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Be On Time, Every Time

This should be implied but I’ve realized it’s not. You must: Show up for work on time, every time, and even before time. When in doubt, ask what…

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Learn Basic Web Design Skills

I might be biased in this regard, but most career professionals should have some set of basic web design and coding skills. Although I think it’s equally useful…

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The Hiring Process Is Like Speed Dating and Shotgun Weddings

For companies, hiring is like going on two dates and asking that person to marry you. Or, for job candidates, saying yes to a marriage proposal after only…

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Learn to Type Fast

Keyboarding is an underutilized, under appreciated skill for career professionals. With the speed of technological innovation, computers are being integrated into virtually every job out there, even in…

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See What Companies Employees Are Flocking To With LinkedIn’s Insightful Statistics

For the last couple of hours, I’ve been fascinated with exploring “Companies” on LinkedIn when I stumbled onto a link on most company profile on the right sidebar…

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Create Your Bucket List

I created a bucket list for the first time in August 2010. At the time, I had achieved some of my biggest dreams and was grasping for “what’s…

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New Series: Get Career Tips & Action Steps in 5 Minutes

Today I’m introducing the Quick Career Nuggets series at Purposeful Paychecks. The goal is to give career tips and practical steps for action in 5 minutes or less.…

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5 Steps To Finding Lasting Career Happiness

Once you have the 6 enduring principles to career happiness down, you need to make progress toward finding the work that matches what you want in life and…

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Blogging Your Way to Career Success + 7 Hours of Career Training

Over at my new Purposeful Paychecks blog, I’ve scheduled 8 hours of webinar training for June, including my Blogging Your Way to Career Success webinar. These webinar will…

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The Six Principles to Career Happiness

This is really the Manifesto of the Purposeful Paycheck Tribe. You are career heretics. I brand you that because you, like me, have devoted your life to principles…

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