Ramon Greenwood

Career Coaching: Vacations Are Good For Your Career

This may think this is a difficult time to take a vacation, but remember this: Time away from the job will improve your efficiency and help accelerate your career...and, of course, improve your personal life. In the end, personal down time will benefit y... Read >

Career Coach: What It Means To Be The Boss

You've Been Named Boss. Now What? The biggest challenge will be to think in terms of managing a function ' getting things done through other people ' rather than doing everything yourself. Your job is to manage the assets--people, materials and authori... Read >

Career Advice: Look In The Mirror If You're Not Promoted

Who or what is to blame if you are not getting the promotion on your career path that you want and think you deserve? There are many reasons for the cause, but there is no ignoring the ultimate reality. Like it or not, you and you alone must take most... Read >

Career Tips: How To Ensure Smooth Transition To A New Job

If you are interested in building a successful career you will avoid burning any bridges to the past when you move to a new job. There are 13 steps you can take to assure a smooth transition. First of all, be doubly sure you are making the move for th... Read >

Career Coach: How To Secure Your Job In Tough Times

Guaranteed job security has gone by the board in today's tumultuous, paradoxical world of work. Companies are laying off people as a result of a declining market for their products. Some employers are using the down economy as an excuse to cull their w... Read >

Career Coach: Six Proven Tactics For Career Success

There is no magic formula for achieving career goals, but there are six common sense guidelines that show the way to success. Here are six of those real-world career guidelines. 1. Job Tip: Do not hire anyone you can't fire, unless you are under pre... Read >

Career Coaching: Seven Keys To Motivation

The ability to get things done through other people is the greatest skill one needs to become a successful manager. Said another way that means doing less of the assignment at hand and spending more time and energy delegating responsibilities and motivati... Read >

Career Tip: Gimmicks Are Deadly In A Job Search

In today's highly competitive job market there is a great temptation to use gimmicks to make one's resume stand out from the crowd, particularly after a number of rejections. Gimmickry should be avoided like the plague. There are rare instances when... Read >

Career Advice: Dos and Don'ts For A Winning Resume

Even the best of resumes usually won't close the deal for a job, but they will take a job applicant passed the first step in the screening process. Therefore, craft it with a single objective in your mind: Get invited in for an interview where you can ... Read >

If You Aren't Satisfied With Your Job, Get Moving Today

Surveys of employee satisfaction show that only 55 percent of workers earning more than $50,000 annually, and 45 percent of those being paid less than $15,000 per year say they are satisfied with their jobs. Those findings ought to set off alarm bells ... Read >

Career Advice: How To Grow In A Rocky Job Market

Good news is hard to fined in the current job market. Nevertheless, there is a silver lining in the dark clouds for ambitious young men and women. With companies downsizing employees as a means for reducing operating costs, job opportunities are openin... Read >

Career Coach: Absent Hard Work Ambition Is Just A Word

Ambition is a word that evokes respect and admiration in the folklore of success careers. But it has little meaning on the career path until it is coupled with commitment, willingness to learn and hard work It may be embraced or ignored; used or abused... Read >

Career Advice: How To Manage A Job Interview For Maximum Impact

You can take full advantage of your job interviews by planning and preparing every step of the proces First of all, be aware of the six criteria by which most interviewers will rate your interview skills and qualifications for the job. 1. Personal i... Read >

Make Your Resume Stand Out With A Sales Letter

A persuasive sales letter will separate your job application from the avalanche of resumes that land on the desk of employers. In most instances, your cover letter will be your first and only opportunity to make a good first impression on the potential... Read >

Career Tip: There's Positive Power In Negative Thinking

Ambitious men and women on the fast track to career success are positive thinkers. At the same time, they know that the powerful force of positive thinking must be leavened with a proper dose of negative thinking for the level of performance that will del... Read >