence over you, you must still ultimately choose to become a doctor or a lawyer or an accountant. If you didn’t make a conscious choice at some point, I would then say you have a job but not a career. One of the difficulties I see a lot of people experiencing lately is that they spend the bulk of their days working at a job that isn’t part of a consciously chosen career. Once you graduate from school and enter the work force, you don’t suddenly gain the knowledge of what kind of career to build. Most likely you just focus on getting a job as your first step after school. And you probably have to make this choice in your early 20s. After a decade or two, you’ve established a pattern of work and built up some expertise. But at what point did you stop and say, what is my career going to be? Sometimes when you ask people what their career is (instead of asking what their job is), the question makes them uncomfortable. Why? Because they think of a career as something intentionally chosen, purposeful, and meaningful, and they don’t see those qualities in their job. Another possibility is that they feel deep down that their real career lies elsewhere. Just because you’ve been working in a field for many years doesn’t mean you have to turn that pattern of work into your career. The past is the past. You can continue to run the same pattern and follow that same path into the future, but at any time you’re also free to make a total break with the past and turn yourself onto an entirely new career path in the future. Ask yourself if you were starting over from scratch today, fresh out of school, would you still choose the same line of work? If the answer is no, then you only have a job right now, not a career. Your career lies elsewhere. I went through this process myself last year when I asked myself, “What is my career?” I’ve been developing and publishing computer games since 1994. And that was exactly what I wanted to do when I was 22 years old. Game development was the career I had consciously chosen; I didn’t just fall into it. It took a lot of work to start my own company and build it into a successful business. But at age 33, I had to stop and say that I no longer wanted game development to be my career. I still enjoy it, and I may continue doing a little on the side as a hobby for many years, but I no longer think of it as my career. And yet, when I looked around for what else I might define as my new career, I was in a quandary. I saw all the assets I’d built in my game development career… and a long list of goals yet to be accomplished. Of course, the real problem was that I was looking to the past and projecting it onto the future. So all I could see on the road ahead was a continuation of the road behind. My solution was to use zero-based thinking… imagining I was starting from scratch again, forgetting the past for a moment, seeing the present moment as something fresh and new that didn’t already have a directional vector assigned to it — it could point in any new direction I gave it. At the same time I started thinking like this, I also decided to broaden my definition of career. While running my games business, I had been operating with a very 3rd-dimensional view of a career. It was about success, achievement, accomplishment, making a good living, sales, serving customers, etc. At different times my career was that I was a game programmer, a game developer, or a game publisher. Those were the labels I used. But whereas these kinds of objectives were very motivating to me when I was in my 20s, years later I found them to be far less motivating. Achieving more and succeeding more just wasn’t enough of a motivator by itself. And I’ve seen others fall into the same situation too — the things that motivated them greatly at one point no longer seem all that motivating years later. The motivational strategies that work in your 20s don’t necessarily keep working in your 30s. The solution I found was to look behind the labels and discover the core of my career. When I looked behind the labels of game programmer, game developer, and game publisher, I saw that the core of my career was entertaining people. That was the real purpose behind what I was doing. And that’s when it made sense to me that this was a very motivating purpose for me in my 20s, but that in my 30s it lost its edge because I had grown to the point in my own life where I felt that entertaining people was no longer the BEST way for me to contribute. Think about this for a moment. What is the core of your career? What do you contribute? What is the big picture of what you do? If you work for a large company, then how do your actions contribute to some larger purpose? Be honest with yourself. And don’t ignore the role your company plays in your career; your career depends heavily on what you’re contributing down the line. If you truly assign a noble purpose to what you do, that’s great. For example, if you work at a grocery store, you might be inspired by the fact that you help