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Job Seekers, Get your Career Plan Moving Ahead!

By Nancy J. Peterson  June 25th, 2008

After decades of pursuing one or more careers, it is entirely possible to lose touch with what you are good at and what you actually enjoy doing. Many of us choose a career path well before we are even eligible to vote. Life then happens and we move along year to year tolerating our employment paths and situations. Did you ever dream about enjoying or finding meaning in what you work at every day? Are you faced with career transition and want to get it right at this point in your life? Then I have an opportunity for you!

Dick Bolles, author of the hugely successful and long-time best seller “What Color is Your Parachute?”, is hosting a 5 day workshop in his home, just east of San Francisco, from Saturday, July 19th through Thursday, July 24th. It is limited to 15 participants so I would recommend contacting him for an application immediately. See jobhuntersbible.com.

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Learn more about yourself. Take a test!

By Nancy J. Peterson  May 12th, 2008

Ever wonder what it is about a job that you just don’t like? In my earlier jobs I was frequently discontented but unsure of the reasons. There were always so many variables to consider – my bosses, my peers and coworkers, the nature of the work, too much travel, the deadlines, the office, the commute, the predetermined programs and so on. Later I worked in a position that provided great levels of satisfaction, despite long hours and regardless of the salary and benefits, which were very good. It was not until a graduate class in Negotiating that I became aware of the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator, or MBTI for short.  (more…)