http://factoidz.com/experts-in/career/ career articles on Factoidz en-us http://factoidz.com/changing-careers-5-ways-to-ease-the-transition-to-a-new-career/ http://factoidz.com/changing-careers-5-ways-to-ease-the-transition-to-a-new-career/ Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:33:29 CST career http://factoidz.com/wp-content/themes/gabtheme/images/changing-careers-5-ways-to-ease-the-transition-to-a-new-career.jpg http://factoidz.com/top-15-ways-to-make-extra-income/ http://factoidz.com/top-15-ways-to-make-extra-income/ There are tons of different ways to make extra income. If you’re lucky enough to still have a job in this recession then you should be thankful you still have a steady stream of income coming in, but for those who are laid off now or have been in the past or even for people who still have a job bu... Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:33:29 CST career http://factoidz.com/wp-content/themes/gabtheme/images/top-15-ways-to-make-extra-income.jpg http://factoidz.com/goal-attainment-5-questions-to-help-identify-your-ideal-career/ http://factoidz.com/goal-attainment-5-questions-to-help-identify-your-ideal-career/ Many of the clients I see in my professional coaching practice come with a predetermined goal that they wish to reach. For example, they may already know that they want to lose 10 pounds (or twenty) or that they want to organize their house. However, others seek professional coaching because they wa... Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:33:29 CST career http://factoidz.com/wp-content/themes/gabtheme/images/goal-attainment-5-questions-to-help-identify-your-ideal-career.jpg http://factoidz.com/what-skills-and-education-do-you-need-to-become-a-professional-writer/ http://factoidz.com/what-skills-and-education-do-you-need-to-become-a-professional-writer/ Writing is, without a doubt, one of the most popular pastimes in this country.  This nation was born to write and has produced some of the world's greatest and most talented and influential authors in history.  While many write in their spare time as a hobby, though, it is possible to make a livin... Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:33:29 CST career http://factoidz.com/wp-content/themes/gabtheme/images/what-skills-and-education-do-you-need-to-become-a-professional-writer.jpg http://factoidz.com/do-you-need-a-college-degree-to-pursure-a-career-as-a-writer/ http://factoidz.com/do-you-need-a-college-degree-to-pursure-a-career-as-a-writer/ In regards to question as to a need to attend college to become a writer, I would say that it is a definite help to attend.  You will gain insight, meet others that have similar interests and ideas that can help you decide for yourself what area of writing you would like to pursue. There can also b... Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:33:29 CST career http://factoidz.com/wp-content/themes/gabtheme/images/do-you-need-a-college-degree-to-pursure-a-career-as-a-writer.jpg http://factoidz.com/simple-steps-to-starting-your-business-brainstorming-marketing-and-managing/ http://factoidz.com/simple-steps-to-starting-your-business-brainstorming-marketing-and-managing/ To start what you need to do is brainstorm. Think about what skills you have. Cleaning houses, assembling products and lawn care are some ideas. Take time to think about what you enjoy doing. It is a fact that if you enjoy what you... Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:33:29 CST career http://factoidz.com/wp-content/themes/gabtheme/images/simple-steps-to-starting-your-business-brainstorming-marketing-and-managing.jpg http://factoidz.com/why-arent-television-programs-portraying-reality-as-we-know-it/ http://factoidz.com/why-arent-television-programs-portraying-reality-as-we-know-it/ It has been said “Necessity is the birth of invention.” With that having been said we are all feeling the crunch of these difficult economic ti... Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:33:29 CST career http://factoidz.com/wp-content/themes/gabtheme/images/why-arent-television-programs-portraying-reality-as-we-know-it.jpg http://factoidz.com/how-to-resign-from-your-job-with-dignity/ http://factoidz.com/how-to-resign-from-your-job-with-dignity/ Picture the scene. You have been offered the job of your dreams and that means that you will be leaving your current post, kissing the temperamental photocopier an... Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:33:29 CST career http://factoidz.com/wp-content/themes/gabtheme/images/how-to-resign-from-your-job-with-dignity.jpg http://factoidz.com/how-to-be-happier-at-work/ http://factoidz.com/how-to-be-happier-at-work/ So much of our lives are either going to work, working or thinking about work. If that is the case, then it makes sense that we should try and enjoy it instead of making it bearable. Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:33:29 CST career http://factoidz.com/wp-content/themes/gabtheme/images/how-to-be-happier-at-work.jpg http://factoidz.com/how-to-ask-for-a-raise/ http://factoidz.com/how-to-ask-for-a-raise/ Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:33:29 CST career http://factoidz.com/wp-content/themes/gabtheme/images/how-to-ask-for-a-raise.jpg http://factoidz.com/i-hate-my-job-how-you-can-get-out-of-the-funk/ http://factoidz.com/i-hate-my-job-how-you-can-get-out-of-the-funk/ Wow! I found this question to be so relevant to my situation that I had to attempt an answer! The actual question was: How do you get yourself to love your jo... Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:33:29 CST career http://factoidz.com/wp-content/themes/gabtheme/images/i-hate-my-job-how-you-can-get-out-of-the-funk.jpg http://factoidz.com/three-questions-to-ask-yourself-when-changing-jobs/ http://factoidz.com/three-questions-to-ask-yourself-when-changing-jobs/ Leaving a workplace can feel like you are jumping off of a cliff. It may leave you feeling lighter than air. You never know if what you’re doing is a good thing or a bad thing. Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:33:29 CST career http://factoidz.com/images/p/business-2.jpg http://factoidz.com/more-mental-health-in-the-workplace-transfers/ http://factoidz.com/more-mental-health-in-the-workplace-transfers/ When the initial thought of a possible transfer enters one's mind it seems like a lovely idea. Almost comforting. Seemingly inspiring to think of doing something different or something better, somewhere else at your company, or making the leap to a whole new environment ... Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:33:29 CST career http://factoidz.com/images/p/business-2.jpg http://factoidz.com/assimilate-or-terminate/ http://factoidz.com/assimilate-or-terminate/ It certainly isn’t funny that some of us are losing our jobs these days. What I do find oddly amusing is the office politics that enter into the picture before during... Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:33:29 CST career http://factoidz.com/wp-content/themes/gabtheme/images/assimilate-or-terminate.jpg http://factoidz.com/be-yourself-in-the-work-place/ http://factoidz.com/be-yourself-in-the-work-place/ It’s not popular to do the right thing. It is never popular to stand up for yourself in the face of adversity especially if the people you are standing up to are those in a position to make your life miserable. I have lost more posi... Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:33:29 CST career http://factoidz.com/images/p/business-2.jpg http://factoidz.com/your-internet-career-starts-with-a-domain-name/ http://factoidz.com/your-internet-career-starts-with-a-domain-name/ You did it! You just thought of the perfect, yes THE perfect domain name, and more importantly…It is available in a dot-com sort of way. You searched it through GoDad... Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:33:29 CST career http://factoidz.com/wp-content/themes/gabtheme/images/your-internet-career-starts-with-a-domain-name.jpg http://factoidz.com/how-are-realtors-like-broccoli/ http://factoidz.com/how-are-realtors-like-broccoli/ Remember when potatoes were just potatoes, not Idaho potatoes or Michigan potatoes?  Remember back before California had dancing raisins, before bananas dressed up like Carmen Miranda and Orange juice commercials featured Donald Sutherland voice-over... Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:33:29 CST career http://factoidz.com/wp-content/themes/gabtheme/images/how-are-realtors-like-broccoli.jpg http://factoidz.com/never-sell-with-blah-blah-when-you-can-sell-with-blah/ http://factoidz.com/never-sell-with-blah-blah-when-you-can-sell-with-blah/ Yesterday, I overheard a salesperson selling.  Well, selling may not be the right description.  Overselling might be a better word.  It was at one of those furniture stores; you know, the ones where they pounce on you the second you walk through the door?  Then never leave you alone to wander th... Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:33:29 CST career http://factoidz.com/wp-content/themes/gabtheme/images/never-sell-with-blah-blah-when-you-can-sell-with-blah.jpg http://factoidz.com/9-steps-to-improving-your-business-writing-skills/ http://factoidz.com/9-steps-to-improving-your-business-writing-skills/ Most business people know how to talk.  Writing, however, is quite another matter. Writing is an essential communication tool and it is sad to see otherwise bright, articulate people shy away from writing because of their lack of confidence in doing so.  It is j... Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:33:29 CST career http://factoidz.com/wp-content/themes/gabtheme/images/9-steps-to-improving-your-business-writing-skills.jpg http://factoidz.com/passed-over-how-to-get-the-promotion-next-time/ http://factoidz.com/passed-over-how-to-get-the-promotion-next-time/ As a former ad agency executive, I knew what my bosses were looking for when I hired a new staffer. They expected me to hire promotable people, not just those with talent. Pro... Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:33:29 CST career http://factoidz.com/wp-content/themes/gabtheme/images/passed-over-how-to-get-the-promotion-next-time.jpg http://factoidz.com/quick-story-and-a-tip-in-business-take-time-to-sharpen-your-axe/ http://factoidz.com/quick-story-and-a-tip-in-business-take-time-to-sharpen-your-axe/ Once upon a time there were two lumberjacks, Lars and Sven. Each of them was the best lumberjacks in their camps and every year, the two camps would meet and challenge one another to determine the bes... Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:33:29 CST career http://factoidz.com/wp-content/themes/gabtheme/images/quick-story-and-a-tip-in-business-take-time-to-sharpen-your-axe.jpg http://factoidz.com/5-steps-to-get-along-better-with-people-at-work/ http://factoidz.com/5-steps-to-get-along-better-with-people-at-work/ Chances are, you have had at least one person in your life that you just cannot get along with.  Navigating such a situation at work can be tricky even for the most socially skilled. Having had the pleasure of d... Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:33:29 CST career http://factoidz.com/wp-content/themes/gabtheme/images/5-steps-to-get-along-better-with-people-at-work.jpg http://factoidz.com/knowing-when-its-time-to-quit-your-job/ http://factoidz.com/knowing-when-its-time-to-quit-your-job/ I have been through quite a few jobs and I know that I have picked some "real winner" occupations.  Here, the reader will find that I have composed a list of what I believe should constitute a change of careers.  It may not be the same list others have, but the reader will get an idea of what sho... Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:33:28 CST career http://factoidz.com/wp-content/themes/gabtheme/images/knowing-when-its-time-to-quit-your-job.jpg