The Career Intelligencer


Volume 6 Issue 3	Visit our website at www.career-intelligence.com	March 2005

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In This Issue

Editor's Notes
Spotlight — Make Your Contacts Count
Start Networking Now — Let Spring inspire you to cultivate your relationships
The Best Buys For Spring 2005 — How to put your best self forward this Spring
What's New! — Additional NEW Articles, our Expert's latest Advice, Teleclass updates, etc.
Marketplace — Resources & Services

Greetings! After a long, snowy winter Spring finally is here. If you're like me, you may have been hibernating a bit over the last few months. But, now it's time to break away from any bad habits and refocus on your career.

As I mentioned in our last issue, Spring is a great time to reconnect with friends and colleagues. Nurturing existing relationships and establishing new ones is the best way to build your business, change careers or find a new job. Over the next few months make a concerted effort to grow your network (Start Networking Now). Applying a few simple techniques can help you reap big rewards.

Spring also a great time to work on your wardrobe. Who can resist the seasonal call of the mall? But, be careful not to get caught up in the latest trends. Adding a few of the right pieces is all you need to update your look (The Best Buys For Spring 2005). You'll be surprised the difference a small number of additions can make.

Speaking of image, please take a few minutes to answer our newest poll: Is having a professional image as important as having marketable skills? (Visit our home page www.career-intellignece.com to respond.) I'll share the results in an upcoming issue.

Visit our our What's New section below to find out the secret to being lucky (Increase Your Luck For Better Business Success) and pick up some advice on how to make those life-changing decisions (Decisions, Decisions). And don't miss the all new answers from our career-management experts.

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See you next month!

It's your life, make the most of it :)

Annette Richmond

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Make Your Contacts Count

Most of us are nervous about meeting new people. We wonder what we should talk about. We worry about making a good impression. We sometimes think it would be easier to have a root canal than break into a group of strangers who are already talking. For these reasons and more when it comes to networking you can never get too much good advice. That's why; I'd like to recommend another book on networking: Make your Contacts Count by Anne Baber & Lynn Waymon. Unlike most books, Make Your Contacts Count begins with a fourteen-page self assessment which will help you evaluate your networking skills. Don't worry about being overwhelmed with questions - the assessment is divided into sections and all you have to do is check off the frequency of your activities. Once you've completed this assessment you'll have a better idea of what's working and what you need to work on. Make Your Contacts Count covers a full spectrum of networking skills from figuring out what to talk about to following up effectively to connecting with colleagues at conferences. My favorite section is Chapter 14, Listen Generously which provides advice on how to avoid clichés, the art of making people feel comfortable and how to make conversations more personal. Even the most accomplished networker will pick up a technique or two from Make Your Contacts Count. Between the covers you'll learn how to: Build trust in a new relationship Comfortably join a group of talking strangers The benefits of being quiet Describe what you do in an interesting way Find a way to follow-up with new contacts Receive more referrals Make the most of your association memberships And more Clear, concise and filled with practical advice, Make Your Contacts Count will help you go beyond making connections. This book focuses on building long-term mutually beneficial relationships. And that's what good networking is really all about.

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Let Spring inspire you to cultivate your relationships

By Annette Richmond, MA

Spring is here. How is your network growing?

The signs of Spring are everywhere. Daffodils are poking their heads through the ground. As I look out the window, I see the first blooms on our forsythia bush. After a long cold winter, particularly for us in the Northeast, gardens everywhere are beginning to grow. Read More

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The Best Buys For Spring 2005	back to top

How to put your best self forward this Spring

By Diana Pemberton Sikes

It's that time of year again.

Stores are bursting to the seams with new offerings. New catalogs are clogging your mailbox. Online vendors invite you to click around their sites, to see what's new for spring

So how do you sort through all the trends to find the winners of this fickle race? Read More

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Additional Articles New! — Increase Your Luck For Better Business Success by Barbara Bartlein — Certain people, like lawyer John Woods, can be identified as lucky. He left his office in one of the Twin Towers seconds before it was hit by a hijacked plane on September 11, 2001. This wasn't the only time he had been lucky, he also was on the 39th floor of the World Trade Center in 1993 when it was bombed by terrorists and escaped without injury. And five years before that incident, he was scheduled on the Pam Am flight that exploded above Lockerbie, Scotland-but cancelled at the last minute. Read More

Decisions, Decisions by Annette Richmond, MA — Our lives are full of decisions. Where shall we go for lunch? What movie shall we see this weekend? Which job should we take? Should we go back to school? Or start our own business? And the list goes on. Read More

Ask the Expert — How do you handle a fellow employees' negative comments? Stress expert Frances Lylan Wolff has some advice you can use. If you're feeling like you can't get back on track after a long absence from the office you're not alone. Deborah Brown-Volkman has some tips to help one reader manage the process. To post your question visit Ask Our Experts.

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