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Launching & Managing a Successful Business-Advice from 4 Entrepreneurs

What is the key to launching and managing a successful business? Would it be to choose the right location, or to make sure that you have strong financial backing? Is it important what kind of education and experience that you have? This weeks podcast is with 4 entrepreneurs who shared their experience and advice from our recent Canadian Career Development Webinar. 

Each of the participants on our webinar had many great insights, I thought I would share some of the key ideas. 

3 Keys to an Insanely Great Job Interview and Presentation - Carmine Gallo- The Presentation Secrets of Steve Jobs-

Do you ever leave an interview wishing you had done a better job communicating your strengths? How important are presentation skills in advancing your career and building your personal brand? What makes for an engaging presentation?

Is work-life balance possible to find in your career?

Did you do a lot of "homework" this weekend? How many work-related emails and calls do you deal with outside of work hours? Do you find it challenging to effectively manage your personal and professional life? A poll conducted by Ipsos-Reid and The Globe & Mail showed that work-life balance is the top issue that most professionals face in their career.  

Is there a secret to finding work-life balance?

Good Monday Morning,

When is it the best time to look for a job and ask for a raise?

Have you ever felt that you were too soon or too late for an opportunity? When is the best time to follow up on an interview? When is the best time to look for a job?

Is it the right time to make a move in your career?

Good Monday Morning,

Top 10 ways to enhance your career in 2010

Are you optimistic about your professional future in 2010? According to a poll commissioned by Global News by Ipsos Reid Public Affairs, 73 per cent of respondents said they are "optimistic that 2010 will be a good year for creating jobs and getting people back to work."  What will this year, and more importantly, this next decade hold for you professionally and personally?

Top 10 Career Success Attributes

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Lessons from Ebenezer Scrooge on change

On Friday, I took my children to see Disney's A Christmas Carol. This new movie is based upon Charles Dickens book first published December 1843, and loosely upon the relationship that Charles had with his father. The story still stands the test of time. The transformation of Ebenezer Scrooge, from which the term "scrooge" emerged, to a really fine person.

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