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BY  DEBORAH GRAYSON RIEGEL  , MARCH 8, 2013 Three strategies to manage disappointment when it shows up. Because, for better or for worse, it will. Eight years ago, when I was just starting my coaching practice, I was thrilled to win a large, lucrative contract with an international advertising agency. Several days a month, I would train and coach staff from all levels of the company on presentation skills, management skills, and professional presence--a dream assignment. Business chugged along successfully for three more years, until my biggest and best client merged with another agency, and that agency had preferred vendors of its own. And I wasn’t one of them. IT WAS THE KICK IN THE BUTT I NEEDED TO DEVELOP A THICKER SKIN, MORE PERSONAL AND PROFESSIONAL RESILIENCE, AND YES, A MORE STRATEGIC BUSINESS PLAN THAN “PRAY THAT NOTHING CHANGES, EVER.” I suddenly went from a professional high to deep disappointment. In addition to losing a significa...

Has your  resume  run amok? Has attention-deficit diluted your writing prowess as you seek for the latest, hippest ways to market You, Inc.? If you have watched television programs or read articles from some of the major media lately, you’d think that “resumes gone wild” is the way to go. Here are three examples: 1. Six-second “ Vine resumes ” have crept through the latticework of the career landscape. 2. An Amazon resume developed by a web product manager creatively detailed his career. 3. Job-seeker billboards straddle the grounds of major highways. Attempts to disrupt the resume market have indeed multiplied. While brilliant,  nuanced  and attention-grabbing resumes are vital to set you apart from the competition, defining how to color outside the lines while maintaining a message that is crisp, clear and purposeful to your audience is equally vital. Unfortunately, the media’s need for sound bites and traffic-generation often supersedes providi...

The 2 Things Savvy Interviewers Are Looking For - On Careers (usnews.com) : 1.  People who have the right behavior patterns for the job .  2.  People who possess the core competencies required for success .  'via Blog this'

by  Sara McCord ,  February 27, 2013  Did you catch  the recent  Office  episode  when Pam was applying for a new job? After spending pretty much her whole career at Dunder Mifflin, her resume was a blank page with a few lines on it—text so brief that it “could fit on a Post-it note.” Sure, it was funny (and yes, she still got the job!)—but for some of us, it hit a little too close to home. You often hear the advice, “ keep your resume to one page ,” but what if you type out your education and work experience, and you still see a half page of white space left? Don’t worry. Whether you’re right out of school or you’ve been at the same company for years like Pam, here are a few strategic ways to fill up that page.   Do: Consider All of Your Professional Experience Did you leave off your babysitting gig or that pizza place you worked at while you were in college because you thought it sounded “young?” Well, it’s time to reassess—some ...