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Date: June 15, 2005

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In This Issue:

Thoughts of the Day

Article : THE 10 BIGGEST CAREER CHANGE MISTAKES -- AND HOW TO AVOID THEM By Patricia Soldati

Article : JOB SEARCH LESSONS FROM "WALL STREET" By Scott Brown

Article : How Important is Your Resume By Ethan Obten

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Thoughts of the Day

"Select a few people to be particularly kind to today, those you were a little harsh with yesterday." -- Norman Vincent Peale

"No matter how dark things seem to be or actually are, raise your sights and see the possibilities - always see them, for they're always there." -- Norman Vincent Peale

Article

THE 10 BIGGEST CAREER CHANGE MISTAKES -- AND HOW TO AVOID THEM

By Patricia Soldati

Career change is no walk in the park. If it was easy, the castle gates would have burst long ago under the stampede of restless corporate warriors. Even with a burning desire to escape, the gritty issues of money and future work loom larger than life. Add in the trauma of a lost security blanket and you’ve got a love-hate relationship that keeps you marching stoically in place. It doesn’t have to be that way. Successful career-changers take one step at a time. Learn a little...make a little progress. Learn a little more. Take a giant leap forward.

You control the process from beginning to end. When you’re energy is strong, act boldly; when you’re feeling less confident, slow down. Learn all you can about the process of change...and educate yourself about the most common mistakes career-changers make, too. Here’s a list of the 10 biggest ­ and how to avoid them. 10 Biggest Career-Change Mistakes

1. Not seriously focused. Career change is a big and amorphous creature. Like any major life event, it takes consistent focus. Don’t dabble! Jump in solidly with both feet. Schedule regular "career change" time into your calendar.

2. Poor support. Career change generally doesn’t result from just reading a book. It requires a variety of resources and partnering with mentors who are both knowledgeable and objective. Create a "short list" of who could be most valuable to you.

3. Too few clues. To identify new work possibilities, you need a robust set of specific clues about your values, motivational preferences and skills. Start with about 20 ­ 25 values, passions, skills and preferences, and hone it down to 12 ­ 15 that resonate most for you.

4. Too much in your head. You can’t think your way into work you love ­ it requires moving into action ­ asking questions, seeking advice, networking, experimentation.

5. Waiting for the perfect time. There isn’t one, so take the first step now. Career change usually takes from one to three years. The sooner you start, the sooner you’ll enjoy work that honors all of you ­ body, mind and spirit.

6. Living in hope. That things will change...magic will happen...someone will come along and fix it. NOT!. You control your destiny...one day at a time.

7. Doesn’t take the long view. Reluctant to re-train or take other steps to "wire" yourself for success. Career change is long-term. Bite it off in small chunks.

8. Accepts emotional pain as a way of life. Truly, it doesn’t have to work this way. Loving life isn’t just for weekends.

9. Fails to create financial reserves that can enable change. Try this out -- see how much you can cut expenses and keep, virtually, your same lifestyle. I think you’ll surprise yourself.

10. Thinking you are too old. You are not -- whatever your age. The average age of my client list is 45; the mean is 48; the oldest is 57; the youngest is 36. Each day, you have a choice about how you want to live your life. Make it one that will give you all the peace and fulfillment that you deserve.

About the author: Patricia Soldati is a former President & COO of a national finance organization who re-invented her working life in 1999. As a career change specialist, she uses business savvy, coaching skills and "possibility thinking" to guide burned out corporate professionals into soul-satisfying work, safely and smartly. For 5 complimentary Career Change Lessons, visit www.findworkyouloveandthrive.com/catlibrary/5lessonslandpage.html

Article

JOB SEARCH LESSONS FROM "WALL STREET"

One common theme that seems to keep recurring during the course of a job search is that of starting to view people in corporations as inhuman and just part of a system. This is largely driven by overworked people in corporate H.R. departments who are expected to deal with massive volumes of candidates and to be able to screen applicants they're not really qualified to make judgments on. This is a big part of the reason why H.R. people are often curt or have a bad attitude when you talk to them on the phone or meet with them in person. There is also the psychological phenomenon of people treating others the way they are treated. Companies often treat H.R. people poorly: they're the last to get new computers, have the smallest budget, and are usually regarded as just being a necessary evil within the company. Human Resource departments were originally called "Personnel" departments, but the name was changed in an effort to help them gain more respect as being an important asset within the company. Unfortunately, the name change alone did not make a difference.

