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Tuesday, April 12, 2011

Have You Been Discriminated Against?

Posted: 11 Apr 2011 11:00 PM PDT

Discrimination comes in many forms including, gender, race, sexual orientation, age, disability, weight, and even for beauty. Has it happened to you?

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Dispelling the Biggest Myth About Career Success

Posted: 11 Apr 2011 10:30 PM PDT

There is a very dangerous myth about what it takes to create a successful life and career. That myth is "good performance is enough."

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2 Important Myths About Passion

Posted: 11 Apr 2011 10:00 PM PDT

Start thinking of passion as a way of being a quality you must cultivate. You're only a mindless worker ant if that's how you choose to see yourself.

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10 Bad Habits that Can Harm Your Career

Posted: 11 Apr 2011 09:30 PM PDT

Our careers can be prone to slumps – professional bad habits that become our comfort zone, but are highly detrimental to our long term career health.

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‘Help! I’m Too Beautiful to Get Hired’

Posted: 11 Apr 2011 01:19 PM PDT

Recently, I got an e-mail from a reader who was convinced she was getting discriminated against in her job search because she was too attractive.

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[Newsletter] 5 Ways to Break the Ice at Networking Events

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What that Job Description REALLY Means

Some employers have a tendency to use verbiage that makes their open positions sound better than they really are. Over the years, I’ve noticed some popular job descriptors that should be viewed as warning flags a potential employer might be trying to put an overly optimistic spin on a less-than-stellar work situation.

What Employers Want – and Do Not Want – in Your Resume

You are struggling to understand what employers want in a resume: What will make them stand up and take notice? In many ways, what you leave out is just as important as what you leave in. Employers and recruiters welcome a resume that shows...

How to Make More Money this Year

I rarely meet a working professional who wouldn’t like to earn more money. Especially, in today’s economy. And yet, when I ask them what they think it will take to make more, 90%+ provide one of these two responses...

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'Help! I'm Too Beautiful to Get Hired'

Recently, I got an e-mail from a reader who was convinced she was getting discriminated against in her job search because she was too attractive. She gave several examples where she said the hiring manager was clearly intimidated by her beauty. A little hard to imagine, right? My immediate reaction was, “Too pretty? Hmmm. I think you may be pretty full of yourself.” That’s until I asked lawyer and discrimination expert, Donna Ballman.

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