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FEBRUARY 14, 2018

If you don't make the effort to tell others about your skill and your ability to make a difference, then they're going to skip over you and move onto the next toothpaste, er, person. Try blogging on Linked or some other professional site -- they often accept guest authors. The same is true for your career.

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MARCH 16, 2015

Blogs, Instagram, Facebook and Twitter provide forums to share our thoughts on a daily basis. In a first interview, it''s best to focus on your skills and what you bring to the table. We might complain about the rotten weather, how long we had to stand in line to get coffee or the dog that barked all night and kept us awake.

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MAY 29, 2009

Helpful information and advice from Americas favorite workplace columnist About Anita Blog Books Syndicated Column Interviews Career Links Contact Friday, May 29, 2009 How to Overcome Obstacles in Your Career Yesterday I guest posted on GL Hoffmans "What Would Dad Say" blog about learning to be more resourceful. Be willing to fight.

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SEPTEMBER 1, 2009

Helpful information and advice from Americas favorite workplace columnist About Anita Blog Books Syndicated Column Interviews Career Links Contact Tuesday, September 1, 2009 4 Ways to Handle Your Childish Boss Theres probably no subject that generates more discussion on this blog than two words: "bad boss."

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MAY 19, 2010

Helpful information and advice from Americas favorite workplace columnist About Anita Blog Books Syndicated Column Interviews Career Links Contact Wednesday, May 19, 2010 The Most Critical Lessons From This Crummy Job Market When I was a kid, one of those "grown-up" sayings that made no sense to me was "never say never again." Great post.

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OCTOBER 20, 2011

Sharlyn Lauby , author of the HR Bartender blog , says that she believes part-timers can't just do their jobs and expect to get an offer of full-time work. The key is to be more strategic in taking on tasks that will help you demonstrate your value or skills. If they stay late, that's what you do," she says. Take the initiative.

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MARCH 14, 2013

Here's a recent story I did for Gannett/USA Today on why you might want to try and improve your writing skills. With the explosion of texts, instant messages, social media posts and blogs, they say that the writing rules first outlined in their book 10 years ago are more important now than ever. Did any of them have typos? Style Guide.

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MAY 31, 2011

Now, I'm going to write a post for college graduates who are jobless -- and it has nothing to do with writing a resume or brushing up on interview skills. Like newspapers, magazines or RELIABLE blogs. Last week I wrote a post about what parents can do to help their college graduates who have to move back home until they find a job.

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JUNE 16, 2010

Helpful information and advice from Americas favorite workplace columnist About Anita Blog Books Syndicated Column Interviews Career Links Contact Wednesday, June 16, 2010 Could Being Conscientious Make Unemployment Worse? They believe they have valuable skills and enough contacts they’ll soon land on their feet.

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SEPTEMBER 23, 2011

Could your communication skills be holding you back? Instead of saying you’re not employed, say that you’ve been out networking, volunteering and learning new skills,” she says. Also.I've recently begun writing for Intuit's Quickbase blog. Are you dressing correctly? Is your hairstyle out-of-date? Do you look too old?

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OCTOBER 21, 2009

Helpful information and advice from Americas favorite workplace columnist About Anita Blog Books Syndicated Column Interviews Career Links Contact Wednesday, October 21, 2009 4 ways to keep your confidence during a job hunt I hear from a lot of people who are out of work. We start to make our unemployment status mean something negative.”

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MARCH 18, 2008

Many of you have asked whether I'm back to two-armed blogging. Water Cooler Wisdom makes a terrific point about improving your writing skills. Water Cooler Wisdom makes a terrific point about improving your writing skills. Finally, I'll have Bill Lampton, a communications guru, on my Blog Talk Radio show this morning at 10 a.m.

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FEBRUARY 5, 2009

Give a brief rundown of your top skills, some "highlights" they can use to promote you to others. Instead of visiting gossip sites and playing games online all day, figure out what skills you'd like to improve. Teach yourself more about building a website, or start a blog that shows off your skills.

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JUNE 21, 2010

Will your skills be given a chance to grow? Use foreign language skills. If you’re finding yourself burned out with your life and your career, working abroad can be life-changing event that helps put your life back on track, while helping you gain skills by working with people of diverse backgrounds. Know the law.

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DECEMBER 22, 2008

These are statements like "Objective: A position with a strong, stable company where I can use my skills and expertise to contribute to growth and advance my career." If you don’t have actual job experience, explain how you obtained the skills needed. No kidding. This applies to every employee, everywhere.

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AUGUST 5, 2010

Helpful information and advice from Americas favorite workplace columnist About Anita Blog Books Syndicated Column Interviews Career Links Contact Thursday, August 5, 2010 Are You Willing to Step Down the Career Ladder? You're not defined only by a job -- employers are interested in the skills you bring to the company.

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FEBRUARY 10, 2010

Helpful information and advice from Americas favorite workplace columnist About Anita Blog Books Syndicated Column Interviews Career Links Contact Wednesday, February 10, 2010 5 Ways to Avoid Freaking Out About Networking Hear that? It is THE most underutilized skill of professionals out there. That growling noise? That's the rub.

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AUGUST 26, 2010

Helpful information and advice from Americas favorite workplace columnist About Anita Blog Books Syndicated Column Interviews Career Links Contact Thursday, August 26, 2010 Could That Promotion Be a Career-Killer? Dont think youre going to learn these skills from a leadership book," he says. Reporters often make lousy leaders.

