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Page turners; Career books can help jumpstart job search

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Source: Tribune Media Services | 1120 words

Check out these career-themed book if you or someone you know needs a little spark to ignite the 2010 job search.

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Top career resolutions for 2010

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Source: Tribune Media Services | 383 words

If you know you need to make a change but you're not sure what it should be, here are some ideas, as recommended by career coaches and consultants nationwide. Meet new people and learn new things. Let go of the old and embrace the new. "Gracefully end conversations that involve gossip and whining about the 'good old days,' " Mathison says.

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Strengthening resolve; Career goals may take on increased importance in tough economy

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Source: Tribune Media Services | 731 words

We Americans know about New Year's resolutions. "An employee's ability to add value is more than a statement in today's work place; it's an expectation from the employer," says Jacqueline Brito, director of the Crummer Graduate School of Business Career Development Center in Winter Park, Fla.

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Solve anything with Dr. Mark: Career advice for the working class; Meat and potatoes

Source: Tribune Media Services | 789 words

I am finding it more and more difficult to get pumped up to start each week. Telling myself I should be lucky and appreciative to have my job is not working any more (apologies to all those who are out of work and think I am being ungrateful). I am not alone. It seems that so many of my co-workers look like the living dead.

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Solve anything with Dr. Mark: Career advice for the working class; Are you out of touch?

Source: Tribune Media Services | 854 words

Q: I was recently shocked and humiliated to be told that what I thought was my enthusiasm was viewed as being agitated, hyper, distracting and frustrating. A: I not only agree, I was one of those people. I replied with embarrassment and some self-derisive sarcasm. "Oh that's just dandy. "Oh, no," he continued, "that's not what I meant.

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Solve anything with Dr. Mark: Career advice for the working class; Be excellent and multiply

Source: Tribune Media Services | 671 words

Q: I really hate having to sell myself to potential employers. A: If you're like most technically skilled people aEUR" and you seem more multi-talented than many -- there's a good chance that your interpersonal skills are a tad underdeveloped. Something I have observed in the workplace is how impressive and how impressed people are with what I call "relevant excellence."

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Solve anything with Dr. Mark: Career advice for the working class; Husband shutting down

Source: Tribune Media Services | 972 words

Q: My husband and I are both working parents. A: Sadly, for most men, how much money they make and how well they provide for their family is directly tied to their self-worth. Looking so down, not having much of an appetite and wanting to sleep much of the time does sound like he may be depressed. What you're looking for is the way to get through.

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Solve anything with Dr. Mark: Career advice for the working class; Negotiate this

Source: Tribune Media Services | 838 words

Almost everything in my life is a negotiation, from work to my wife to my parents to my kids. The problem is that I am minced meat with pushy and manipulate individuals. How do I keep from being run over by these people?

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Solve anything with Dr. Mark: Career advice for the working class; Keep your New Year's resolutions

Source: Tribune Media Services | 797 words

Another new year is here so it's another year to lie to myself and everyone around me about all the resolutions I make that I never keep. How can I make ones this year that I actually do keep?

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Solve anything with Dr. Mark: Career advice for the working class; What do you need?

Source: Tribune Media Services | 897 words

I'm the driven founder of a start up business that now has 12 employees. As a lot, they're smart, not lazy, but not as productive as they should be. I've discussed it with each of them but it doesn't seem to be getting better. What's their problem or is it mine?

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Solve anything with Dr. Mark: Career advice for the working class; Be more productive

Source: Tribune Media Services | 1055 words

ore often than not, I get to the end of the day and say to myself, "I didn't get anything done today." Then I promise myself to accomplish something the next day and same thing happens. How do I break the pattern?

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Solve anything with Dr. Mark: Career advice for the working class; Don't outsmart yourself

Source: Tribune Media Services | 784 words

My friends tell me I am very smart and a quick study and yet I haven't been as successful as they and I would have expected. I'm becoming increasingly frustrated and it's bringing out a nasty side of me that I'm having trouble controlling. Any ideas on this?

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Solve anything with Dr. Mark: Career advice for the working class; Take 10 steps

Source: Tribune Media Services | 825 words

I am a retired engineer from a major Southern California aerospace company. During my career, I accomplished many tasks under extreme program and schedule pressures. Unfortunately I was not very adept at managing the minefield of company politics. As a result I retired in 2000 from this company and have been doing consulting since then. Business is extremely slow and my 401(K) is less than a few pittances. I am 63, have three mastersaEUR(TM) degrees and a few certificates. So here's the million-dollar request: What do I do to get rehired again?

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Solve anything with Dr. Mark: Career advice for the working class; Actions determined by guilt

Source: Tribune Media Services | 638 words

I own a business with 40 employees. ItaEUR(TM)s a place that feels like family to everyone who works there. However, I am, by nature, a very controlling person. How do I fire someone I have known for 20 years, whose wife and my wife are close friends and who may have trouble landing another job? I should have fired him two years ago but I have been avoiding doing it because I feel so guilty. I can't avoid it any longer.

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Solve anything with Dr. Mark: Career advice for the working class; Set yourself apart

Source: Tribune Media Services | 650 words

I have a college degree, but so do millions. I have had a variety of jobs, but so have millions. I have a pretty solid resume, but so do millions. I need a job, but so do millions. I have read books and your columns, but so have millions. If there was a single quality that all companies are looking for in the people they hire, what would it be?

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