Career Articles to Boost Your Success

Selected Career Articles

The goal here is to highlight a few career-related articles you might not otherwise be aware of, where you can find career and job search tips, techniques, and other useful information. Each career article link is accompanied by a brief reference to its contents. From time to time, new articles may be added and older ones archived.

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• "Magical" Resumes Don't Just Happen: If you want to catch the attention and interest of employers, you need to create a resume that tells employers, "I'm the one you need"!
• Define Your Job Search Brand: How do you differentiate yourself from everyone else who's after the same prize you are? How do you out-class the competition? Why should you care if you do have "digital dirt" and don't have "digital gold"?
• Career Opportunity Costs: Are you missing career opportunities because you're unprepared, unfocused, or unaware of the choices you are making unconsciously?
• Any Road Will (Not) Do: 6 Tips for Successful Career Management: Lack of intelligent planning and execution can derail or dead-end your career. These tips can help you map out your career path effectively.
• Waiting for the "Perfect" Job? Even in a good economy, waiting for your perfect job to show up on your horizon doesn't make a lot of sense. In a bad job market, it makes no sense at all. You might need to identify jobs that are realistically as close as you're likely to get and see if you can make one of those at least your interim employment destination.
• What are You Worth? Determining your value in the eyes of prospective employers, as well as in your own, is a critical factor in setting realistic compensation goals and achieving them.