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“Research shows that employees are willing to leave their job for a pay raise of 20% or less,” according to Armando Gomez Career Advisor for AskMen.com. However, how can you raise your value at your current job? Mr. Gomez and eHow.com provide the following suggestions.

See:Climbing the Corporate Ladder. [Armando Gomez – AskMen.com]How to Climb the […]

DNL Global
provides a short online test to asses your ability to thrive in a ‘global’ career:

DNL Global, Inc. invites you to evaluate your global readiness using the
following free self-assessment test. The questions below represent a sampling
of our “Global Ready” assessment process. This evaluation utilizes the results
of the […]

A recent article in SIReview revealed some startling statistics on workers spending and savings means and habits. Here are some statistics:
* 40% of workers live paycheck to paycheck.
* 55% say they would need to earn more than $500 per paycheck to live comfortably.
* 21% do not set aside any money for savings.
* 37% of workers […]

Do you ever wonder how other successful career minded professionals schedule and invest their time? Computerworld offers an short yet insightful look into the schedule of a prominent healthcare Chief Information Officer. John Halamka as CIO at both Beth Israel Deconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School has seemingly achieved career success retaining a position […]

Sarah Needleman of CareerJournal suggests the following four tactics to remove workplace clutter, which should increase your performance and job satisfaction:
1) Eliminate Distractions - Set and monitor your personal career goals and if your job duties don’t support them then discuss delegating them or moving out of that role with your manager.
2) Resolve Conflicts […]

“The most satisfying jobs are mostly professions, especially those involving caring for, teaching and protecting others and creative pursuits,” said Tom Smith, director of the General Social Survey (GSS) at the National Opinion Research Center at the University of Chicago. LiveScience provides us with a look at the Most Satisfying Jobs in their recent […]

Penelope Trunk discusses “How to get your company to listen to your ideas” at her Blog Brazen Careerist. Penelope states that “most employees don’t sell their ideas to their company properly.” “When you have an idea, sell from the perspective of the people who can make or break your outcome. Think about what obstacles would […]

Jane May, in her Careerramblings.com blog, provides the following 21 Strategies for Managing Workplace Culture. As she writes, “Some [career minded professionals] might hate the company [they] work for, or are unclear of the companies’ culture. As a result, [they] are not able to manage workplace politics. The following list of strategies for managing workplace […]

Inc.com writer Tamara Schweitzer wrote the article U.S. Workers Hate Their Job More Than Ever. Here is some information from that writing:

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Here are “Seven Major Job Trends for 2007″ by Matt Ferguson, CEO of CareerBuilder.com.

View the entire article with supporting statistics at:
 Seven Major Job Trends for 2007. [CareerBuilder - Matt Ferguson]
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