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![]() ![]() When it comes to career planning, you tend to think the craziest things when you are young and not yet focused on life. When you're a kid you want to be the President, the Pope, a NASA scientist; kids tend to shoot for the stars, however, when you grow up, you need to aim realistically, not lower. When it comes to career goals you do not want to set the bar too high, but you do need it to be a slight challenged. The only thing that you will want to worry about when it comes to picking a career is that it is something that you can reach. If you can see you can do it, right? Well sometimes, it depends on your means. When it comes to planning your career you need to think about support, money, and effort. When it comes to support, you are going to need some family and friends to back you up when everything falls. You are going to need some people to act like a support system. You are going to need some people when things fall apart so that you can pick yourself up and make something of your life. For the money, it depends on what type of career that you would like. Money is related to the years and amount of college education that you are going to have to have. Some college cost more than others and some careers take more college years then most. If you do not have the means to finance it, you may not be able to make it your number one career. As for effort, how much are you willing to give to your career? How far are you willing to take your dreams? If you cannot drive yourself to reach your goals, you will never be able to make your dreams come true. The most important thing that you will ever need is drive. If you got drive then you will find a way to make the money and the support system to appear. Money can hold a person back, but it can never stop something from following their dreams. This is all good encouragement that you should always keep in mind so that you can make something out of your life and excel in your career.
![]() How to Create a List of Warm ContactsUsually when you are looking for a job, you would ask for help from family and friends. You would contact these people to ask for information on current job openings, business opportunities and tips.Your family, relatives and friends belong to your warm contact list. The warm contact list is the list of people with whom you have or had some personal association. A former classmate, officemate or neighbor may belong to your warm contact list. Who may be included in your warm contact list? Here are a number of selections. * Relatives and Friends These people are always willing to help you in your job search or business venture. They will be able to provide you information if they have some, or refer you to trustworthy people who will be able to help you. If they will introduce you to some of their contacts, they can surely provide honest information to you regarding the person you are going to associate with. * Members of the church, political party, social club or fraternity or sorority You probably did not expect it, but people who share the same faith, beliefs or hobbies may also help you with finding a job. You may have a different career from theirs, but they might know somebody who is in the same field or will be able to help you in your career. However, depending on your level of association with them, they may think twice about giving their opinion or thoughts about their contacts. Their opinion can sometimes help you in making a strategy on how to approach and ask for help from their contacts. * People who sell you things You may think that your relationship with these people is purely based on trading goods and services, then paying for them. However, people who sell you things are also sources of information when networking. Since these people sell their goods to different types of persons, they may have associated with somebody who belongs to the same field as you do, or have heard information about your target job from their other clients. These people will also be happy to help you, since they know that maintaining a pleasant relationship with you means a stable business. Also, if you have a good job means you have increased your purchasing power, and then it could also mean that you may purchase more from them. * Former employers, colleagues or co-workers Maintaining a good relationship with previous employers and colleagues has more benefits than you can imagine. This is the reason that most people try their best to iron out any difficulties with their previous employers even if they are no longer associated with the company. Aside from the possibility that your potential employer will call previous employers when they review your job history, former employers and colleagues are also a good source of information related to that field. When you ask for help from family and friends, there is the possibility that the information that they can give to you is just from another source. They may not be able to give you first-hand information or detailed information unless they also work in the same field that you came from or would like to go into. This is very different when you consult former employers and colleagues from the same sector. They will be able to provide you with valuable information and may be able to clarify such information and answer you questions. * Members of your professional organization If you belong to a professional organization related to the field in which you are looking for a job, you can consult the organization for current posting from the members. If you don't belong to any, consider joining one since this will be beneficial to you career growth. A professional organization can provide you unbiased information on current job openings from its members. The organization can also give you details on the company profile and even on current market and career trends. These are the most important people that you should include when creating a list of your warm contacts. It is better if you contact them all so you can have as many options in your job search. When you talk to them, tell them that you are actively seeking a job.
If you have employees or are considering adding them, you either have some horror stories, or have heard a few. Chances are you’re wondering whether it’s worth it. Employers typically put a huge amount of time and money into finding and training employees, only to find they’re incompetent – or have non loyalty, moving on to “something better” as soon as they can. You're probably wondering how you can find, recruit and retain top talent and make them want to stay. The beauty of this is that I've laid it all out for you in an easy-to-understand book. The truth is the "consultants" make it out to be much more difficult than it really is. You can hire a top-quality staff for a lot less money and hassle than you ever thought! In this new guide I reveal how you too can start putting together a quality staff of people right away. You can check it out here: Hiring and Retaining Good Employees HOME PAGE || About Us || Contact Us || Privacy Policy || Terms of Use || Entrepreneur Coaching || Business Entrepreneur Blog || Subscribe to Newsletter || Free Books & Business Manuals || Famous Quotes || Buy website business ||Link Directory – add URL || Write your own eBook || Small business resources || Internet Business Resources || Business Resources || Business Entrepreneur resources || Affiliate Income Resources || ======================================================= |
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