by Rick Christensen | Feb 20, 2020 | Career Transition, Job Search, Job Success, Rick Christensen, Successful People
Most individuals involved in a job search are not sales professionals, which is why the process is usually “uncomfortable.” A job search requires you to “sell” your experience and skills to a future employer. If you are NOT currently employed, your FULL-TIME job is... 
by Rick Christensen | Feb 6, 2020 | Career Transition, Rick Christensen
For over 25 years one of the most respected business texts has be The 7 Habits of Highly Successful People. I wondered if these same principles could be applied to job search. So I took Dr. Covey’s list and applied them to the modern job search process. Be... 
by Rick Christensen | Jan 23, 2020 | Career Transition, Job Success, Rick Christensen, Uncategorized
Goal is defined as the object of a person’s ambition or effort; an aim or desired result. What makes successful business people so successful? Are these folks smarter? Or just plain lucky? I would argue neither. The difference between how successful people and... 
by Rick Christensen | Dec 26, 2019 | Career Transition, Rick Christensen
One of the greatest challenges of any job search is establishing and maintaining momentum regardless of results achieved. Your job search is a learning experience that will build character and teach you things about yourself you never knew. It’s often effective to... 
by Rick Christensen | Oct 3, 2019 | Career Transition, Networking, Rick Christensen
I recently read an article about the employment prospects for those of us over 50, it gave some startling statistics that we all intuitively know as true. Once an older worker loses a job, it takes them longer than younger job seekers to find a new one. On... 
by Rick Christensen | Sep 19, 2019 | Career Transition, Coaching, Rick Christensen
“Can you hear me now?’ was the popular tag line in a commercial for a cell phone company. But the real question we should be asking in our everyday communications is “Are you listening?” Hearing and listening are very different. Hearing is the physical act of having...
