Launching a Blog Series: 100 Career Boosting Tips

Okay. I am putting it out there. I was thinking over the holiday (well a little bit anyway) about the next spurt of blogging activity. I wanted a theme. And in my usual fashion, I came up with something biggish.

How about a 100 Tips on boosting your career? Sound good?

Okay. My pulse just went up a bit as I put that out there, but hey, we grow when we stretch.

100 short tips on boosting your career. Coming up.

My loophole…no deadline. But they are coming.

Tune in and share the series with friends.

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Have you taken the Quiz?

We passed 500 quiz takers for the Are You Market Ready Challenge Quiz the other day. I will share with you in the blog some results in the next few days.

Why do I use the term "market ready?"

When you try and make a career move, you are usually in competition with others, or a decision maker needs to say yes in order for you to successfully make your move. In order to win that job, get that promotion, or successfully make a career change, you need to market yourself. And that means connecting the dots between what you have to offer and what your target is looking for.

Being market ready means being prepared. Are you planning on a:

• Job search


• Career change


• Internal move

in 2007? Then you had better find out how prepared you are. Take the quiz.

Take the "Are You Market Ready?" Challenge Quiz

As promised, I have launched a free, 17-question online quiz for you. The focus?

If you are planning some form of career transition in 2007 - job search, internal move, career change, you should be well prepared in advance of putting the wheels in motion. One of the most common career management mistakes I see is unprepared or improperly prepared career transitioners.

If you have any ideas about a move, are you ready to start a job search or career change in 2007? Find out how ready you are and in what areas you need to work on with the Are You Market Ready? Challenge Quiz.

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Looking for a New Job or Career Change? Are you Market Ready?

Are you thinking about a new job?

Do you have the itch and want to make a move?

Is a change in career, company or even a promotion going to be part of your New Year’s resolutions?

Hold on…I have an important question for you. Before you rush into job search mode, think about this…

Are You Market Ready?

What I mean is, are you truly prepared to go out into the job market or into conversations about what you want next and why?

• Do you know what you are looking for?
• Are you thinking already about what you have to settle for vs. what you really want?
• Are you clear about what to avoid?
• Have you prepared a compelling case for why you are an amazing candidate for your target position?
• Are you ready to interview and prove that you are the right candidate?

I will tell you more later about why getting prepared is so important.

For now, a quick heads-up.

For the first time, I am going to be offering a program designed to get you ready for a smart, focused and powerful career transition. The program will be offered at two levels and will start later in January. I am looking forward to telling you more about it next week.

But first, perhaps you should test your own market readiness.

Watch for an upcoming post with a link to an online quiz - The Are You Market Ready Challenge. The quiz will give you a fairly accurate measurement of how ready you are to make a move.

Watch for it.

Job search? Career change? Up-coming interview or dusty resume?

Trying to make something happen in your professional life?

If you have interest in professional career services like job search packages, career change packages, interview coaching, resume writing, or an on-going career coaching relationships, visit the Coaching Gym to learn more.

We have a new career services form posted which allows you to tell us about your career situation and how we can help.

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