feed people. But don’t force it if you don’t actually believe it. If you feel your contribution is weak or even negative, then admit that to yourself, even if you don’t immediately plan to do anything about it. Go behind the labels. Don’t stop at definining your career as computer programmer or lawyer or doctor. What are you contributing as a computer programmer? How does your career make a difference in other people’s lives? Is it nothing more than a way for you to make money? As a lawyer do you resolve disputes and spread peace, or do you milk conflict for money? As a doctor do you heal people, or are you just a legal drug pusher? What is the essence of your career right now? Now when you have your answer, you next have to ask yourself, is this you? Is this truly a career that reflects the best of who you are as a person? For example, if you see the real purpose behind your current line of work as making a handful of investors wealthier… nothing more noble than that… then is that an accurate reflection of your best contribution? Is that you? If you already have a career that accurately reflects the best of who you are, that’s wonderful. But if you don’t, then realize that you’re free to change it. If your career as a regional distributor for a major soda manufacturer basically boils down to pushing sugar water to make people fatter, you don’t have to keep it that way. I think if you realize that your current work doesn’t fit who you are, then you have to make a choice. You have to decide if you deserve having a career that truly suits you. If you don’t feel you deserve it, then you will settle for defining your career in such narrow terms as job, money, paycheck, promotion, boss, coworkers, etc. No one is forcing you to accept that as your definition of career. On the other hand, you can choose to embrace another definition of career that uses terms like purpose, calling, contribution, meaning, abundance, happiness, fulfillment, etc. This requires a top-down approach. You first think hard about what your purpose here is… what kind of contribution do you want to make with your life? Once you figure that out, then you work down to the level of how to manifest that in terms of the work you do. And for many people, the seeming impossibility of that manifesting part is paralyzing. This is especially true for men, who usually take their responsibility as breadwinners very seriously. You see yourself logically having two choices: I could stay in my current job, which pays the bills and earns me a good living, or I could go jump into something that fits me better, but I just can’t see how to make money at it. I have a mortgage to pay and a family who depends on me; I can’t do that to them. The problem though is thinking that these are the only alternatives… thinking that you have to make a choice between money and happiness. That assumption is what causes the paralysis against action. You can also envision the third alternative of having money and happiness together. In fact, that’s actually the most likely outcome. If you don’t currently have a career that is deeply fulfilling to you in the sense that you know you’re contributing in a way that matters, then deep down, you will sabotage yourself from going too far with it. You will always know that you’re on the wrong path for you, and this is going to slap a demotivating slump over everything you try to do in that line of work. You’ll do your job, but you’ll never feel that you’re really living up to your potential. You’ll always have problems with procrastination and weak motivation, and they’ll never be resolved no matter how many time management strategies you attempt. Your job will never feel like a truly satisfying career — it just can’t grow into that because you’ve planted your career tree in bad soil. You’ll always be stuck with a bonsai. But when you get your career aligned from top to bottom, such that what you’re ultimately contributing is an expression of the best of yourself, the money will come too. You’ll be enjoying what you do so much, and you’ll find your work so fulfilling, that turning it into an income stream won’t be that hard. You’ll find a way to do it. Making money is not at odds with your greater purpose; they can lie on the same path. The more money you make, the greater your ability to contribute. But most importantly you’ll feel you really deserve all the money you earn. When your career is aligned with the best of who you are, you won’t secretly feel that your continued career success means going farther down the wrong path. You won’t hold back anymore. You’ll want to take your career as far as you can because it’s an expression of who you are. And this will make you far more receptive to all the opportunities that are all around you, financial or otherwise. But how do you make this transition? Is a leap of faith required? Not really. I don’t think of it as a leap of faith. It’s more of a leap of courage, and it’s a logical kind of courage, not an emotional one. It