Blog Entries tagged 'career counseling'

Top 10 Tips for Getting Your Work-Life Balance

james@vhmnetwork.com — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 17:00:00 +0100

Work and life are the two sides of the same coin. While being employed or doing a job, it is very essential to maintain the work-life balance. Any disturbance in a job has it influence on ones personal and family life and vice versa. Whether it is about making a career change decision, find a job or starting a career of your choice, each one of them relates to your life. To have a successful career and acquire complete happiness, it is necessary to strike a balance between your work and life [...]

How Does Volunteering Benefit You?

james@vhmnetwork.com — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 17:00:00 +0100

One of the finest ways to reach out to a community is through volunteering. By volunteering, however, you do not only serve your community, but you also work towards the advancement of your career. When you volunteer, you meet with new people, expand your professional network and acquire new skills as well as it always helps to protect your physical and mental health. There are more benefits of volunteering that you would ever have though. Let us have a look at some of the most surprising ben [...]

Making New Year�s Career and Job Search Resolutions � and Keeping Them

james@vhmnetwork.com — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 17:00:00 +0100

Are you finding it hard to make a career change decision? Are you looking for a new job position? Are you planning to start a business of your own? Making New Year's resolutions is not a tough job. What is tougher is keeping or sticking those resolutions. Given below are some essential tips on how to make and keep resolutions.

Develop a plan
While making career resolutions, remember not to make compulsive resolutions. Studies show that career resolutions that are n [...]

How to Deal with a Bad Boss

james@vhmnetwork.com — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 17:00:00 +0100

In the workplace, employees are faced with a number of issues that do not only irritate but may also take their toll on one's personal life. One of the most troublesome issues is the problem of dealing with a bad boss. Almost every organization has bad bosses. And bad bosses come in different forms - jerks, control freaks, micromanagers, ogres and bumbling fools among others. Though the pop culture may love making fun of bad bosses, it is no laughing matter when it comes to dealing with o [...]

How to Fight Your Career Fears

james@vhmnetwork.com — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 17:00:00 +0100

There is always an action plan that makes a career successful. There are many important decisions that need to be taken. There are hurdles that you need to get over while you work towards your career planning and development. But, do you have any idea what the biggest hurdle in your career can be? It is fear, the single most deliberating factor, that happens to be the biggest obstacle in an individual's professional career. Fear keeps us from making important career decisions and grabbin [...]

How to Manage Job Stress & Thrive at Work

james@vhmnetwork.com — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 17:00:00 +0100

Every one of us faces stress at the workplace. And there is no way to escape job stress. Our success lies only in how we manage the job stress and use it to enhance our job performance. Job stress can be caused due to various reasons. Sometimes, we may feel much stressed due to lack of progress in work. Sometimes, long working hours or extra working hours make us feel stressed. Job stress is never limited to a particular industry. In any case, it is very important for us to deal with these jo [...]

Career Change Mistakes That You Need to Avoid

james@vhmnetwork.com — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 17:00:00 +0100

Are you not happy with your job and are planning to change you career? There is nothing wrong when you decide to switch careers. It really takes a lot of courage when you make career change decisions. You may not love what you are currently doing. You may face a situation where you need to decide whether you should stay in the current job or you should change your career. However, you need to give it careful thought and consideration while making such a decision. To make the right career deci [...]

10 Essential Steps to Early Career Success

james@vhmnetwork.com — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 17:00:00 +0100

So, you have either graduated or would soon graduate and start your professional career, right? And like everyone else you would look forward to a successful career. For proper career development and to get early career success, you need to do some planning and have strategies in place. Be clear that there is no short cut to success. However, you can definitely speed up the development process through effective career planning and management.

Given below are 10 most importa [...]

Best Part Time Jobs for College Students

james@vhmnetwork.com — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 17:00:00 +0100

Today, students do not only need to obtain good grades in college, but they should also have some prior real world experience to help them in their professional career later. Employers are searching for candidates who are already trained in the basics of a specific job. There are multiple best part time job opportunities for students. Below, we discuss about some of the best jobs for college students in terms of pay, work around class schedules and career benefit. And, these student jobs are [...]

