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Digg it UP - How to Make Big Career Decisions a Little Easier
Choosing a flat rate conference call is a smart choice for today's businesses. While it is easy to justify the benefits of services offered by conference call providers, it is important to realize that just like any other business expense it is important to review that cost and ensure that is actually providing a benefit for the company. When choosing a service provider read the contracts and service plans carefully. If the charge is not based on a flat rate, chances are you will be better off moving along elsewhere.If the fees and charges aren't clearly stated very early on there is a high chance that there are hidden fees that can really make conferencing expenses skyrocket. It is very important when seeking out flat rate conference call providers to review all of the potential charges and the wording of the conference-calling plan. It is unfortunate, but there are a lot of service providers that are not truly interested in providing a valuable service, they are only interested in making money quickly. Providers like that will look for
What Connections are most important to you? The Connections you have throughout your Career will be diverse. Some of your connections will stay with you over many years, and others will come and go as your circumstances change.
When considering your potential change, ask yourself these questions:
1. Who do you love to be around, and why?
2. How does your spending time with these kinds of people enrich your life?
3. Who do you support, and who supports you, in your career?
Career Decision Criteria CONNECTIONS ~ RELATIVE IMPORTANCE *Opportunities to stay current and connected with others in my field ~ Must Have *Finding a mentor in my workplace ~ Like to Have *Working with peers who have similar skills ~ Like to Have
Putting it all together: After you've found clarity regarding your most important career decision criteria in the above five categories (Core Needs, Compelling Interests and Motivations, Context, Competencies, and Connections), you can build a decision table to reference as you evaluate your current job and research new jobs. To create your table, you may want to use MS Excel, or simply write all your cr
Although the terms merger and acquisition are often used as though they are synonymous, they mean different things. The differences between a merger and acquisition are important to value, negotiate, and structure a client's transaction. Mergers and acquisitions both involve one or multiple companies purchasing all or part of another company. The main distinction between a merger and an acquisition is how they are financed.A merger happens when two firms, often of about the same size, agree to move forward and exist as a single new company rather than remain separately owned and operated. This kind of action is more specifically referred to as a "merger of equals." Mergers are often financed by a stock swap, in which the stock owners in both companies receive an equivalent quantity of stock in the new company. The stocks of both companies are surrendered and new company stock is issued in its place. On the other hand, when one company takes over another company and clearly establishes itself as the new owner, the purchase is called an acquisit
When making career decisions, you'll benefit by breaking the decision down into smaller parts, to help you identify the criteria most important for you. Once you identify your needs, interests, values, and ideals for your work, you will have what you need to evaluate the suitability of your current and potential future jobs.
Getting Started What are the Core Needs you have in order to become fulfilled at work?
Theorists have found that we are born with our Core Needs, and they stay with us throughout our lives. Individuals, either consciously or unconsciously, tend to look for ways to have these needs met. When met, people feel energized and enlivened. When missing, people tend to feel more drained of energy and dissatisfied. Therefore, the extent you can align your Core Needs to your work will enable you to realize greater joy and satisfaction.
Questions you may ask to clarify your own Core Needs include:
1. What do you consider essential in order to be fulfilled at work?
2. What are your most cherished values?
3. In what ways do you prefer to interact with others?
4. How do you like to get your work done?
The outcomes of such questions result in your ability to identify your core needs, values, and preferred approach to your work. Take your responses, and start a list of each need you have, and how important each need is. An example is offered below.
Career Decision Criteria CORE NEEDS ~ RELATIVE IMPORTANCE *Make a significant impact ~ Must Have *Skillful performance ~ Must Have *Variety ~ Must Have *Contextual Thinking ~ Must Have *Ability to take the time necessary to get the best result ~ Must Have
What are your Compelling Interests and Motivations? The second set of questions to ask yourself will help you identify your Compelling Interests and Motivations. Researchers suggest that our interests and motivations tend to stabilize by our mid-twenties, meaning you may experience a bit more change in this area than in your Core Needs. As your career progresses, you're likely to find this area stabilize.
Identify your Compelling Interests and Motivations by exploring these questions: 1. What kinds of occupations have you always found most interesting? 2. What subjects are most interesting to you? 3. What work activities have you enjoyed the most, and why? 4. What do you find particularly motivating? 5. What do you never grow tired of talking about?
