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CAREER
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WORKPLACE ISSUES
JOB VS
CAREER
In a job you
seek to be successful, while in a career
you seek to be valuable. In a job you look out for yourself; in a career you look after others. In a job you ask how to
get from "here" to "there". The focus on the destination. Meanwhile,
in a career you ask whether going "there" is worth it. The focus on the
journey. In a job you seek to make
money. In a career you seek to make a difference. In a job you are
detached from your deepest longings, while in a career you heed your
deepest longings.
In a job you expend maximum input and achieve minimal results. In a
career you tend to achieve maximum results with minimal input.
In a job you experience more stress than fun. In a career you have lots
of fun even when stressed. In a job you enjoy lots of pleasure (money,
power, etc.), but not much happiness. In a career you experience true
happiness even when things may be unpleasant.
In a job you have a compartmentalized life, while in a career you have
an integrated life. In a job you live a life alien to your identity,
while in a career you live a life congruent with your identity.
n Job Keeping
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Skills
Employers Value
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Labor Market Trends
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Job Loss and Layoff
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Diversity Issues
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Life Planning / Balanced Lifestyle
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Workplace Stress
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Work Ethic
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Time Management
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Workplace of the Future
JOB KEEPING SKILLS
"You can't eat for eight hours a day, nor drink
for eight hours a day, nor make love for eight hours a day. All you can
do for eight hours is work. Which is the reason why people make
themselves and everybody else so miserable and unhappy."
-WILLIAM FAULKNER
"What
are you going to be when you grow up? What is your work in the world
going to be? What will be your works? These are not fundamentally
questions about jobs and pay, but questions about life. Work is applied
effort; it is whatever we put ourselves into, whatever we expend our
energy on for the sake of accomplishing or achieving something. Work in
this fundamental sense is not what we do for a living but what we
do with our living."
- WILLIAM BENNETT / The Book of Virtues
n Job Seekers Advice
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Quint Careers: Skills Employers
Value
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Suite 101: Workplace Issues
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APA: Workplace Issues
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Yahoo: Employment & Workplace Issues
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At The Heart of the Changing
Workplace
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HRC: Workplace Issues for Gays &
Lesbians
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Discrimination: Legal Notes
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Fight Discrimination in the
Workplace
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About: The Role of Race in the
Workplace
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Black Collegian
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Why Work
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About: Coping With Job Loss
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Self Help: Recovering From Job Loss
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Bright Ideas for Getting Ahead
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Moving Up the Ladder
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Forbes: How to Get Ahead on the Job
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Job Dig: Moving Up and Getting Ahead
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Hire Diversity
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Auxillium West: Corporate Culture
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Quint Careers: Corporate Culture
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All Business
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About: Employment Background Checks
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About: Seeking Employment With a
Criminal Record
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Privacy Rights: Getting Back Into
the Workplace with a Criminal Record
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Q&A: Employment and Your Criminal
Record
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Ex-Offender Reentry Tips
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Job Application: Reasons for Leaving
a Job
CAREER & LIFE ISSUES
Career development is an
ongoing concern for any professional in today's workplace. Among the
critical issues that face the typical worker include... workplace
competencies, job keeping strategies, career growth and development, job
advancement, job performance, work ethic, labor market trends, layoffs,
job loss, unemployment, stress, job burn-out, diversity, and life
planning.
“Things are not like they used to be. Our economy has
changed so rapidly that, for most of us, our concepts about how to plan
our careers, and how to find a job, are completely out of date.”
-J.
MICHAEL FARR
"Why do they work so hard? Because they are
motivated. And why are they motivated? Because the work is important.
And their work goes beyond important. It's worthwhile."
-BLANCHARD & BOWLES / Gung Ho!
"Far
and away the best prize that life offers is the chance to work hard at
work worth doing."
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THEODORE ROOSEVELT / US President
"There's nothing I would enjoy more than a job that was so meaningful to
me that I brought it home."
-NORA
WATSON / From Studs Terkel's Working
n WSJ Career Journal
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Preventing Job Burnout
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The Big Time: Career Blog
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Hub Pages: Job Burnout
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About: Workplace Survival & Success
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About: Work-Related Problems
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About: How to Cope With Job-Related
Problems
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E-Zine: Coping With Job Related
Stress
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Quint Careers: Business & Job
Hunting Etiquette Resources
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Grad View: Test Your Business
Etiquette
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Ravenwerks: Business Etiquette
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What's Cooking America: Dining
Etiquette Guide
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Monster: Interview Dining Etiquette
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Wikipedia: Business Casual
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VT Career Services: Business Casual
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Video Jug: How to do the Smart
Casual Look
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Success Tips / Business Presence:
Six Categories of Casual Dress
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About Human Resources: Business
Casual Dress Code
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Monster Career Advice: Business
Casual
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Dining Etiquette
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Etiquette Hell
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Tipping Etiquette
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Tips on Tipping
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Leisure & Vocational Psychology
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Learning to Give
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Mind Tools
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UAB: Resources for Student Success
JOB LOSS
No matter what you may call
it… laid off, terminated, dismissed, outplaced, fired… the experience is a
hurtful one. It is not unusual that you may feel discouraged, frustrated,
isolated, fearful and depressed. You may feel overwhelmed and disoriented. You
may feel worthless. You may feel like a failure. You may feel like someone has
pulled the rug out from underneath you. After losing your job, you may
experience any or all of the typical emotions associated with any kind of major
loss, including the initial shock, the immediate anger, the subsequent grief,
and finally an acceptance of your situation.
Among a variety of life-altering events, such as death in the family, divorce,
and serious illness, losing your job ranks among the highest in stress-causing
situations. Job loss can have a profound effect on your emotional well
being.
Being separated from one's job is extremely difficult. Many of us closely
identify ourselves by what we do for a living. When the job is taken away,
we can lose track of who we are and even why we are. Emotional issues
aside, a number of practical issues must be addressed. We must determine
how long our financial resources will sustain us. We must also decide if a
career change
is in order. Then we must begin to plan for the future.
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Job
Loss Resources
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Reality Check: Tips for
Coping with Job Loss
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About Career Planning: Coping With Job Loss
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Love To Know: Stress Management and Managing Job Loss
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Riley Guide: Coping With Job Loss
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Family Corner: Job Loss Survival Guide
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Help Guide: Job Loss and Unemployment Stress
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Intercom Magazine: Dealing With Job Loss
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Improving My Life: How to Deal With Losing Your Job
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