Tips on How to Best Prepare for a Career or Job Fair

james@vhmnetwork.com — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 17:00:00 +0100

A career or job fair is one of the most effective job hunting tools. Those who are well prepared and well versed with the use of this tool can really extract the maximum of an education career fair. A job fair in your city might just be approaching. Before you make a visit to the fair, you should be equipped with essential tips on how to successfully navigate the fair and use it to benefit your job hunting process. Whether you are a job seeker, a mid career changer or aspire to kick start a f [...]

Making Career Decisions through Self Assessment

james@vhmnetwork.com — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 17:00:00 +0100

"I don't know what I want to do?" This is the question that most of the people ask when they are not sure about which career is the right one for them. Well, making a right career decision is one of the most important things that candidates need to do in their life. In fact, there is no magic formula that can tell you at once which career is right for you. But, thanks to the availability of so many career assessment tools that can really help people make a well informed career d [...]

When Do You Need A Career Change?

james@vhmnetwork.com — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 17:00:00 +0100

Career exploration and finding new opportunities should be like the show that must go on. In due course, our professional career can pass through numerous ups and downs. What's most important is to be able to decide whether we need a job or career change. When you examine whether you need to change your career, you may also perceive some barriers to making that change. So, when do you need a career change? You may find at some point of time that things are not working in your favor. It re [...]

Entry Level Job Search Tips for College Graduate Level

james@vhmnetwork.com — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 17:00:00 +0100

College graduates and students can avail themselves of a number of job search resources to get entry level jobs. College students can not only benefit from their college career services office and the alumni, but they can also browse through their college websites that provide useful listings including current entry level job openings and other job search tips and suggestions. To successfully land entry level jobs, college students need to make use of all these essential resources available t [...]

Job Search Methods & Advice

james@vhmnetwork.com — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 17:00:00 +0100

Searching for a job is a long process and takes effort. It can take months before you are able to find a job that matches your specific requirements. Patience is the key while you do your job search. However, there are some methods and tips that can really help you to speed up the process of searching and finding a job. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, jobseekers who make use of multiple job search methods find a job faster than candidates who use just one or two of these search m [...]

How to Capitalize on a Career Opportunity?

anthony-nieves@excite.com — Tue, 30 Oct 2007 17:00:00 +0100

Career opportunity is the need of the time. Graduate, undergraduate, employed or unemployed all equally search for a career opportunity. There are books written on how to get a career opportunity and counselors to help you locating career opportunity in various fields. It is in your best interest to locate a career opportunity by assessing your skills.

Locating career opportunities

Career opportunity largely depends on the qualifications you have. Qualifications ca [...]

Career Development Counseling: Institutes & Courses

anthony-nieves@excite.com — Mon, 29 Oct 2007 17:00:00 +0100

Career development is the primary goal of studying for a student. For career development you go to school, college and if required career development institutes too. Schools have become the center where students start their career development activities. Attending seminars on career development, asking questions regarding career development to school counselor, reading books on career development

are some of the career development activities. By selecting a course while in [...]

Forums for career counseling

anthony-nieves@excite.com — Fri, 26 Oct 2007 17:00:00 +0100

Career counseling is required by everyone. Career counseling is taking the shape of an industry due to its rising demand among career conscious generation. Career counseling services are available online and offline too. Either you can visit the office of an expert career counselor or chat with him online for career counseling.

Reasons to seek career counseling

You need career counseling as a fresh graduate. Career counseling makes it easy for you to choose the rig [...]

Facilitating successful career change

anthony-nieves@excite.com — Fri, 26 Oct 2007 17:00:00 +0100

People think of career change due to many reasons. Career change is more than just switching over to new kind of job or searching for a new employer. Career change may bring in high salary for you but you must be prepared to compromise on your first salary after career change. A deep deliberation over the reasons of career change is required for a successful career change.

Reasons for career change

Career change does not require a particular reason. You can go for [...]