Once you uncover your Compelling Interests and Motivations, you will be able to identify your most compelling occupational themes, interests, and motivating factors that will provide another set of inputs towards your decision.
Career Decision Criteria COMPELLING INTERESTS/MOTIVATIONS ~ RELATIVE IMPORTANCE *Helping others in original, imaginative ways ~ Must Have *Independence ~ Must Have *Writing ~ Must Have
When you're aware of your Core Needs, Compelling Interests, and Motivations, you'll have a much greater ability to weigh various career decisions against this set of criteria that is true to your ideal career qualities.
Of course, the complexity of a career decision doesn't stop there. There are at least three, and possibly numerous additional criteria categories you have for your career. The three aspects we'll cover next are the places where you may find the most change throughout your work life.
What is your preferred work Context? Context has to do with who you serve in your work, who you work with, where you work, and how you work.
To clarify your preferred work place, customers, and coworkers, ask yourself questions such as:
1. Who do you want to serve in your work?
2. What qualities do you value in your coworkers, managers, and workplace?
3. Where do you want to work?
4. When do you want to do your work?
5. How do you define your ideal work day?
Career Decision Criteria PREFERRED CONTEXT ~ RELATIVE IMPORTANCE *Working from a Home Office ~ Like to Have *Having a regular and stable schedule ~ Like to Have *Having a combination of work as part of a team, and independent work ~ Like to Have *Working with people who value quality and relationships ~ Must Have
What Competencies do you want to be able to use at work? This next area, Competencies, also contains elements that will serve you and remain constant throughout your work life, while others will come and go as your work environments change. This is where you want to do some work describing the knowledge, skills, and abilities you've developed that you want to keep, and what new competencies you want to add.
These types of questions will help you identify your preferred competencies: 1. What knowledge, skills, and abilities have you developed that you enjoy using? 2. What projects or work experiences do you think of as your career highlights? 3. What new competencies interest you?
Career Decision Criteria COMPETENCIES ~ RELATIVE IMPORTANCE *Listening and identifying unmet needs of others ~ Like to Have *Communicating effectively through writing ~ Must Have *Designing customized programs for customers ~ Like to Have
What Connections are most important to you? The Connections you have throughout your Career will be diverse. Some of your connections will stay with you over many years, and others will come and go as your circumstances change.
When considering your potential change, ask yourself these questions:
1. Who do you love to be around, and why?
2. How does your spending time with these kinds of people enrich your life?
3. Who do you support, and who supports you, in your career?
Career Decision Criteria CONNECTIONS ~ RELATIVE IMPORTANCE *Opportunities to stay current and connected with others in my field ~ Must Have *Finding a mentor in my workplace ~ Like to Have *Working with peers who have similar skills ~ Like to Have
Putting it all together: After you've found clarity regarding your most important career decision criteria in the above five categories (Core Needs, Compelling Interests and Motivations, Context, Competencies, and Connections), you can build a decision table to reference as you evaluate your current job and research new jobs. To create your table, you may want to use MS Excel, or simply write all your cr
When you are in charge of a conference, you have an enormous amount of responsibility. It is important that your conference not only is a success from a business standpoint, but also that your participants enjoy themselves and feel that it was worth their time. Here are ten tips which will help ensure a successful conference.1. Plan early. You should set a date and place for large conferences a year in advance. Reserve blocks of hotel rooms for those traveling from out of town. Give participants plenty of time to make travel plans. The earlier you start planning, the easier things will be for both you and those attending the conference.2. Offer incentives to those who sign up early. Discount the registration fee or offer a gift of some sort. This will give you a better idea of how many participants you can expect.3. Set a theme for the conference. Start promoting your theme from the beginning. Include it on the registration forms. Mention it in the confirmation letters. This helps build a sense of excitement and will help set the
2. What are your most cherished values?
3. In what ways do you prefer to interact with others?
4. How do you like to get your work done?
The outcomes of such questions result in your ability to identify your core needs, values, and preferred approach to your work. Take your responses, and start a list of each need you have, and how important each need is. An example is offered below.
Career Decision Criteria CORE NEEDS ~ RELATIVE IMPORTANCE *Make a significant impact ~ Must Have *Skillful performance ~ Must Have *Variety ~ Must Have *Contextual Thinking ~ Must Have *Ability to take the time necessary to get the best result ~ Must Have
What are your Compelling Interests and Motivations? The second set of questions to ask yourself will help you identify your Compelling Interests and Motivations. Researchers suggest that our interests and motivations tend to stabilize by our mid-twenties, meaning you may experience a bit more change in this area than in your Core Needs. As your career progresses, you're likely to find this area stabilize.
