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How Do You Know When It’s Time To Change Careers?

Dorothy — Sat, 14 Jan 2012 01:33:36 +0000

Guest Post Our reasons for changing careers are often the source of much contemplation and certainly self examination. While the question of what would we do next is a big one, two other questions are equally important: 1) When is the right time to change? 2) Are we truly ready? Let’s look at some [...]

CPGjobs and Pfizer Want to Follow Up With You!

Beth Moore — Sat, 14 Jan 2012 00:29:14 +0000

As you may know, CPGjobs, in partnership with Pfizer Consumer Healthcare, hosted a Virtual Recruiting Event at Brazen Careerist this past Tuesday, January 10 2011. The record-breaking registration rates for this event clearly indicates to us that you’d like to see more recruiting events in the future; and we are totally up for [...]

FREE Teleseminar: 5 Hottest Ways For Mid Careerist to Transition in 2012

Beth Moore — Sat, 07 Jan 2012 05:00:43 +0000

Kick off the New Year right with inspiration and great ideas from JT O’Donnell. JT O’Donnell is the founder of Careerealism the Internet’s top 5 career blog, CEO of Career HMO the only web based career service, author and syndicated columnist. JT will get you fired up and ready to go after that [...]

Survey Results Signal Big Issues For Employers and Workers

Dorothy — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 05:00:05 +0000

Guest Post Recently, Randstad, a global HR and staffing firm with expertise in the U.S. temporary employment market, released the results of the latest Workmonitor survey, a quarterly global survey. The results were kind of grim for both the employer and the worker. By this point in time, we all know that US productivity [...]

5 Job Search Resolutions for 2012

Beth Moore — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 03:00:54 +0000

What comes to mind when I say “New Years?” Resolutions, of course! For a lot of us, the subject of New Years resolutions is something of a joke. It’s not surprising then that 78% of New Years resolutions fail. Yet, research shows that those most successful in reaching their New Year’s goals make [...]

Overwhelming Response: Pfizer Consumer Healthcare Virtual Recruiting Event Update!

Beth Moore — Fri, 30 Dec 2011 01:08:45 +0000

Response to our very first online recruiting event with Pfizer Consumer Healthcare and Brazen Careerist has been incredible! In fact, response has been so overwhelming that we have had to close registration for this event a bit early to ensure a high quality experience for all those who have already [...]

Career Planning 101: Mastering the Basics

Dorothy — Sat, 17 Dec 2011 05:00:06 +0000

Guest Post All too often we launch our careers simply by chance rather than by deliberate direction; and the direction we head after that looks very haphazard. While hard work and great results can definitely benefit your career trajectory, it still needs some consistent planning to really get the best results. Even if you’ve [...]

Misconception: No One Hires During the Holidays

Beth Moore — Fri, 16 Dec 2011 05:00:09 +0000

Guest Post There is a big misconception that companies stop hiring during the holidays. Definitely not true! While the holidays do result in somewhat of a slow down, employers are still interviewing and hiring – some trying to use budget allocations before year-end, others getting new hires in place for January 1 new budget [...]

Could Your Listening Skills Be Your Job Search Problem?

Dorothy — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 05:00:17 +0000

Guest Post Every once in a while I run across what seems to be a good candidate from their resume, but they are struggling with landing a job. They might have master’s degrees and everything that would suggest they are highly competitive. Then it happens. You’re in a conversation with the person for 10 [...]

Career Management: Are Your Work Expectations Realistic?

Dorothy — Mon, 12 Dec 2011 05:30:01 +0000

Guest Post Expectations at work. We all have them. Our expectations motivate us and drive us to do things both good and bad. We might expect a great time at a party or expect to get bored at grandmas. We have expectations of all sorts at work; of our peers, the boss, the company, [...]