comes down to making a decision about how important your own happiness and fulfillment are to you. Really, how important is it for you to have meaningful, fulfilling work? Is it OK for you to continue working at a job that doesn’t allow you to contribute the very best of who you are? If you find yourself in such a situation, then your answer is yes — you’ve made it OK for you to tolerate this situation. But you see… self-actualizing people who successfully make this leap will at some point conclude that it’s definitely not OK. In fact, it’s intolerable. They wake up and say, “Wait a minute here. This is absolutely, totally unacceptable for me to be spending the bulk of my time at a job that isn’t a deeply fulfilling career. I can’t keep doing this. This ends now.” These people “wake up” by realizing that what’s most important about a career is the high-level view that includes happiness, fulfillment, and living on purpose. Things like money, success, and achievement are a very distant second. But when you work from within the first category, the second category takes care of itself. Before you’ve had this awakening, you most likely don’t see how that last sentence is possible. And that’s because you don’t understand that it is nothing more than a choice. You have probably chosen to put money above fulfillment in your current line of work. That choice means that you won’t have fulfillment. But it’s not that you can’t have fulfillment — you can choose to change your priorities and act on them at any time. The real choice you made was not to be fulfilled in your current line of work. You bought into the illusion that money is at odds with fulfillment, and that money is the more important of the two, so that is all you see. No matter what job you take, you find this assumption proves true for you. But once you go through the “waking up” experience and firmly decide to put fulfillment first, you suddenly realize that being fulfilled AND having plenty of money is also a choice that’s available to you. There are countless ways for you to do both; you simply have to permit yourself to see them. You realize that you were the one who chose EITHER-OR instead of AND, while all the time you were totally free to choose AND whenever you wanted. You set the standards for your career choices. Most likely your current standard ranks fulfillment and meaningful contribution very low in comparison to working on interesting tasks and making sufficient money. But those standards are yours to set. At any point you’re free to say, “Having a deeply meaningful and fulfilling career is an absolute MUST for me. Working for money alone is simply not an option.” And once you make this conscious choice, you WILL begin seeing the opportunities that fit this new standard. But you’ll never even recognize those opportunities as long as it remains OK for you to spend all your work time being unfulfilled. I want to drive home this point. Having a fulfilling career that earns you plenty of money doesn’t require a leap of faith. It only requires a choice. You just have to wake up one day and tell yourself that you deserve both, and that you won’t settle for anything less. It’s not about finding the right job. A career isn’t something you find; it doesn’t require someone to give you something. You aren’t at the mercy of circumstances. A career is something you create, something you build. It means that the work you do each day is aligned with what you feel to be your purpose. Once you start doing this kind of work, even if for no pay initially, your self-esteem will grow to the point where you’ll become so resourceful and open to new opportunities that you’ll have no trouble making plenty of money from it. However, when you do so, the money won’t be that important. It will just be a resource for you to do more of what you love. Your life is too precious to waste working only for money or for a purpose that doesn’t inspire you. No one can hold you back from making this decision but you. Especially don’t hide behind your family’s needs. If your family truly loves you, then they need you to be fulfilled and living on purpose far more than anything else. And if you love them, then isn’t your greatest role to serve as a model to them of how to be happy? What would you want for your own children for their careers? And do you want the same for yourself? Copyright © Steve Pavlina