Why point all this out? Because as a job seeker, you are in large measure selling yourself to these people. They are your customers. Any good salesperson understands that knowing the customer is critical to persuading them to make a purchase. Sure, the ultimate customer is the hiring manager who you would end up working for. But the H.R. department is often an intermediary customer who you need to persuade first in order to meet with the hiring manager. Sometimes, you may have to talk to an H.R. person several times before getting a chance to interview with the company. It's easy to fall into the trap of treating H.R. people as if they were just inhuman and a part of the system.

A good example of someone realizing that a human touch could make a big difference can be seen in the character of Bud Fox, played by Charlie Sheen, in the movie Wall Street. In the movie, Fox is an entry-level sales rep at a brokerage firm. He and his co-workers are told it's all a numbers game, and that they should pick prospects out of the phone book based on their zip code, and give them a standard sales pitch. Sheen's character realizes, however, that a personal relationship with a big player could really skyrocket his career. The biggest figure on Wall Street is a tycoon named Gordon Gekko, played by Michael Douglas. Just about everyone on Wall Street wants to do business with him. Against the odds, Bud Fox undertakes an effort to establish a relationship with Gekko's secretary so that he can eventually get a meeting with Gekko.

After a couple of months, he's established a flirting relationship with Gekko's secretary, teasing her about the idea of their getting married, and on Gekko's birthday, he shows up at their office with a box of Cuban cigars, which he knew Gekko liked from an article in Forbes magazine. This personal touch of remembering something Gekko liked, combined with the fact that he had established a relationship with Gekko's secretary, got him a meeting with the biggest star on Wall Street and a chance at making millions. It all came from Fox's realization that relationships and treating people well were an important part in being successful.

If you haven't seen the movie Wall Street, I'd definitely recommend it. Maybe it will inspire you with ideas about how you can land the kind of job you want. Dealing with people who are stressed out - like H.R. people or secretaries for busy business people - is not easy. But a combination of persistence and humanity can work wonders!

Scott Brown is the author of the Job Search Handbook (http://www.JobSearchHandbook.com). As the editor of HireSites.com's weekly newsletter, Scott has written many articles on the subject of job searching. He wrote the Job Search Handbook to provide job seekers with a complete yet easy to use guide to finding a job effectively. To download your own free copy of the Job Search Handbook, visit http://www.JobSearchHandbook.com.

Article

How Important is Your Resume

Your resume is a piece of paper, a document that you give to a potential employer. It it has on it, your personal and contact information, a brief summary of your education, and relevant work experience and accomplishments. It usually will contain references and a statement of why the person reading it would be wise to hire you. Then you attach the papers to the employment application and turn it to a secretary, or mail it off, and hope for the best. Your resume has a task. It's job is to get you an interview with the person doing the hiring. Writing a resume that will accomplish it's only task is NOT as easy as you may think. There is no specific rules for writing your resume, you can design the format and change it to match the desired position. Because there are no strict rules, tips are just creative suggestions. So in order to write the resume to accomplish it's purpose, you have to design it to display the information in an effective manner.

You need to start the writing of your own resume by putting together accurate information needed. You will likely find that most books about resume writing are outdated, and do not apply very well to the modern job market, besides those books are what all the other applicants are reading to write their resumes. It is likely that asking other people, especially people recently hired to similar jobs, what their resume was like. The resume format does NOT have to be new, it just has to accomplish it's task. It can be the same format as other people who have gotten good jobs.

But with some extra effort, you can give yourself a competitive edge by writing an above average resume that will accomplish it's task. Most resumes do not draw any special attention to themselves, from the prospective employers. They are cold, boring fact sheets that often do not give the information desired by the employer. With a good resume you can get calls for interviews before your competitors, even those who are more qualified than you are.

Even if you think that your resume is suitable to your job, the resume may be more inadequate than you think. You should think of a new style and method of writing that would be a new format of resume for you. To find out the inadequacy in your resume just think about the position of your resume among the resumes of other candidates.

When you prepare to apply for your perfect job, you should remember that there are many, other qualified applicants also applying for that job. You should write your resume in such a way that grab and awake a sleepy employer who is approaching the task of making the first cut to those to recommend for an interview. You should write in such a manner that the employer will sit up and become more interested as he/she is reading.

If your resume causes the employer to go through your it with interest, the employer will keep your application on the top of the stack. Then the resume will have done it's job.

Ethan Obten is the owner and webmaster for <a href="http://www.resumern.com">Resume Nurse</a> which is the #1 resource for Resumes on the Internet. To read a complete archive of his articles, see: http://www.resumern.com/articles/

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