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4 Ways to Leverage Your Comprehensive Professional Portfolio Strategy

All Things Admin

And there’s nothing like looking over your professional portfolio to give you the confidence boost you need to see how far you’ve come and how much further you can go! Your portfolio will be instrumental during every step of your career and even into retirement. Performance Reviews. Obviously, that’s false! Start creating yours today!

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What to Do When You've Run Off Into a Career Ditch

On The Job

Rather youre trying to get a job, starting a new career, in mid-career, or thinking about retiring, you can never write the ending to your story. I see job seekers become demoralized when someone asks them, "So, what do you do?" How do you keep yourself enthused about your career or job hunt?

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Could a Union Be Coming to a Cubicle Near You?

On The Job

My Dad was 10 months from retirement when the refinery closed, and had a frail knee and back after being injured on the job. November 5, 2009 10:59 PM Post a Comment << Home Previous Posts 2 Big Myths About Work You Need to Ditch 4 ways to keep your confidence during a job hunt Could telecommuting be a career mistake?

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8 tips to help you find your way in this tough job market

On The Job

“Don’t forget that while some jobs are gone forever, there are a lot of new ones evolving,” he says. million people who are 65 and older are going to go ahead and retire. That’s a lot of jobs opening up.” What are some other job search tips? Labels: job market posted by Anita at 9:36 AM 10 Comments: jonathanbegley said.

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Answering Reader Mail: How Long is it Fair to be a Temp for a Job?

Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

It is known that age only plays a factor because the more years you have worked for a company the more expensive an employee is because of their salary, overtime, and other perks/benefits that are considered in the overall compensation package (401k matching, retirement, etc). Would I like my boss, my team, my role, my compensation package?

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Will This Tough Job Market Change Generation Y?

On The Job

Though the job market now is bad, it's been bad for years now. And due to outsourcing, Boomers not retiring, and Gen Yers being told (by older generations mind you) to get degrees in their "passion" or that "any degree" is a path to success.you end up with a lot of overworked, underpaid 20somethings.

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Is your employer clueless about your needs?

On The Job

For example, while baby boomers may be thought of as nearing retirement, the truth is that many in their 50s these days have begun new careers in new industries and may be more than 20 or more years from retiring – if they retire at all, Lynch says. 8 tips to help you find your way in this tough job.