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t's not the best time to make a new start of it in New York state. Although the state's unemployment rate is better than much of the country's, a recent study shows that average wages are falling more rapidly in New York cities than metropolitan areas elsewhere in the country. Six of the 10 cities where wages have fallen the fastest this year are in New York, according to a study from the Brookings Institution, released last week. From the fourth quarter of 2008 to the first quarter of 2009, average wages fell in Rochester, Syracuse, Albany, New York, Poughkeepsie and Buffalo--and the decline is wreaking havoc on the state's finances. Everyone knows there are job losses in a recession, but curiously, it is unusual--even in the depths of recession--for wages to fall. Wages are considered "sticky": Employers generally prefer to cut jobs than to cut the salaries of their staffs. When employers ax more higher-paid jobs than lower-paid ones, average wages fall. Wage changes vary widely from region to region, as highlighted by the Brookings Institution's MetroMonitor report, which parses economic data on the country's 100 largest metropolitan areas. The report compares the change in real average wages for the 100 regions from Q4 2008 to the Q1 2009. Recessions always have different effects from one region to the next. The bursting of the housing bubble hit hardest in Florida, California, Arizona and Nevada, but left much of Texas unharmed. Unemployment has climbed in housing-bubble cities and manufacturing centers, but has remained relatively low in the agriculturally centered Midwest. The data from Brookings shows wage declines in 2009 have been particularly severe in the state of New York, while wages are starting to rise in many of the cities that suffered the worst of the housing bust. "Employers are generally reluctant to cut nominal wages," says Howard Wial, a fellow at Brookings' Metropolitan Policy Program, so regions seeing a fall in average wages are likely experiencing something other than across-the-board wage cuts. "Higher-wage people are likely being laid off to a greater degree than lower-wage people, or moderately high-wage workers are being replaced by temps or contractors who are paid less," says Wial. That explains much of what's happening in New York and Chicago. Wages fell 1.5% in New York and 0.7% in Chicago in the first quarter of 2009 from the previous quarter. Many high-paid financial workers lost their jobs or suffered sharp drops in performance-based compensation. So even though New York's unemployment rate of 7.6% is significantly better than the national average of 9.4%, the loss of high-paid jobs means average wages fell sharply. Rather than everyone losing income, the economy's mix of workers is changing. The picture is even worse in upstate New York, where average wages fell 2.3% in Rochester and 2.2% in Syracuse. Wial suspects that the plunge in New York City is big enough to skew wage data across an already weak state. Because of the way data are gathered for this indicator, "you're probably seeing the influence of the city throughout the state," says Wial. "I don't think there's any other state where one city would be quite as much of a factor statewide." Falling wages have a devastating impact on the state's tax revenues, which draw heavily on high-earners. The New York State Comptroller's Office reported that, in May, personal income tax revenues plummeted 44% compared with a year earlier. In the Big Apple, the mayor's office estimates tax revenues for fiscal year 2010 will be 30% below those of 2008. The New York governor's office did not return calls for comment, but it's clear the state is acutely aware of the problem. "The economy continues to be shaky, and state revenues continue to be below prior-year levels," said New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli, in a statement accompanying the release of the state's plunging tax revenues. "The Division of the Budget projected that the first quarter of the fiscal year would be tight, so this is not a surprise. The General Fund is at historically low levels." Although falling wages are always a sign of economic sickness, rising wages are not a surefire indication of economic health. Phoenix, Cape Coral-Fort Myers, Fla., and Fresno, Calif., where home value declines have been among the sharpest in the country, have logged a rise in average wages. Fresno's average wages rose even as unemployment spiked to 15.5% in the first quarter. "The indication is there's a slowdown in migration to those places," explains Wial. "Workers are not perfect substitutes for one another and it may be that there is a decline in demand for lower-paid kinds of workers." When higher-paid workers lose their jobs, it lowers average salaries. When lower-wage workers lose their jobs but people like bankruptcy lawyers and doctors all keep working, it raises average salaries. And the bottom falling out of a city's economy is not a healthy development. But in some cities, rising wages do indicate relatively healthy economies. Average wages in Tulsa, Okla., rose 2.6% while unemployment registered a fairly benign 6%. Wial says the data help to sharpen the picture on regional economies. "We're learning there are two sun belts and two manufacturing belts. The Sun Belt that is dependent on retirement and tourism has really suffered a lot--Florida, Nevada, much of California. The energy Sun Belt and government-military Sun Belt--Texas, Oklahoma--[has] done quite well and [is] at or near the top of our rankings." The same trends are emerging