Blog Entries tagged 'career success tips'

8 Most Powerful Career Strategies for Women

james@vhmnetwork.com — Wed, 12 May 2010 17:00:00 +0100

Are women really becoming increasingly successful in the workforce? Do women hold a greater number of executive and managerial job positions today? The fact is - yes, women have become more career oriented and they continue to become successful whether it is about occupying jobs in male dominated industries or owning their own business. Another important fact is that there are many industries where women are earning less even today. Compared to men-earned dollars, drops for women earnings can be [...]

How Do You Obtain Career Success?

james@vhmnetwork.com — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 17:00:00 +0100

First of all, there is no magic formula to career success. When we talk about successful people, we sometimes think that they have been successful because they were lucky. The fact, however, is success is not going to come to you on its own. To obtain it, we need to work extremely hard and not waste valuable time waiting for it to happen. When someone gets success, we forget to look what must have happened behind and how they must have struggled. All we see is ‘success, which is the act [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]