Identify your Compelling Interests and Motivations by exploring these questions: 1. What kinds of occupations have you always found most interesting? 2. What subjects are most interesting to you? 3. What work activities have you enjoyed the most, and why? 4. What do you find particularly motivating? 5. What do you never grow tired of talking about?
Once you uncover your Compelling Interests and Motivations, you will be able to identify your most compelling occupational themes, interests, and motivating factors that will provide another set of inputs towards your decision.
Career Decision Criteria COMPELLING INTERESTS/MOTIVATIONS ~ RELATIVE IMPORTANCE *Helping others in original, imaginative ways ~ Must Have *Independence ~ Must Have *Writing ~ Must Have
When you're aware of your Core Needs, Compelling Interests, and Motivations, you'll have a much greater ability to weigh various career decisions against this set of criteria that is true to your ideal career qualities.
Of course, the complexity of a career decision doesn't stop there. There are at least three, and possibly numerous additional criteria categories you have for your career. The three aspects we'll cover next are the places where you may find the most change throughout your work life.
What is your preferred work Context? Context has to do with who you serve in your work, who you work with, where you work, and how you work.
To clarify your preferred work place, customers, and coworkers, ask yourself questions such as:
1. Who do you want to serve in your work?
2. What qualities do you value in your coworkers, managers, and workplace?
3. Where do you want to work?
4. When do you want to do your work?
5. How do you define your ideal work day?
Career Decision Criteria PREFERRED CONTEXT ~ RELATIVE IMPORTANCE *Working from a Home Office ~ Like to Have *Having a regular and stable schedule ~ Like to Have *Having a combination of work as part of a team, and independent work ~ Like to Have *Working with people who value quality and relationships ~ Must Have
What Competencies do you want to be able to use at work? This next area, Competencies, also contains elements that will serve you and remain constant throughout your work life, while others will come and go as your work environments change. This is where you want to do some work describing the knowledge, skills, and abilities you've developed that you want to keep, and what new competencies you want to add.
These types of questions will help you identify your preferred competencies: 1. What knowledge, skills, and abilities have you developed that you enjoy using? 2. What projects or work experiences do you think of as your career highlights? 3. What new competencies interest you?
Career Decision Criteria COMPETENCIES ~ RELATIVE IMPORTANCE *Listening and identifying unmet needs of others ~ Like to Have *Communicating effectively through writing ~ Must Have *Designing customized programs for customers ~ Like to Have
What Connections are most important to you? The Connections you have throughout your Career will be diverse. Some of your connections will stay with you over many years, and others will come and go as your circumstances change.
When considering your potential change, ask yourself these questions:
1. Who do you love to be around, and why?
2. How does your spending time with these kinds of people enrich your life?
3. Who do you support, and who supports you, in your career?
Career Decision Criteria CONNECTIONS ~ RELATIVE IMPORTANCE *Opportunities to stay current and connected with others in my field ~ Must Have *Finding a mentor in my workplace ~ Like to Have *Working with peers who have similar skills ~ Like to Have
Putting it all together: After you've found clarity regarding your most important career decision criteria in the above five categories (Core Needs, Compelling Interests and Motivations, Context, Competencies, and Connections), you can build a decision table to reference as you evaluate your current job and research new jobs. To create your table, you may want to use MS Excel, or simply write all your cr
If you're thinking of getting into the field of medical billing, you'll probably want to know what kind of job market you're looking at in general. Naturally, depending on where you actually live and what skills you have, you'll have a better of worse chance of getting hired. These are just some general observations about the various fields.Let's start with being an actual medical biller, or the person who submits the claims to the medical agencies and companies like Medicare, Medicaid and so on. Because of all the regulations in the industry and all the rules that a medical billing person needs to be aware of, this is probably the most difficult part of the field to get into. You'll need to have a solid knowledge of the industry to get anything more than an entry-level position and even at that, these are hard to come by with all the technical people out there. Once you get in, however, if you do a good job, you'll probably have one for life if you want it. Getting people to stay in this highly stressful position is not easy.What
Once you uncover your Compelling Interests and Motivations, you will be able to identify your most compelling occupational themes, interests, and motivating factors that will provide another set of inputs towards your decision.
