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Want to Work for the President? The Plum Book is a listing of government jobs for the Executive Branch.

The Plum Book is regarded as "essential reading for anyone interested in pursuing public service in the executive branch of government." The book represents a compilation of appointed jobs from all federal agencies, such as agency heads and their immediate subordinates, policy executives and advisers, and aides who report to those ...

Tips for Climbing the Corporate Ladder

"Research shows that employees are willing to leave their job for a pay raise of 20% or less," according to Armando Gomez Career Advisor for AskMen.com. However, how can you raise your value at your current job? Mr. Gomez and eHow.com provide the following suggestions. See:Climbing the Corporate Ladder. [Armando ...

Are You Ready for a Global Career?

DNL Global provides a short online test to asses your ability to thrive in a 'global' career: DNL Global, Inc. invites you to evaluate your global readiness using the following free self-assessment test. The questions below represent a sampling of our "Global Ready" assessment ...

Unconscious Habits Can Hold Your Career Back

Is it possible that you could be making a bad impression with your colleagues, superiors, clients or potential employers and not even know it? In times of stress, during a busy work day and even during times of reflection many of us have unconscious habits that appear. These habits ...

40% of Workers Live Paycheck to Paycheck

A recent article in SIReview revealed some startling statistics on workers spending and savings means and habits. Here are some statistics: * 40% of workers live paycheck to paycheck. * 55% say they would need to earn more than $500 per paycheck to live comfortably. * 21% do not set aside any money ...

Digg.com’s Most Popular “Career Success” Content

This is a dynamic list of content from Digg generated through a search for "Career Success" on the site. This list is updated hourly and displays the most popular articles/news/web pages at the top of the list. To reach each entry click on the corresponding Digg.com link. NOTE: RICK CLICK ...

An Executive’s Schedule - “A Day in the Life of a CIO”

Do you ever wonder how other successful career minded professionals schedule and invest their time? Computerworld offers an short yet insightful look into the schedule of a prominent healthcare Chief Information Officer. John Halamka as CIO at both Beth Israel Deconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School has seemingly achieved ...

Enjoy Work and Improve Performance by Clearing Workplace Clutter

Sarah Needleman of CareerJournal suggests the following four tactics to remove workplace clutter, which should increase your performance and job satisfaction: 1) Eliminate Distractions - Set and monitor your personal career goals and if your job duties don't support them then discuss delegating them or moving out of that role with ...

The Most Satisfying Jobs

“The most satisfying jobs are mostly professions, especially those involving caring for, teaching and protecting others and creative pursuits,” said Tom Smith, director of the General Social Survey (GSS) at the National Opinion Research Center at the University of Chicago. LiveScience provides us with a look at the Most ...

Getting Your Ideas Noticed at Work

Penelope Trunk discusses "How to get your company to listen to your ideas" at her Blog Brazen Careerist. Penelope states that "most employees don't sell their ideas to their company properly." "When you have an idea, sell from the perspective of the people who can make or break your outcome. ...