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May 13, 2013 by Career Pro Inc.

Emerging Careers Can Be Epic – Gaming Industry Overview

Finding emerging industries should be in everyone’s repertoire as a lifelong career tactic. Career Pro Inc. sent three representatives into explore this emerging world to educate ourselves and others – Tim Hooper (engineering and project management), John Rabon (law and public administration), John O’Connor (career services). What we found is a dyamic field with some [...]

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May 01, 2013 by Career Pro Inc.

Stress and the Increasingly Monitored World of Work

How much stress must people at every level of this economy endure? Even if you have a job you cannot feel that your position remains secure in this ever rising global employment and highly competitive technology environment. If you do feel secure anywhere we feel the threat of workplace chaos, cutbacks, violence and more. Even [...]

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April 17, 2013 by Career Pro Inc.

Acquire the Confidence to Succeed

What is it about self-confident people that is so attractive? Self-confident people radiate power and health. Hence, others want to be around them, be like them. Self-confidence, fortunately, is a skill you can practice! The concept gets little notice sometimes because people who don’t have self-confidence confuse it with egotism. On the contrary, it’s most attractive because self-confident people make other people feel confident.

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April 10, 2013 by Career Pro Inc.

Value Proposition Networking

If you are in marketing as a profession you hear the phrase “value proposition” bandied about the office and as it relates to the customer experience. Today no matter what we do professionally we are all, in a sense, in sales and we need to bring a customer experience to others who are “experiencing us” [...]

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March 21, 2013 by Career Pro Inc.

How to Look and Act Old in Your Job Search

It’s a risk to suggest to anyone over 40 that they need to change how they look, act and interact with people. All people at all stages of their career life can get stuck in a career rut. They can become dispirited with their current job, lose a job and lose out on opportunities to [...]

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February 26, 2013 by Career Pro Inc.

How “Legal Drugs” Impact the Modern Workplace and Workforce

Many people talk about illegal drugs and the workplace impact of those drugs. But what impact do prescription drugs have on others you may work with or you as it applies to work? Now more than ever it seems everybody “has their meds” to some degree. I submit that we should think about how prescription [...]

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February 11, 2013 by Career Pro Inc.

Facebook Proof Your Career

If you think sharing your stories, pictures and opinions on Facebook advances your professional brand think again or simply just think before you do. That may be asking a lot because it seems to me Facebook friends appreciate your frank responses. Or at least that’s what you think when you start seeing your likes add [...]

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January 30, 2013 by Career Pro Inc.

Sharpen Your Communication Skills to Successfully Market Yourself

Communication is an exchange – a simple but vital concept. Often we approach interchanges with no consideration of how the other party will react. Our own message looms large, overshadowing the person with whom we are communicating. Cultivating an awareness of how another person is likely to react to your communication is key to effective [...]

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January 15, 2013 by Career Pro Inc.

Overcoming a “Roadblock” Boss

Do you suspect that you’re working for a problem boss? For the sake of your own career, be on the lookout for certain types of attitudes and behavior in your immediate supervisor. Employees often find themselves working for managers whose actions, procedures, and styles may reduce productivity, create resentment, or demotivate subordinates. Look for and [...]

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January 07, 2013 by JohnOConnor

How to Take Ownership of Your Career in 2013

Everyone’s career comes in different shapes and patters according to their own work life goals. Variables come in to play at different stages. How would you categorize your career today and as you look into the near future? Are you actively looking for a job without a current job? Are you keeping an eye open [...]