by Mike Duke | Jul 24, 2017 | Career Development Partners, Job Success, Mike Duke, Success, Successful People, Your Career
All Success Principles Summed Up in 4 Words. I like to take things that are complex and boil them down to their most simple truth. So, I tried to take all the success principles and kept narrowing them down until I had only four things left. If you do these four...
by Rick Christensen | Jul 20, 2017 | Career Development Partners, Career Transition, Interviewing, Rick Christensen, Your Career
How to Handle Difficult Interview Questions #6 Where do you see yourself in 5 years? When you are interviewing for a job, it can be hard to know what you want to do next year let alone what you want to be doing in five years. Even if you have a clear vision of where...
by Rick Christensen | Jun 8, 2017 | Career Development Partners, Career Transition, Rick Christensen, Your Career
Your unique selling proposition is more important than ever in today’s competitive job market. You spend your entire life building your credentials and your reputation. You are also acquiring attributes that make you unique. It is the job seeker who best articulates...
by Rick Christensen | Jun 1, 2017 | Career Development Partners, Career Transition, Job Search, Job Search Resources, Rick Christensen, Your Career
Congratulations, you did it. You landed a great job, you probably have a range of mixed emotions. Relief at ending your job search. Anxiety because of the unknown future. Excitement at starting a new chapter in your career. Anticipation of new challenges. How you...
by Rick Christensen | Apr 20, 2017 | Career Transition, Job Search, Job Search Resources, Rick Christensen, Your Career
Journaing, Teddy Roosevelt did it. Harry Truman also. Want to have a successful job search? Keep a job search journal. One of the most effective tools I recommend to power up your job search is journalaling. The exercise of job search is not unlike a sport you play....
by Rick Christensen | Apr 7, 2017 | Career Transition, Job Search, Rick Christensen, Your Career
I was reminded recently about Alice’s conversation with the Cheshire Cat in Louis Carroll’s tail of Alice in Wonderland. In the story Alice comes to a fork in the road, in a quandary about which direction to take she requests the help of the Cheshire Cat....
