http://www.goldnuggetcoaching.com/coaching Become masetr of your future. Sat, 09 Jun 2007 22:34:18 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en There really is no standard definition of a life plan. If you go to the mother of all resources, Wikipedia, the last time I checked (June, 07) there were no results returned. For many people, a life plan is a plan for what they want to do in their life. And ... http://www.goldnuggetcoaching.com/coaching/what-is-a-life-plan CareerBuilder.com [link] (also found through the URL careerbuilders.com—with an “s”) claims to have more job postings than any other site. That’s a pretty big claim and hard to validate especially since there are one-stop job search sites such as Indeed.com that I discussed in the last post. Regardless, careerbuilders.com is rich ... http://www.goldnuggetcoaching.com/coaching/inside-careerbuilder (Continued from previous post.) You’re working hard in your current job and, at the same time, trying to plan your future. Maybe you’re thinking about a potential career change. Or maybe you have “layoff aversion” and would be comforted by having a sense of what the future might bring in your ... http://www.goldnuggetcoaching.com/coaching/midlife-career-change-help (Continued from previous post.) Obviously, most people use online job search methods and tools like monster.com, CareerBuilders.com, and others to find a job. These resources (and the others that I’ll talk about in this series) can be incredibly useful if used the right way. And I have, in fact, seen many ... http://www.goldnuggetcoaching.com/coaching/jobmarketquestions (Continued from previous post.) There are many factors that determine work satisfaction. Overriding all of them is the path you choose to follow, whether it’s the “traditional” career path (which, as described in previous posts, other experts consider to be obsolete), or one of the life style paths I’ve mentioned: a ... http://www.goldnuggetcoaching.com/coaching/your-path (Continued from previous post.) Most people who are dedicated CareerBuilders will benefit by re-framing their roles in the workplace to better deal with its new realities. Thus, for example, instead of pursuing a career path that may no longer exist (the traditional concept of “career”), you may want to get clear ... http://www.goldnuggetcoaching.com/coaching/calling (Continued from previous post.) Even as they declare that career as an institution is dead (as described in the last posting), Fernando Flores, John Gray, and Professor Denning also talk about the good news: a more effective concept of career is emerging that involves life “styles.” It’s important and empowering for ... http://www.goldnuggetcoaching.com/coaching/career-styles (Continued from previous post.) “Career is dead? “That can’t be,” you may say. “And I can prove it because with one click of my mouse and some  keystrokes I can go to careerbuilders.com or monster.com. And they’ve invested a fortune in helping CareerBuilders like me. They have career links all over ... http://www.goldnuggetcoaching.com/coaching/is-career-dead Are you looking for a job, or thinking about changing jobs? You probably know about the various online job posting services like careerbuilders.com [link] and monster.com [link]. But do you know how best to leverage them? Do you know their strengths and weaknesses? In a series of posts that starts ... http://www.goldnuggetcoaching.com/coaching/calling-careerbuilders Which came first: the chicken or the egg? Which comes first when there’s something important to do like finding a new job: taking action or making a commitment to find a new job? With chicken and eggs there’s no right answer. With taking action and making a commitment, my observation ... http://www.goldnuggetcoaching.com/coaching/commitment