with manufacturing, he says. "You might generally think a lot of manufacturing makes a region more vulnerable to recession, but it differs quite a bit from the auto industry to something else. The auto industry and auto suppliers--places that depend heavily on those industries have been hit very hard. But other types of manufacturing have done fairly well and sometimes quite well." Cities Where Wages Fell the Most No. 1: Rochester, N.Y. Rochester2.gif © Shutterstock Wage Decrease: -2.3% In April, when the national unemployment rate was 8.9%, unemployment in Rochester was a relatively low 7.4%. But the economy of the region has suffered heavily, contracting 4.4% since its peak. Many jobs have been spared; many wages have not. No. 2: Syracuse, N.Y. Wage Decrease: -2.2% Syracuse, too, has a better unemployment rate than the national average--only 7.7%--but its GDP has contracted more than 5% from its peak. Those economic losses have to show up somewhere. No. 3: Albany-Schenectady-Troy, N.Y. Wage Decrease: -2% When wages fall across a state, tax revenues to the state capital plunge as well. The New York State Comptroller's Office reported that, in May, personal income tax revenues fell 44% compared with a year earlier. No. 4: New York, N.Y. / Newark, N.J. / Edison, Pa. Wage Decrease: -1.5% Average wages can be disproportionately skewed by losses at the top. When a worker earning slightly above average loses his or her job, the overall average barely budges. but when financiers earning hundreds of thousands lose their jobs, it pulls down average wages quickly. Plunging salaries on Wall Street explain the fall in New York, and affect the rest of the metropolitan region as well. No. 5: Poughkeepsie-Newburgh-Middletown, N.Y. Wage Decrease: -1.5% Up the Hudson River, the effects of Wall Street's troubles reverberate. Poughkeepsie has only 7.2% unemployment and its economy has shrunk only an estimated 2.8%, but wages are falling. Cities Where Wages Rose the Most No. 1: Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, Ariz. Phoenix1.gif © iStock Wage Increase: 2.6% After experiencing the worst of the housing bust--home prices have fallen more than 50% from their peak in Phoenix, according to the Case-Shiller home price index--at least wages are growing in the Phoenix area. Is it a "green shoot" of economic growth, or just evidence that people are no longer moving to Phoenix, causing a tight labor market for high-end jobs? No. 2: Tulsa, Okla. Wage Increase: 2.6% Tulsa's economy has stayed strong through the recession. Home prices have continued to rise, according to the Federal Housing Finance Agency, and unemployment is a low 6%. No. 3: Baltimore-Towson, Md. Wage Increase: 2.5% Baltimore is increasingly an extension of the nation's capital. As lower-wage industries are replaced by relatively high-wage government-supported jobs, average wages increase. No. 4: Cape Coral-Fort Myers, Fla. Wage Increase: 2.3% Unemployment in Cape Coral, a major housing-bubble city, is a painful 11.9%. But average wages are jumping. It's likely a sign that low-wage jobs created by the housing boom are being lost much more quickly than high-wage jobs. That pushes average wages higher, but it's not a positive sign for the economy. No. 5: Tucson, Ariz. Wage Increase: 2.2% Tucson has managed to keep unemployment at 6.5%, two percentage points below the national average. A relatively tight job market means wages can still rise.
Brand name companies go bankrupt As consumers cut back, businesses are scrambling. 14 brands you know -- from an NHL hockey team to Obama's suit maker -- that are hitting the skids. The Washington-based clothing retailer, which is known for its mom jeans and rugged outdoor gear, is one step nearer to exiting bankruptcy. On July 17, the company selected Golden Gate Capital's all-cash offer $286 million, which it will be present in bankruptcy court for approval on July 22. This is the company's second spin through the courts. Its previous owner, Speigel Catalog, which bought the company in 1988, had filed for Chapter 11 in 2003. When Spiegel emerged in 2005, Eddie Bauer was spun off and became a stand-alone company for the first time since it was first acquired, by General Mills, in 1971. "Unfortunately, a crushing debt burden left from the Spiegel bankruptcy combined with the severe, prolonged recession have left us with no choice but to look for ways to restructure the company's balance sheet," said President and CEO Neil Fiske in a statement. When Eddie Bauer filed for bankruptcy, it claimed between $100 million and $500 million in assets, but just as much in liabilities. According to a statement from Eddie Bauer, the Golden Gate offer would keep "the substantial majority" of Eddie Bauer's stores and employees on deck. Gift cards will be honored.
