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		<title>Find Meaningful Work During Economic Hard Times</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Nearly everyone is feeling the economic downturn. As many people are losing their jobs often they are being forced to change careers.  For job changers, a growing trend during the recession is to look at going after your longstanding interests.
What a better time to see who you really are and find work that is meaningful. [...]]]></description>
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		<description><![CDATA[CAREER LAUNCH WORKSHOPS:  April/May 2010

 

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		<title>Coaches Help Move Careers</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We have fitness coaches and sports coaches, why not a &#8220;career&#8221; coach? So follow me here:  If research repeatedly shows 50% of employees are unhappy at work and 70% of U.S. workers are not engaged in their work, then wouldn&#8217;t it make sense to talk to someone who specializes in helping people explore career options, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.fastfocuscareers.com/coaches-help-move-careers/</link>
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		<title>Think Ahead One Year or More</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Those who get ahead often plan steps in advance. It takes years to be an over night success. Don’t let bad economic news hold you back from thinking forward. When hiring begins to grow you need to be ready. Do you know where you want to be in 1, 2 or 5 years?  When someone [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.fastfocuscareers.com/think-ahead-one-year-or-more/</link>
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		<title>Does Passion Matter at Work?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This question caught my attention in U.S. News, “Does passion really matter at work?” What do you think? Well, it&#8217;s probably no surprise that the answer is, yes, it absolutely matters!  It is not just fluff.  Here are 3 reasons why passion is one of the best investments you can make in your career:
It helps [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How to Show Passion in an Interview</title>
		<description><![CDATA[How can you show passion during your interview? In our workshops we talk about how personal stories help “prove” your passion. It might sound ordinary if you were to say, “I was passionate about creating a team environment in my last organization.”  But communicating a story about a time you put your sweat and tears [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.fastfocuscareers.com/how-to-show-passion-in-an-interview/</link>
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		<title>3 Ways to Get Your Ideal Career</title>
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Why can some people  get to their ideal career and others can’t? In many cases the successful people have
incorporated the following practices into their career game plan.
1) Stay focused on organizations you admire and jobs you really want. If the company or its product are appealing, you will be more likely to push to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.fastfocuscareers.com/3-ways-to-get-your-ideal-career/</link>
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		<title>If You Believe It, You Can Achieve It</title>
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For the New Year, the writer Jen Grisanti reminds us to find our passion and pursue it&#8211; a subject near and dear to my heart.
Jen says, for every writing career that I have helped launch, the writer had a clear vision of his/her own success.  In the New Year, what do you want to achieve [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.fastfocuscareers.com/if-you-believe-it-you-can-achieve-it/</link>
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		<title>Quick Tip for an Interview</title>
		<description><![CDATA[For job interviewees: MAKE SURE THEY LIKE YOU. Make sure that by the time you leave the room, you’ve found a way to make the person like you. That’s it. Two arms, two legs and an MBA, being all fancy and important, are not going to get you there. Make that personal connection. Build instant [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.fastfocuscareers.com/quick-tip-for-an-interview/</link>
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		<title>A Clever Interview Technique</title>
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Other people&#8217;s clever ideas inspire me. In this case it was a guy looking for a tech job who wanted to be noticed above other talented pros looking at the same company. So what did he do? He wrote a song called, &#8220;Hire me Bazaarvoice!&#8221; and put the video on YouTube. Wouldn&#8217;t you know it [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.fastfocuscareers.com/clever-interview-technique/</link>
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