Books to Read: About Strengths
October 9, 2020
One of the keys to loving your career is to find work that capitalizes on your strengths and innate talents. Capitalizing on your strengths requires, first, knowing what they are. Check out these books to begin finding your strengths and learning how to use them at work. StandOut 2.0: Assess Your Strengths, Find Your Edge,
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5 Steps to Qualify for the Job You Want
September 10, 2020
Want to change jobs, careers or land a promotion but feel you are under-qualified? You are not alone. Most clients who come to us believe they are lacking the skills or experience needed to land the job they really want. First, you are likely WAY more qualified than you give yourself credit. That said, we have
Read Article3 Reasons LinkedIn is Crucial for Your Career
January 10, 2020
With over 575 million users, LinkedIn has quickly become one of the most powerful career tools of our time. The average LinkedIn user spends 17 minutes on the site per month and every day this number is growing. Here are 3 compelling reasons why YOU should begin spending more time each week on LinkedIn. ———-
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It’s Time to Re-Career and Replace Retirement
November 23, 2015
I changed careers in a time when career change didn’t exist. Before it even had a name. Get a glimpse into my story now. Re-Careering is Achievable The necessity for me to Capitalize on Chaos, both personally and professionally, and to re-career and forget retirement, and make a living for myself and three children started
Read ArticleWhy Having a “Sharp Crap Detector” is Essential is Today’s Workworld!
November 14, 2015
When I was writing the book, The Career Chase 15 years ago and was explaining the necessity to become a Change Catalyst to learn new skills for the new rapidly upcoming age, I listed what I thought those new skills would be. Very quickly I said it would take courage, and confidence to change. We
Read ArticleMoving Through Career Chaos to Creativity – An Update
July 28, 2015
As most of you know, I have a tendency to be “ahead of the curve” in a lot of my writing and research. I have been researching both Chaos Theory and Happiness for years, and wanted to review some of my past findings with you – because the world is catching up with some of
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Is a Green Career in Your Future? Experts Share the Scoop
July 28, 2015
Perspectives on Green Energy and Its Impact “The future is uncertain . . . . but this uncertainty is at the very heart of human creativity.” According to Ilya Prigogine, Nobel Prize winner in 1977 and author of Order Out of Chaos, and The End of Certainty. This uncertainty and the necessity for creativity is
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Todd Wagner – From Lawyer to Yahoo to Philanthropist
June 23, 2015
Former Client Todd Wagner and CDA Todd Wagner has presented at Career Design Associates a number of times since he was client of Dr. Harkness’ in the early 1990s. Todd is a great example of a client who has reinvented himself a number of times – from Lawyer to High-tech Entrepreneur to Investor and Philanthropist.
Read ArticleFive Points to Consider at Midlife (From Don’t Stop the Career Clock)
June 17, 2015
Just as there is no automatic system to successfully guide our career for us, there is no prescription for how we are to live our later life. Society and its institutions and professionals are trailing at least ten years behind in dealing with the process and problems of integrating aging and working. Those of us
Read ArticleIdentify Your Success Criteria for Career Satisfaction and Success
January 10, 2015
Psst – Want the secret of “How to Create Career Satisfaction?” Know What You Want From Your Career Identify Your Success Criteria for Career Satisfaction and Success Seems simple, right? It’s not that simple, but that is where the secret comes in. Career Design (CDA) has successfully helped countless clients transition their career since the
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