I always enjoy reading about the different personality types. I think so much of what we enjoy doing in our careers can be found inside our personality and so many people have never even discovered “what type they are”. For instance…are you an ENTP? That is the acronym for Extraverted/Intuitive/Thinking/Perceiving according to Myers-Briggs and in » Read More
Another exciting venture for FiredUP Careers - here is our press release…be sure to take your “free” personality test! – FiredUP Careers and PersonalityType.com team to provide job seekers with a new FREE resource July 6, 2009, Los Gatos, CA – FiredUP Careers, a uniquely focused career coaching company, announced today that it has teamed with » Read More
In today’s economy we aren’t often seeing the words ‘hiring & thriving’, but according to CNNMoney.com’s article “Where the Jobs Are” there are industries and are in fact hiring and thriving. As the article points out - despite our year to date job loss of 1.9 million (yes…1.9 million!) industries like education, accounting and health » Read More
Are you home licking your wounds from a career blunder? Late for an interview, a horrifying typo on your resume, rude to the receptionist or forgot your interviewer’s name? These are all things that can happen when you least expect them, so be prepared on how to handle a blunder before it happens. Here’s a good » Read More
A colleague of mine sent this link over to me the other day and said I should check it out and I’m glad I did. A huge part of our professional lives is supported, if not determined, by our ability to network and build relationships. The site, Meetup (with about 2.5 million members) is a » Read More
I’m always discovering fun new sites. This one is another great idea. If you want to be sure you’re job search steers you away from ‘jerk bosses’ then you need to check out Jerk Free Jobs. It’s great – you can do a search to check out whether your new manager » Read More
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