Eat Your Career

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Are Professional Certifications Worth It?

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Possessing it demonstrates expert-level mastery of the skills required to leverage systems like Excel, Word, and PowerPoint. However, as a career coach , I am also a Certified Professional Career Manager (PCM), which is designation offered through a lesser-known company called TalentGuard.

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How to Work For (or With) a Perfectionist

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Recently, while leading a workshop on the topic of stress management , one attendee mentioned that her boss was a perfectionist and this was placing an added strain on her daily work experience. How do you manage your workload in an environment where “perfect” is the standard against which your performance is measured?