Maybe this is the comeuppance for planting a hockey team in the desert. In May, the Phoenix Coyotes filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection with up to $500 million in debts and less than $100 million in assets. After that, a hockey-worthy fight broke out between the two potential new owners: Jim Balsillie, co-CEO of BlackBerry-maker Research in Motion, and Jerry Reinsdorf, owner of the Chicago White Sox and Chicago Bulls. While Reinsdorf said he would keep the club in its adopted home, Balsillie wanted to move it back to Canada. (The Coyotes started as the Winnipeg Jets before moving to Glendale, Ariz., a suburb of Phoenix, in 1996.) In mid-June, however, the bankruptcy judge ruled against Balsillie's $213 million bid and said the team would be auctioned off in August to anyone willing to keep the club in Arizona. But the bickering between the two sides continues. Whoever wins, they're scoring a team that averaged fewer than 11,000 fans at each game during the 2008-2009 seasons. That left the stadium almost half empty at home games. The president's suit maker needs a bailout Not even having ultra-dapper President Obama as a customer could help Hartmarx. The Chicago-based clothing maker declared bankruptcy in January, just after the president wore its suits for his inauguration and election night attire. The company listed between $100 million and $500 million in assets and liabilities, and noted in its filing a "substantial decline in discretionary apparel purchases by consumers and by the company's retail customers." Established in 1872, Hartmarx makes business, casual and golf clothes for its own brands -- including Hart Schaffner Marx, Palm Beach and Racquet Club -- and has exclusive rights to market under other luxury brands -- including Tommy Hilfiger, Burberry men's tailored clothing, Ted Baker, Pierre Cardin and Perry Ellis. Currently, the brands look to survive under the guidance of British equity firm Emerisque, which bid $128.4 million for Hartmarx. Six Flags waves the white flag sixflags1.gif The economy has been quite the thrill ride for Six Flags. The New York City-based amusement-park operator went belly-up in June, unable to spin off $2.4 billion in debt -- even on the Tilt-A-Whirl. But never fear: The chain's 20 parks, which stretch from Montreal to Mexico City, will remain open. The Chapter 11 filing is "strictly a financial restructuring" of the company's debt, said President and CEO Mark Shapiro in a statement. The parks attracted 25 million visitors in 2008, and the company made $275 million. "Six Flags has been a favorite family destination for almost a half century. Our financial reorganization will best position our parks to entertain millions of guests for another 50 years," Shapiro added. Fancy soap-maker can't hold water When you're afraid you might lose your job, triple-milled soap, $18 body lotion and aromatherapy spa treatments tend to become less of a priority. The domestic portion of Crabtree & Evelyn filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in July with between $10 million and $50 million in assets -- and just as much in debts. The Woodstock, Conn., company was founded in 1973 and built its brand on natural products that feature herbs, fruits and fresh flowers. But as consumers watched Wall Street spiral lower, they reigned in spending on consumer luxuries. Crabtree & Evelyn's 126 stores, mostly sprinkled in malls throughout the country, have seen a sharp sales pullback. The real-estate portfolio of the company will go under the microscope as part of its bankruptcy filing, but for now, the stores remain open. Crabtree & Evelyn also operates a Web site, which is unaffected by the filing, and distributes products to thousands of wholesalers. Crabtree & Evelyn is owned by Kuala Lumpur Kepong Berhad, a Malaysian company that is publicly traded there and invests in a grab-bag of industries, including manufacturing, real estate and retail. Filene's Basement dresses down filenes1.gif This bargain basement may have passed on a few too many deals to its customers. Filene's Basement filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in May with assets of up to $100 million and liabilities of as much as five times that amount. The company said the credit crunch coupled with consumers pulling back made its debt burden unmanageable. Fellow discount retailer Syms agreed to pay $65 million for the company, which was actually founded in a Boston basement in 1909. Syms bought 23 of the retailer's 25 store leases as well as its inventory -- which includes everything from Seven jeans to Prada merchandise. The stores will continue to operate under the Filene's Basement name. Extended Stay need a refresh uring a recession, travelers seem to be more willing to bunk up with buddies to save a buck. The long-term hotel operator, Extended Stay, filed for Chapter 11 in June, buckling under a debt load totaling $7.6 billion at the end of 2008, according to court documents. The hotel chain, meanwhile, showed assets of only $7.1 billion at the end of 2008 with sales of $1 billion for the year. And revenues tumbled further as the recession dug in deeper: The first five months of 2009 saw revenue