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Article / Updated 09-25-2018
There’s no one-size-fits-all set of work-life principles. You can adjust yours as life proceeds, but it can’t hurt to think about them so you can try to live those principles rather than be buffeted by external events.
The pay continuum
Many people overestimate money’s importance:
Beyond a middle-class income, money doesn’t buy happiness.
Article / Updated 09-25-2018
The approaches outlined in this list could help you avoid a long job-search slog and enable you to jump right into the workforce.
Just Walk Right In
Imagine that you’re awakened in the middle of the night by a phone call from a stranger asking if you would take in a baby. If you’re like most people, you’d decline.
Cheat Sheet / Updated 02-25-2022
Choosing your career can be daunting, not to mention the training for it, landing a good job, and succeeding in your career. That’s darn hard and, okay, even overwhelming. This cheat sheet can make it easier. © Monkey Business Images / Shutterstock.comA streamlined (but good) way to choose a careerIn finding a career, many people take career “tests,” struggle to get informational interviews, and even take career workshops.
Article / Updated 08-16-2018
Most people want to become expert at their career and be appreciated for it and for the human quality they bring to their work. Here are keys:
Make people feel good about themselves. Most people want to feel good about themselves and certainly not feel embarrassed or stupid. Of course, there’s time to disagree and to criticize but recognize that you pay a price with each negative statement.
Article / Updated 09-07-2023
Through the 1970s, most people landed their job by answering ads. Then, the dominant approach became networking: informational interviews, pitching friends, even cold-contacting target employers that were not advertising a job. But today, networking has a competitor: an online presence that’s attractive enough that recruiters pluck you out and invite you to apply for jobs.
Article / Updated 08-16-2018
Most people can and do train for their career the traditional way: a college or graduate degree. But increasingly, people are getting some or even all their training with a certificate program or individual courses: in-person and online. These tips can help you get the most from them:
Curriculum matters. A program’s curriculum is key to choosing a degree program that will fits your career goal.
Article / Updated 03-06-2024
In finding a career, many people take career “tests,” struggle to get informational interviews, and even take career workshops. And despite all that, they end up far from sure they’ve made a wise choice of career. These steps can help you pick a career wisely:
What career type are you?
Which one or two of these are you: a word person, people person, Science-Technology-Engineering-Math (STEM) person, hands-on person, or entrepreneurial?
Feeling stuck? Find out how to work toward the career of your dreamsIf you’re slogging through your days in a boring or unrewarding job, it may be time to make a big change. Careers For Dummies is a comprehensive career guide from a top career coach and counselor that will help you jump start your career and your life.