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How Holiday Parties Can Help You Expand Your Network

It’s holiday party time!

Whether you love everything about networking opportunities or started sweating just reading the title of this post, December can be a great time to expand and deepen your network. Here are some tips to do just that (and avoid the alternative scenarios that are the stuff of office gossip everywhere). This topic is so important and so fraught with peril that has been addressed by numerous people over the years. No one blog post can fully exhaust it, but our goal is to get you ready in 1,400 words or less.

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3 Ways to Love Your Career Again

You’ve probably heard some version of the adage “Do what you love and you’ll never work a day in your life.” I think many of us would roll our eyes, at least internally, at that.  But it is, in some respect, true.  Even if you are planning to change employers or make a career transition, falling back in love with your current position can help you be more successful both in your career, but less obviously, with a job or career change.  This week we’re going to present three strategies to fall back in love with your career.     

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One Common Mistake to Avoid in the Search for True Job/Career Satisfaction

Job satisfaction, and for that matter career satisfaction, can play a big role in our overall happiness.  I don’t know many people who haven’t had the Sunday evening “workweek dread” come over them around 4:00 p.m.  But if that happens to you more weeks and sometimes days than not, you might need to consider whether you have real job satisfaction.

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