Career Management
Smart New Year Career Resolutions
We all make New Year's resolutions to do better professionally, to get a promotion, make more money or to get a better job; but all too often we fail to harness these dreams to a workable plan of action. Here are six smart career resolutions, and how to implement them, which will enhance the coming year and the rest of your professional life. more...
Start A New Job On The Right Foot - How to Make Positive First Impressions
Upwardly mobile marketing professional is frustrated in her new job, "they hired me to innovate, and a now I'm getting yessed to death but there's no action!" more...
Overcoming Obstacles with a Career Shift
Last week a Knock 'em Dead reader and visitor to the knockemdead.com site shared his problems with a current career shift. more...
Stepping Stones and Calendars, not Clocks
When it comes to your career management think in terms of stepping stones and calendars, not clocks. more...
From the Knock 'em Dead Blog
The Vacuum Theory of Professional Growth
Worked with a guy once who shot up the ladder, watched what he did because his speed blew me away. more...
The best raises and promotions don't come if you only ask for them once a year at review time. more...
You can be successful without further education after high school. Example? Bill Gates walked out of Harvard. more...
Technology is rapidly changing the nature of all work, so if you aren't learning new skills every year, you are being paid for an increasingly obsolescent skill set. more...
Self Awareness for Survival and Happiness
You need self-awareness for survival in today's business world. more...
If you hope to win in life, you must survive long enough to reach your rewards and you won't do this entirely alone. more...
I watched a manager lose control of his team and get harassed by an employee into the bargain. more...
Professional Survival: The Career Management Database
Your career is a marathon not a sprint, you are somewhere along its fifty-year course and in the midst of a typical career's twelve job changes. more...
One of twenty at a breakfast meeting with COO of Fortune 1000 company wants to know if there's one question she could ask to make a lasting impression. more...
Life is confusing, what was important yesterday suddenly loses its relevance in your life today, as time passes our priorities change. more...
Short Changed: Are America's workers giving more and getting less?
America was once the land of opportunity. more...
"After nearly three months on the job, I feel the position should pay more." more...
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Ask Martin your biggest question about managing your career now.
Who is most responsible for managing your career? Is it your manager, the human resources department or your mentor? Actually, none of the above. It's you. Now, more than ever, it's essential to know how to drive your own career success. Having a conscious plan for developing and enhancing your skills is one of the best ways to ensure long-term employability. And knowing how to share your knowledge by communicating effectively with others will help you build awareness of your subject-matter expertise. Want Knock 'em Dead advice, information, training and resources on Career Management? Learn more in Knock 'em Dead 2006: The Ultimate Job Seekers Guide