Career Decision Criteria COMPELLING INTERESTS/MOTIVATIONS ~ RELATIVE IMPORTANCE *Helping others in original, imaginative ways ~ Must Have *Independence ~ Must Have *Writing ~ Must Have
When you're aware of your Core Needs, Compelling Interests, and Motivations, you'll have a much greater ability to weigh various career decisions against this set of criteria that is true to your ideal career qualities.
Of course, the complexity of a career decision doesn't stop there. There are at least three, and possibly numerous additional criteria categories you have for your career. The three aspects we'll cover next are the places where you may find the most change throughout your work life.
What is your preferred work Context? Context has to do with who you serve in your work, who you work with, where you work, and how you work.
To clarify your preferred work place, customers, and coworkers, ask yourself questions such as:
1. Who do you want to serve in your work?
2. What qualities do you value in your coworkers, managers, and workplace?
3. Where do you want to work?
4. When do you want to do your work?
5. How do you define your ideal work day?
Career Decision Criteria PREFERRED CONTEXT ~ RELATIVE IMPORTANCE *Working from a Home Office ~ Like to Have *Having a regular and stable schedule ~ Like to Have *Having a combination of work as part of a team, and independent work ~ Like to Have *Working with people who value quality and relationships ~ Must Have
What Competencies do you want to be able to use at work? This next area, Competencies, also contains elements that will serve you and remain constant throughout your work life, while others will come and go as your work environments change. This is where you want to do some work describing the knowledge, skills, and abilities you've developed that you want to keep, and what new competencies you want to add.
These types of questions will help you identify your preferred competencies: 1. What knowledge, skills, and abilities have you developed that you enjoy using? 2. What projects or work experiences do you think of as your career highlights? 3. What new competencies interest you?
Career Decision Criteria COMPETENCIES ~ RELATIVE IMPORTANCE *Listening and identifying unmet needs of others ~ Like to Have *Communicating effectively through writing ~ Must Have *Designing customized programs for customers ~ Like to Have
What Connections are most important to you? The Connections you have throughout your Career will be diverse. Some of your connections will stay with you over many years, and others will come and go as your circumstances change.
When considering your potential change, ask yourself these questions:
1. Who do you love to be around, and why?
2. How does your spending time with these kinds of people enrich your life?
3. Who do you support, and who supports you, in your career?
Career Decision Criteria CONNECTIONS ~ RELATIVE IMPORTANCE *Opportunities to stay current and connected with others in my field ~ Must Have *Finding a mentor in my workplace ~ Like to Have *Working with peers who have similar skills ~ Like to Have
Putting it all together: After you've found clarity regarding your most important career decision criteria in the above five categories (Core Needs, Compelling Interests and Motivations, Context, Competencies, and Connections), you can build a decision table to reference as you evaluate your current job and research new jobs. To create your table, you may want to use MS Excel, or simply write all your cr
Finding products to sell is fundamental to those who have Internet stores, auction sites, or sell through stores such as Amazon or Ebay. However, it may be difficult to determine where you will find those products to sell.There are a number of different ways to find products to sell as well as many scam artists who like nothing more than to prey upon unsuspecting but well-meaning storeowners. Whether selling online or in your hometown, you need to check out every wholesale company or drop shipper with the Better Business Bureau and Rip Off Report to make sure you are only dealing with reputable companies.Drop shippers are invaluable to those who sell products over the Internet. Drop shippers are companies that store product inventory and then mail them to your customers, without you needing to first purchase and store the products. To make sure that the drop shipping company you are dealing with is legitimate, sends products on time, and hasn’t been accused of unscrupulous tactics, double check their record with the BBB. Many times
2. What qualities do you value in your coworkers, managers, and workplace?
3. Where do you want to work?
4. When do you want to do your work?
5. How do you define your ideal work day?
Career Decision Criteria PREFERRED CONTEXT ~ RELATIVE IMPORTANCE *Working from a Home Office ~ Like to Have *Having a regular and stable schedule ~ Like to Have *Having a combination of work as part of a team, and independent work ~ Like to Have *Working with people who value quality and relationships ~ Must Have
What Competencies do you want to be able to use at work? This next area, Competencies, also contains elements that will serve you and remain constant throughout your work life, while others will come and go as your work environments change. This is where you want to do some work describing the knowledge, skills, and abilities you've developed that you want to keep, and what new competencies you want to add.
