If you do find yourself in a situation where you are resigning from your post, be classy. How you quit your job can actually be a career booster. And conversely, resignations that are ill-timed, angry or emotional or clumsily handled can be career limiters. Here are some obvious reasons why resigning in a classy way will help your career: SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Resign / Quit your Job with Style: Top 100 Career Boosters - #10", url: "/archives/2007/08/28/resign_quit_your_job_with_style_top_100_career_boosters_-_10.html" });
Continue reading...Sunday, June 3, 2007
The April 2007 issue of Maxim magazine ran a few quotes from me on salary negotiations. If you happen to have that issue hangingin around, it is on page 126. SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Salary Negotiation quotes by Ian in Maxim Magazine", url: "/archives/2007/06/03/salary_negotiation_quotes_by_ian_in_maxim_magazine.html" });
Continue reading...Wednesday, May 30, 2007
Penelope has always impressed me with her insightfulness and fresh, no-nonsense, practical ideas about managing careers and work.So, I was delighted to receive from her publisher Warner Books a copy of her new book, Brazen Careerist: The New Rules for Success. Simply put, it is a really good read, and a valuable addition to increasing your career intelligence quotient.I may call up one or two of her ideas for further discussion in later posts. SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Book Recommendation: The Brazen Careerist by Penelope Trunk", url: "/archives/2007/05/30/book_recommendation_the_brazen_careerist_by_penelope_trunk.html" });
Continue reading...Wednesday, May 9, 2007
If you're new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!Whether you are job search networking or business networking, one sure fire way to slow yourself down is to be boring. Boring isn’t memorable. Boring doesn’t entice someone to want to follow-up. Which is not to [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Top 100 Career Boosters in 2007 - #6: Networking Advice: Be interesting", url: "/archives/2007/05/09/networking-advice-be-interesting.html" });
Continue reading...Wednesday, May 9, 2007
One might reasonably assume that a significant number of days elapsed between blog posts and newsletters means that nothing is happening over here at BoldCareer world headquarters. That wouldn’t be the right assumption, but it is understandable. Fact is, we are busy. Very busy. Serving clients. Creating new ways to serve you. And building some infrastructure [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Inverse Correlation", url: "/archives/2007/05/09/inverse_correlation.html" });
Continue reading...Thursday, March 22, 2007
For the last few months, BoldCareer clients have had the added benefit of their own online project collaboration space to use during the life of our work together.SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Client project collaboration, management and task software demo", url: "/archives/2007/03/22/client_project_collaboration_management_and_task_software_demo.html" });
Continue reading...Tuesday, March 13, 2007
Remember back in Tip #3 - Mine your Inbox for Contacts, I talked about working through your email archives to keep track of your contacts. Well, here is the follow-on. It applies, of course, to your universe of contacts, not just those people hanging out in your Inbox. SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Top 100 Career Boosters in 2007 - #5: Develop Your Top 20 Relationships", url: "/archives/2007/03/13/top_100_career_boosters_in_2007_-_5_develop_your_top_20_relationships.html" });
Continue reading...Tuesday, January 16, 2007
Job search, internal promotion or career change are all forms of career transition. In order to significantly increase the odds of a successful transition, you need a strategy. You need to be ready. There are 8 Steps to being Market Ready for your Career Transition. I am pleased to announce that I have put together a program to help you get market ready. This is the same kind of work I have done with hundreds of clients on a 1-1 basis. Now, it is available in program format. Are you market ready? SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Job Search, Internal Promotion or Career Change in 2007?", url: "/archives/2007/01/16/job_search_internal_promotion_or_career_change_in_2007.html" });
Continue reading...Monday, January 15, 2007
There is no getting around it. Building and nurturing the relationships in your professional network are key career boosting activities. I will be laying down a whole list of people-related tips in this Top 100 series. Here is the first: SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Top 100 Career Boosters in 2007 - #3: Mine your 2006 Inbox for Contacts", url: "/archives/2007/01/15/top_100_career_boosters_in_2007_-_3_mine_your_2006_inbox_for_contacts.html" });
Continue reading...Friday, January 12, 2007
You can feel the momentum and inertia of all of your professional and personal roles building and we aren't half way through January yet. SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Top 100 Career Boosters in 2007 - #2: Journal in January", url: "/archives/2007/01/12/top_100_career_boosters_in_2007_-_2_journal_in_january.html" });
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Tuesday, August 28, 2007
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