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In This Issue
- Editor's Notes
- Spotlight — Our Gift To You
- Reflections 2004 — As the year winds down, take time to evaluate your hits and misses
- The Best Clothes To Give As Gifts — How to avoid the "eww"
- What's New! — Additional NEW Articles, our Expert's latest Advice, Teleclass updates, etc.
- Marketplace — Resources & Services
Happy Holidays! The weeks between Thanksgiving and New Year’s are my favorite time of the year. Work slows down, everyone seems a bit nicer and there’s a feeling of hope in the air. I hope that whichever holiday you celebrate, you’ll be spending this time with friends and family.
As the year winds down, it’s natural to begin planning for next year. But, before you start writing your goals for 2005, make sure you spend some time reflecting on the last 12 months (Reflections 2004). Celebrate your accomplishments and think about what you learned from those inevitable missteps along the way.
While I love the holidays, there is no denying that they bring a certain degree of stress. To avoid holiday meltdown make sure that you take steps to keep stress to a minimum (Manage Holiday Stress). If last minute shopping is making you edgy pick up some gift-buying tips from image consultant Diana Pemberton-Sikes (The Best Clothes to Give As Gifts).
Speaking of gifts, please download your complimentary copy of this year’s holiday ebook: Spotlight On Business: Selected Reviews. It includes many of the book and movie reviews that have appeared in my Spotlight column over the last four years. I hope that you will enjoy it.
And thanks for your continued support, please help us continue to grow by forwarding The Career Intelligencer to your friends and colleagues.
See you next month!
It's your life, make the most of it :)
Annette Richmond
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As the year winds down, take time to evaluate your hits and misses
By Annette Richmond, MA
As the old year winds down, it's natural to begin planning for the new year. But, before you sit down to write next year's goals spend some time evaluating the last twelve months.
As you look back on 2004, make sure to congratulate yourself on your accomplishments. Think about each time you stepped out of your comfort zone and succeeded. Finally, evaluate your slip-ups too. Those situations that didn't turn out exactly the way you had planned. Read More
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How to avoid the "eww"
By Diana Pemberton Sikes
On a Christmas morning many years ago, with paper flying and treasurers mounting, my then-16-year-old sister opened a box, looked inside, wrinkled her nose, and said something that would haunt her for the rest of her life:
"Eww!"
Everyone went silent.
My oldest sister and I exchanged worried glances as Mother stopped what she was doing to stare at daughter #2. "What's 'eww?'" Mother asked suspiciously. Read More
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Additional Articles New! — Acing Your Performance Review by Alexandra Levit — Most people roll their eyes when it comes time for performance reviews. This is because the review is, by nature, an uncomfortable and contrived process. In most companies, reviews happen once or twice a year, and during this time, every employee is forced to sit in a room with his boss and talk turkey about how he's progressed and how he's screwed up. Performance review documentation is notorious for being generic and vague, complete with ratings that are totally subjective and impossible to measure. Unfortunately, many reviews also take place in a vacuum: the items discussed are often not mentioned again until the next review. Read More
Manage Your Holiday Stress by Annette Richmond, MA — Each year, the holiday season seems to begin earlier and wiz by faster. When I was a kid the appearance of Santa in the Macy's® Thanksgiving Day Parade marked the official start of the holiday season. Not anymore. This year many of my local stores were jammed with Christmas merchandise before we even finished with Halloween. Read More
Ask the Expert — Are you worried about how to dress when socializing with colleagues? Noted image consultant Sherry Masonave has some thoughts for one reader. Have you ever been given a new job with supervisory responsibility and worried if you're "doing it right"? Deborah Brown-Volkman helps one new boss sort things out. To post your question visit Ask Our Experts.
Teleclasses/Workshops - Change! Our Intro to the MBTI is now available 24/7. We've converted this teleclass to a 5-part-workshop via autoresponder. Start this workshop today! Take our 5 Steps to Choosing the Right Career seminar anytime, day or night. For your convenience, we're now offering this class as a 5-part-seminar via autoresponder. Begin this seminar today! For more information on workshops visit our Tools section.
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