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Career Coaches for Everyday People?
"Coaching" has become one of the biggest trends of the new millenium. People have fitness coaches, finance coaches, life coaches, relationship coaches; you name it, we've got it. In college, they offer you career counseling before you graduate ... I am remiss to say that I think went to one session out of obligation, but I didn't really take advantage of what that advice could have meant for me. Perhaps a more direct route to career stability, less "crazy" jobs ... who knows.
I recently came across a book, 'Speaking of Success' about how to achieve your career goals, and one of its featured contributors, Marsha Haygood. Haygood is a career coach who caters to more than top execs. She caters to a wide range of clientele, and she offers her services for fees that make it feasible for the "little people" to get help and get ahead.
Career Counseling Isn't Just for Execs looks at some ways career coaches can help you reach success and ... earn more money.
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I'm responding to "That's Not My Job." Why would anyone use the words, "That's not my job?" There is only one reason, to defend themselves from unwanted blame and confusion. In the workplace, things get lost in the cracks due to specialization and deadlines. If a manager wants to find an excuse to blame someone for something not done, but it is not critical or not routinely scheduled to be completed "The Blame Game" begins. Do you stand up for yourself or just take the blame and lose your job anyway? Specifically, I had a boss that did this. The night shift was the "Catch All" for the entire day and weekend. We had a specialist scheduled to update the next week's stuff on Monday morning. Why would the boss tell you to update the stuff if this guy is going to do it in 10 minutes? The specialist is going to do it. The boss is trying to find an excuse to fire you. How do you protect yourself when unfairly attacked? This is an example of an office "Red Herring." Bad bosses cause big losses! What protections do workers have? None!
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It took a while but didn't anyone ever think that when you send all your blue collar and manufacturing jobs to foreign countries that that would lead to a recession and unemployment. It doesn't take a damn brain surgeon to know that. It was just a matter of time. This is just the beginning of what could be the biggest recession the U.S has ever seen. To top all this off we not only elected the dumbest or smartest president, not once but twice. His administration has stood by and watched loaning institutions rob us blind, watched the oil corporations do likewise and report the largest financial profits in recorded financial history. Our jobs are gone, we are trillions in debt. We are sending Iraq three billion a month to repair their highways and bridges that we blew up while our own infrastruture at home is crumbling. It will take more than Clinton or Obama to get us out of this mess. And as John McCain told the crowd in Michigan, "No your jobs will not be coming back? JM
2/8/08 11:53 AM