per available room crater by 23.2% compared to the same period the year prior. The hotel chain is popular among business travelers who have to work away from home for more than a night, offering apartment-like conditions with fully equipped kitchen, expanded work space, wireless Internet, onsite guest laundry facilities, and pet-friendly rooms. During the bankruptcy process, the hotel chain -- which has more than 680 properties under a handful of regional names such as Extended Stay America, Homestead Studio Suites, Studio PLUS and Crossland -- will all remain open and in operation. Eddie Bauer packs up - again eddieb1.gif The Washington-based clothing retailer, which is known for its mom jeans and rugged outdoor gear, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in June. This is the company's second spin through the courts. Its previous owner, Speigel Catalog, which bought the company in 1988, had filed for Chapter 11 in 2003. When Spiegel emerged in 2005, Eddie Bauer was spun off and became a stand-alone company for the first time since it was first acquired, by General Mills, in 1971. "Unfortunately, a crushing debt burden left from the Spiegel bankruptcy combined with the severe, prolonged recession have left us with no choice but to look for ways to restructure the company's balance sheet," said President and CEO Neil Fiske in a statement. When Eddie Bauer filed for bankruptcy, it claimed between $100 million and $500 million in assets, but just as much in liabilities. Eddie Bauer intends to sell the majority of its assets to CCMP Capital for $202 million, though bidding is still open. CCMP has agreed to keep the majority of the company's 371 stores open, as well as its catalogue and Web site operations. Gift cards, however, will only be honored until Sept. 1 or the company sells its assets -- whichever comes first.
by Andrea Coombes Desperation, and six other mistakes job-seekers should avoid Economists call it the labor market, but for job hunters competing with almost 15 million unemployed workers, it probably feels more like a labor jungle. And many economists expect the current 9.5% unemployment rate to get worse before it gets better, possibly topping 10% -- a situation not seen since the early 1980s, when for a 10-month period the jobless rate hovered between 10% and 10.8%, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. In times like these, bad news isn't hard to find. But jobs are -- and job seekers are all too aware of it. That alone can have negative ramifications, some experts say. "Job hunters, because they are so fearful and full of anxiety, the way they are approaching job hunting is more off base than ever," said Andrea Kay, a career consultant and author of "Work's a Bitch and Then You Make It Work." They're "not taking time to think about strategy," Kay said. "They're merely reacting." Hide Your Desperation When asked about the biggest mistakes job seekers are making, the three most-cited problems were "too desperate/willing to take anything," "poor interview preparation" and "weak resumes," according to a survey of 500 executive recruiters conducted for TheLadders.com, a career site for executives. In this job market it's not surprising people are "willing to take anything." Still, career experts say it's important to spend time digging up information on jobs that are well suited to you, rather than applying to any open position. "It's not about how many jobs you apply to; it's applying to the right one," said Alex Douzet, president and co-founder of TheLadders.com. "The skill and preparation is in narrowing down the right job for you." The right strategy is not complicated, Kay said. "A good job hunter has two jobs: They should be discovering the problems that employers have for which they need help and then they should be presenting themselves as the solution." Is the company struggling to stay in business? Developing a new product? "What are their issues that I as an IT person or a marketing person or a customer-service person can help them with?" Kay said. Others agreed that in job hunting, strategy is all-important. "Even during good times, there are still people competing for virtually every job listing," said Richard Bolles, author of "The Job-Hunter's Survival Guide" and "What Color Is Parachute?" "During hard times, you have to have better job-hunting skills to compete," he said. Developing a strategy can help you focus your search and, ideally, help you overcome that sense of desperation. Also, consider these other mistakes to avoid when job-hunting: 1. Relying Solely on Ads and Online Job Sites Jobs often are not advertised, and the only way to find them is by networking. "Many employers prefer not to advertise on the Internet. They prefer to fill vacancies in more personal ways. Job hunters who go on the Internet, typically only 10% or less" are successful, Bolles said. That means finding and contacting companies that can use your skills, Kay said. "Find a live human being there that you can