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January 2004 : Issue 20
Editor: Tara West
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In This Issue
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> Welcome
> Article: New Year. Take Action!
> Quote
> Writing Your Résumé - Part 5 - Qualifications
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> Contact Information
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ARTICLE:
Want a really good new year? Take
action!
by Cathy Goodwin
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It's easy to begin a year with analysis: months, days and even years of
"thinking." Many of us would like to believe that "reaching
goals" begins with an armchair, a self-help book and a beer. But if you
really want to see some change, remember that action creates energy.
Have you ever spent a whole day driving? Lying on the couch with a heavy-duty
remote control? At the end of the day, you're exhausted.
Action fuels thought. The world looks different as you sit in your living
room. When you get off the couch and face the outside world, your questions --
and your answers – seem new.
Action tests our readiness to change. Are you thinking of hiring a career
consultant? Before you pick up the phone, take some small action on your own.
Get a list of articles from the library or web. Make some phone calls.
Do something different. In a tape version of her recent book, Thunder and
Lightning, Natalie Goldberg advises writers to overcome blocks by changing small
elements of their lives. Take a different route when you walk home, she
suggests; if you normally drive with your left hand on the steering wheel, try
the right.
Some ideas:
Do something alone that you normally do with others: shopping, travelling,
eating in a restaurant.
Do something with others that you normally do alone.
If you have a routine for evenings or weekends, make a change. In his book,
How People Change, Allen Wheelis pointed out that changing yourself is pretty
simple. If you want to stop being a thief, don't steal. If you want to be a
writer, write. Sounds simple -- but it works.
Sometimes, if you are lucky, external events force you to change in a
positive direction. Serendipity has moved from the woo-woo category to
mainstream career research.
Can't get moving?
If you are really, really stuck, but you can't get yourself to take even one
action step, pay attention. Sometimes you are at a point in your life when it's
time to do nothing, but inability to act may signal depression or anxiety. Only
a licensed therapist can help.
Do you want someone to share your thoughts as you try out different actions?
Moving -- but you're not sure in which direction you want to end up? These
questions suggest you can get help from a career or business coach.
Maybe you believe in New Year's Resolutions, or maybe you prefer to take life
as it comes. Regardless, I can promise your 2004 will bring exciting new changes
and opportunities... if you jump off that couch and begin taking action.
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Cathy Goodwin, Ph.D.
Author, Speaker and Career/Business Coaching
http://www.cathygoodwin.com
mailto:cathy@cathygoodwin.com
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QUOTE
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“Live your life each day as you would climb a mountain. An occasional
glance
towards the summit keeps the goal in mind, but many beautiful scenes are
to be observed from each new vantage point.”
~ Harold B. Melchart ~
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WRITING YOUR RÉSUMÉ - PART 5 - QUALIFICATIONS
Each month we'll be providing specific tips on what information you should be
including in your résumé.
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Qualifications shouldn’t be confused with training courses or other
educational matter. Essentially, this section is utilised for required
qualifications (eg: a degree) for a vacant position; or something which is a
pre-requisite for the role(s) you will be seeking.
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(this includes a major), training institution, and year completed. If you
are currently studying include this information, however, list the year as
current (as opposed to 2004) or completion 200X.
If you don’t have any qualifications then leave this section out entirely.
Your educational detail (such as any training courses you have completed –
internally or externally) should then be included in another section of your résumé.
More about other training, etc., will be expanded upon in future issues.
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