Professional Development for the Life of Your Career
Tuesday Tips on Careers: Are You Owning Your Professional Development? First I’d like to thank Steve for the invitation to join him for Tuesday Tips on Careers, I appreciate the opportunity to engage with this great group. I’m a proponent of proactive professional development and believe that we should BE SIMPLYREADY for the life of […]
Q & A with Ron Thomas, a Chief Human Resource & Administrative Officer
I am very pleased to have recently had the privilege of interviewing Ron Thomas, a Chief Human Resource & Administrative Officer currently based in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. We asked him to share his insight and recommendations for human resource practitioners. Q: Would you speak to your experience as a professional and describe how you stay […]
Surely you’re not searching for a Job without a Networking Plan
Planning to Network: A Foundation for Success Given that jobs are in ‘visible’ and ‘invisible’ markets it’s best to ensure you know how to access both if you are searching for a new career begin with a networking plan. The visible job market can be found online, in newspapers, job boards, company websites, advertisements, etc. […]
The Problem with Your Job Search and How To (Potentially) Solve It
Your Job Search Job searches can take more time than we prefer or can afford at times. Finding a new job can seem to take an eternity if you’ve lost your job and need to be employed now. Depending upon the conditions in which you became unemployed, you may have received a severance package or […]
The Job Search: What I Learned
Perspectives from Dick McCracken Allow me to briefly introduce myself. I am recently retired from the nationally ranked Kelley School of Business, Indiana University-Bloomington, where I was charged with supporting the job search of top-tier, rising MBAs who had quit good jobs to recharge/advance their careers through challenging graduate education. Before that I had 30 […]
Planning for a New Career
A New Career Begins with Understanding Your Needs/Preferences The amount of self reflection that will be useful to you will depend upon your circumstances and the progress you’ve made in the process of planning for a new career or job search. The purpose of this exercise is to encourage a review of the attributes of […]
Start-ups and Job Seekers Use Technology to Add Value
Q & A with Chris Russell, CEO of CareerCloud, LLC I’m excited to share a snapshot of my recent Q & A with Chris Russell, CEO of CareerCloud, LLC, with you. What’s exciting for me is the opportunity to highlight the creative ways in which technology based start-ups are discovering new ways to add value […]
Professional Development Plans and Your Career
Managing Your Career with Professional Development Plans Professional development plans can be quite useful in managing your career. They can help align your efforts and resources with your goals. Professional development plans do not need to be complicated or take considerable amounts of your time. Making them useful involves your willingness to be adaptable […]
You are Responsible for Your Career, Own Your Professional Development
Own Your Professional Development Too often professionals rely on the advice of their management or human resources departments in isolation to guide their professional development. While I agree their feedback and guidance is very important to your performance at your present place of employment, if you rely on it in isolation you may be […]
Professionals and Career Management
Manage Your Career Before You Need To For the majority of jobs it’s no longer realistic to believe that anyone will be in any one position for several years, let alone for the life of their career. Yes, there are professions that are exceptions (physicians, attorneys, and others). Work environments and the way in […]