One of the questions I ask of my clients when I begin to work with them is, “Why now? What’s motivating you to think about a career or job change?
It’s the type of question that helps to highlight the motivations behind wanting to change a job or career. A client might respond with:
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Here’s a quick look back at some of the articles from across the web that caught my eye during this past week.
How to take control of your Facebook privacy
A couple of blog posts ago, I outlined ‘Five key tips to keeping your online presence secure’. My final suggestion was to adjust the privacy settings on my social media accounts to levels that I was happier with. If this is a task that that is still on your to-do list or you haven’t looked at your privacy settings for a while, take a look at Andrea Vahl’s post. This brief article provides step-by-step instructions on ‘How to take control of your Facebook privacy and avoid being caught out by Facebook’s constant changes.
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The Introvert’s Guide to Success in Business and Leadership – Book Review
Months after its launch, I suspect that this book, ‘The Introvert’s Guide to Success in Business and Leadership’ may become overlooked by the recent, well publicised release of Susan Cain’s book ‘Quiet’ and her subsequent Ted talk. It may not even become as widely known as books previously written on the subject of introversion, for example, ‘The introvert advantage’ or ‘Introverts in the church’.
Author: Lisa Petrilli
The truth is, if I hadn’t recently come across Lisa Petrilli’s book I wouldn’t have known about Susan Cain’s book, Quiet, or the other writers. I wouldn’t have begun my own journey to developing a clearer understanding of how others respond to my introversion or of how I interact in a largely extroverted work place.
5 Key Tips to keeping your online presence secure
It has dawned on me that I am now much more comfortable (than I was five years ago) with the idea of interacting with other people online, as well as using the internet for searching out careers related information. I have found myself subscribing to more and more blogs, jobs sites, social media tools, (oh, and online retail stores, ssshhh!!) all without paying much attention to the fact that I am leaving a trail of personal information on the thousands of sites that I have visited and subscribed to.
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Despite trying to manage my online interactions over the last few years, I have accumulated 10 email addresses, 3 twitter accounts, a Linkedin profile, Facebook page, 2 blog sites and countless subscriptions to sites that were useful at the time, but which I now rarely visit. Not to forget the countless passwords (that I can never remember) that are needed as part of every subscription.