These types of questions will help you identify your preferred competencies: 1. What knowledge, skills, and abilities have you developed that you enjoy using? 2. What projects or work experiences do you think of as your career highlights? 3. What new competencies interest you?
Career Decision Criteria COMPETENCIES ~ RELATIVE IMPORTANCE *Listening and identifying unmet needs of others ~ Like to Have *Communicating effectively through writing ~ Must Have *Designing customized programs for customers ~ Like to Have
What Connections are most important to you? The Connections you have throughout your Career will be diverse. Some of your connections will stay with you over many years, and others will come and go as your circumstances change.
When considering your potential change, ask yourself these questions:
1. Who do you love to be around, and why?
2. How does your spending time with these kinds of people enrich your life?
3. Who do you support, and who supports you, in your career?
Career Decision Criteria CONNECTIONS ~ RELATIVE IMPORTANCE *Opportunities to stay current and connected with others in my field ~ Must Have *Finding a mentor in my workplace ~ Like to Have *Working with peers who have similar skills ~ Like to Have
Putting it all together: After you've found clarity regarding your most important career decision criteria in the above five categories (Core Needs, Compelling Interests and Motivations, Context, Competencies, and Connections), you can build a decision table to reference as you evaluate your current job and research new jobs. To create your table, you may want to use MS Excel, or simply write all your cr
There is a scene in a movie called “Facing the Giants” where the coach of a small high school has to inspire a team that hasn’t performed well and is used to failure. When the quarterback of the team indicates he doesn’t think they can win Friday’s game the coach pulls him aside for one of the most inspiring moments in the film.“Don’t you quit on me, Brock,” he commands the quarterback who is blindfolded and made to crawl on the football field with another player on his back. “Don’t you quit.”Foot by agonizing foot Brock moves across the football field thinking he was only going 20 yards. In the end the player collapses in the end zone. His fellow teammates stand in awe of the punishment it took to reach a goal Brock never would have believed possible.The coach gets down to Brock’s level and says, “I need you. This team needs you, Brock. If you quit then we all give up.” It is in that moment that the mentality of the team changes and success soon follows.Many of us have the tendency to quit when things get tough. There is
What Connections are most important to you? The Connections you have throughout your Career will be diverse. Some of your connections will stay with you over many years, and others will come and go as your circumstances change.
When considering your potential change, ask yourself these questions:
1. Who do you love to be around, and why?
2. How does your spending time with these kinds of people enrich your life?
3. Who do you support, and who supports you, in your career?
Career Decision Criteria CONNECTIONS ~ RELATIVE IMPORTANCE *Opportunities to stay current and connected with others in my field ~ Must Have *Finding a mentor in my workplace ~ Like to Have *Working with peers who have similar skills ~ Like to Have
Putting it all together: After you've found clarity regarding your most important career decision criteria in the above five categories (Core Needs, Compelling Interests and Motivations, Context, Competencies, and Connections), you can build a decision table to reference as you evaluate your current job and research new jobs. To create your table, you may want to use MS Excel, or simply write all your criteria down on one sheet of paper. Your criteria will be listed along the left hand column, with the Relative Importance directly beside your criteria. Then, create a column for every job you want to evaluate against these criteria. Start with your current job. If you find that your current job truly does meet all of your needs, yet only one or two desired qualities are missing, you may want to start by exploring what possibilities there are for bringing what's missing to your workplace.
If you find yourself struggling to generate meaningful answers to the kinds of questions asked throughout this article on your own, you may want to consider working with a professional career services provider, so they can help you gain the level of clarity you need to make a sound career decision. Good career service providers offer a full range of career assessments, tools, and resources to help you make decisions and navigate through the career transition process.
The career landscape presents thousands of job choices that can be overwhelming in their diversity. This approach of breaking a big career change decision into smaller parts helps you quickly identify your values, interests, natural talents, and working style preferences, all of which will help you narrow the vast array of choices you're faced with when selecting or changing your career. Once you find clarity regarding your core needs and interests for a career, then the work of active experimentation, networking, informational interviews, and job shadowing can take place within a few targeted areas. As you align your work and workplace to your personal preferences, natural talents, and interests, you'll find that you experience much less strain and greater satisfaction in your work.
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