connect to so you're not just another resume coming in the door." Contact that person via email or telephone, and say, for instance, "I understand you're in the process of rolling out a new product. I would like to talk to you about how I can support you in this," Kay said. Also send your resume and a letter "packed with reasons for them to want to talk to you." At small to mid-size firms, try simply walking in the door, resume in hand -- but keep in mind that not all employers appreciate this. "I'm a fan of physically going to the company," said Robert Hosking, executive director of OfficeTeam, a temporary staffing agency for administrative professionals and unit of Robert Half International. "Get yourself looking professional. Walk into reception. 'I understand you posted an ad for this. I know it said to email the resume. I personally wanted to drop one off,'" Hosking said. "It shows tremendous initiative to be able to do that. It sets you apart from 90% of job seekers out there, and it gets your resume to the top of the pile in hardcopy." Still, at a larger company, you'll likely need to find somebody to drop off your resume for you, Bolles said. In that case, your network, as well as online sites such as LinkedIn can be invaluable for making connections. 2. Don't Make Your Resume a List of Activities Job seekers often think their resume is for listing "everything I've ever done in my life," TheLadders.com's Douzet said. "No, no, no. This is a marketing vehicle. This is your company brochure. It's your brand statement. It's got to tell your story." Focus on detailing your achievements, not listing what you've done. Quantify your successes, whether in dollars or time saved for your previous company, or in customers retained, experts said. Also, your resume should be tailored to fit the company's job description so it catches the eye of the person doing the initial resume sorting. Also, your resume's story should parallel what you say in the interview. "When I meet with you and I've read your story on paper," Douzet said, "there shouldn't be a disconnect." More resume rules: Two pages maximum, and no colored paper or cute graphics, Hosking said. If you drop off your resume, use a slightly heavier paper so it stands out from the stack the company printed out from emails. 3. Don't Go to the Interview Unprepared If the company recently made an acquisition or unveiled a new product, you need to know, and be able to speak intelligently about the company's needs and culture. "Companies loved to be loved, just as much as individuals," Bolles said. Another way to prepare: Come up with two or three messages you want to get across to hiring managers. Again, tailor these to match the job description, Douzet said. Why? More than one person is going to have to approve hiring you. "These people are going to get together later and discuss your candidacy," Douzet said. "They have to remember something about you and they have to convince each other that you are the right person to do the job." If you've presented a coherent story about your achievements and how they fit the job's requirements, you're more likely to be considered as a contender. 4. Don't Confuse 'Networking' With Asking for Work Networking is about developing relationships, Kay said. Contact people you know to ask for advice; don't ask for work. Tap their expertise about their industry and company, and what advice they have for you on the job hunt. Also, don't ask chance acquaintances for a reference, but tap them for information on their firm's hiring process, its culture and even the name and number of the person doing the hiring. Networking "is developing relationships that may not have an immediate payoff tomorrow but certainly in the long run are very helpful," said Judith Applebaum, director of career services at the University of Buffalo. 5. Don't Treat Support Staff Poorly Sixty-one percent of executives said they considered their assistant's opinion important when evaluating job candidates, according to an OfficeTeam survey. "No matter how stressed you get, keep in mind that if you're not as nice to the front desk person as you could be, that information always gets back," Hosking said. 6. Failing to Tap Resources Many college career offices offer their services to alumni of all ages, Applebaum said. "At the University of Buffalo we provide individual assistance through career counseling, we have vacancy listings, resume databases that we offer to employers, job fairs [and] networking opportunities with employers and with alumni," she said. Also, search for local nonprofit and for-profit career-counseling agencies, she said. Along with networking opportunities, support groups can help job seekers maintain a positive attitude. Finally, while you're job-hunting, consider volunteering or taking a class at a local college. The experience will keep you connected and may lead to achievements that will serve you well on your resume.
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