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Getting Fired: Avoiding It and Protecting Yourself when You are Faced with It

Copyright (c) 2011 Dorothy Tannahill Moran One of our biggest fears associated with our employment is facing the possibility of the ultimate rejection: getting fired. I'm not talking about being laid off. I'm talking about they don't dig what you do or... Read >

Job Search: We're NOT Just Looking For a Job

Copyright (c) 2011 Dorothy Tannahill Moran I recently posted a question in various Linked In groups and posed the question "What are your Career goals for 2011?" Among the many things I heard about, a common theme among the job seekers was, of course, ... Read >

Career Management: 6 Things To Do To Stay Engaged When You're Leaving

Copyright (c) 2011 Dorothy Tannahill Moran There is a reason for the term "short-timer". Whether you are in the military and ready to separate or in the corporate world and ready to leave your job, it can be a struggle to keep both your body and mind o... Read >

Career Development: 7 Steps to Power Your Way to a Promotion This Year

Copyright (c) 2011 Dorothy Tannahill Moran Ranstad recently completed a nation-wide survey of employees measuring a number of aspects having to do with salary, benefit, work conditions and expectations they have for this coming year. Ranstad is the sec... Read >

Career Management: Top 10 Career Limiting Moves

Copyright (c) 2011 Dorothy Tannahill Moran If you're reading this, you probably don't need to worry too much about bad decision making or judgment. Most of the time, people who amble through life are barely making it, and give as much "thought time" to... Read >

Career Management: What To Do When The Boss …

Copyright (c) 2011 Dorothy Tannahill Moran The day has finally arrived. The boss has girded their loins and is now prepared to tell you - you've missed the mark. Your performance is bad. This is the day we all dread. We have friends who lived through t... Read >

Career Management: Top 10 Networking Conversation Starters For Introverts

Copyright (c) 2011 Dorothy Tannahill Moran Among the challenges associated with networking is the simple act of how you start up a conversation with a stranger. Add to that challenge the fact that you might be slightly introverted where pointless conve... Read >

Career Management: What We Can Learn From Oprah's Next Chapter?

Copyright (c) 2011 Dorothy Tannahill Moran Ahem, I would like to point out Oprah's use of the term "Next Chapter". Notice the similarities between that and metaphors I sometimes use? I've been seeing that term not only in reference to Oprah's new TV ch... Read >

Are Voicemails And Emails Limiting Your Career Success?

Copyright (c) 2011 Dorothy Tannahill Moran Is it just me or have our communication manners for returning voicemails and emails gone the way of horse and buggies? Over the past few years, I have noticed what I think is a complete lack of courtesy. When ... Read >

Career Development: Is The Boss Really Being Difficult Or Is It You?

Copyright (c) 2011 Dorothy Tannahill Moran Recently, in a Linked In group associated with HR, someone posted a discussion that well over 2400 people commented on. The flavor of the discussion was: Why is it so hard to find good employees? It's like a s... Read >

Career Management: What To Do When You Get A New Job

Copyright (c) 2011 Dorothy Tannahill Moran After all the hard work and effort, you finely landed the job. The anxiety about what's going to happen next is gone and you're relieved that you can stop updating your resume. Now that you have a job and you'... Read >

Career Management: When You Can Do the Job, BUT You Aren't a Cultural Fit

Copyright (c) 2011 Dorothy Tannahill Moran You're doing the job. You're delivering what you were supposed to. Despite all of that goodness, you don't feel like you belong. Maybe it's not one thing in particular or maybe it is a couple of glaring things... Read >

Job Search: How Your Unemployment Can Cause Long Term Issues For You And How to Avoid Them

Copyright (c) 2011 Dorothy Tannahill Moran Recently, there was an article in the Portland Tribune that discussed volunteer rates, particularly as they relate to the unemployed. It was a great article with several lessons built right in. The primary... Read >

Job Search: Plastic Surgery To Get A Job?

Copyright (c) 2010 Dorothy Tannahill Moran Recently, Tory Johnson, the Good Morning America career contributor, talked about how job seekers are using plastic surgery to help them get jobs. Obviously, Tory didn't support the concept and neither do I. W... Read >

Career Management: What Do You Want To Be When You Grow Up?

Copyright (c) 2010 Dorothy Tannahill Moran Oh, I guess you did grow up. But is this the grown up you wanted to be when you were a kid? Are you happy with how your career turned out? Most of us aren't. In fact, huge numbers of us aren't happy at all wit... Read >