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DECEMBER 1, 2009

Helpful information and advice from Americas favorite workplace columnist About Anita Blog Books Syndicated Column Interviews Career Links Contact Tuesday, December 1, 2009 Will This Tough Job Market Change Generation Y? Like the rest of job hunters, Generation Y has found jobs can be tough to come by, even with their skills.

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APRIL 27, 2009

Several months ago, I blogged about the power of telling a story in your career. Practice your delivery and work on telling your stories to trusted colleagues until you believe you've developed your skills enough to use it in other professional contexts. One final note: Be truthful with your stories.

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JULY 8, 2010

Helpful information and advice from Americas favorite workplace columnist About Anita Blog Books Syndicated Column Interviews Career Links Contact Thursday, July 8, 2010 6 Tips for Getting More Rest at Work I once was in a museum and watched a guard cross his feet and arms, lean back against a wall -- and go sound asleep.

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FEBRUARY 24, 2010

Helpful information and advice from Americas favorite workplace columnist About Anita Blog Books Syndicated Column Interviews Career Links Contact Wednesday, February 24, 2010 How to Hang on to a New Job I know many people hate networking. Wrong, wrong and wrong.

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NOVEMBER 20, 2008

Your blog claims that you have the record for taking the most photocopies of your face on the office copier, and you're going for your third straight win in the 'burping the alphabet' contest during this year's holiday party. Was there a reason you neglected to list these skills on your application?"

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FEBRUARY 22, 2008

Today is the last of my two-armed blogs for a while. What worried him, he said, was our lack of critical thinking skills that would really impact us in the coming years. As I write this last two-armed blog, I know that the coming weeks will be interesting, unsettling, frustrating and filled with lots of bad hair days.

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SEPTEMBER 10, 2007

Start blogging. Even if you aren’t allowed to blog about your job, find other bloggers in your industry and post comments. Make sure you understand not only what you’re worth, but what areas of the country (or world) are hiring people with your skills and abilities. Know where the jobs are.

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MAY 11, 2010

Successful companies, just like successful people, usually do not count modesty among their greatest virtues, and they not immune to skillful flattery,” he writes. How to Know What Your Boss is Thinking 6 Ways to Show Your Worth This blog has moved Do You Have What it Takes to Work in a Non-Profit?

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JANUARY 27, 2011

Blogs such as The Cynical Girl (by Laurie Ruettimann) have generated some entertaining -- and informative -- discussions about what older applicants should wear to an interview. Older workers should embrace learning new skills and seek training on new technology. Learn new things.

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JUNE 10, 2010

Helpful information and advice from Americas favorite workplace columnist About Anita Blog Books Syndicated Column Interviews Career Links Contact Thursday, June 10, 2010 If Youre Not Happy at Work, Will You Be Miserable Overall? Simply feeling as if "you make a contribution every day and do something thats meaningful to you" is crucial.

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JULY 20, 2009

Helpful information and advice from Americas favorite workplace columnist About Anita Blog Books Syndicated Column Interviews Career Links Contact Monday, July 20, 2009 Do Online Classes Make Sense for Your Career? I recently came across your blog and have been reading along. Nice blog. I will keep visiting this blog very often.

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AUGUST 10, 2010

Helpful information and advice from Americas favorite workplace columnist About Anita Blog Books Syndicated Column Interviews Career Links Contact Tuesday, August 10, 2010 4 Ways to Say "No" at Work Often the most difficult word in the English language is "no." Labels: Anita Bruzzese. Perhaps a necessary one.

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MAY 26, 2010

Helpful information and advice from Americas favorite workplace columnist About Anita Blog Books Syndicated Column Interviews Career Links Contact Wednesday, May 26, 2010 Does It Matter Whether You Have Friends at Work? BTW, anyone who requests it who reads Anita's outstandlng blog, I will send a FREE pdf of it to them.

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MAY 26, 2008

I also blogged about the problem, and several others bloggers joined in, including Jason Alba at JibberJobber. He says these men and women have many more valuable job skills that give them qualifications to be more than “front-line” workers.

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FEBRUARY 2, 2009

Whether it's writing a blog, teaching themselves a new skill, or making phone calls to network with former colleagues, they manage to keep their sanity by keeping busy and not giving in to panic or despair. I've spent a lot of time lately interviewing people who no longer have jobs.

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SEPTEMBER 17, 2009

Helpful information and advice from Americas favorite workplace columnist About Anita Blog Books Syndicated Column Interviews Career Links Contact Thursday, September 17, 2009 What to Do When Youve Run Off Into a Career Ditch If I could leave you with one thought today, it would be this: You are a work in progress.

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NOVEMBER 17, 2009

Helpful information and advice from Americas favorite workplace columnist About Anita Blog Books Syndicated Column Interviews Career Links Contact Tuesday, November 17, 2009 8 tips to help you find your way in this tough job market While I knew there was a good chance the unemployment rate would go up, when I heard the latest figures were 10.2

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AUGUST 19, 2010

Helpful information and advice from Americas favorite workplace columnist About Anita Blog Books Syndicated Column Interviews Career Links Contact Thursday, August 19, 2010 How to Network -- and Not Hate It One of the reasons I wanted to be a newspaper reporter -- and not a television reporter -- was because I didnt want to be in front of a camera.

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MARCH 10, 2010

Helpful information and advice from Americas favorite workplace columnist About Anita Blog Books Syndicated Column Interviews Career Links Contact Wednesday, March 10, 2010 Do You Have What it Takes to Work in a Non-Profit? The non-profit culture is not without its drama, but is overall much more supportive.

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