by Margaret Buj | Oct 31, 2013 | Blog, Career Advice, leadership skills
This article is part of the “Career Development and Self-Promotion Tips” series.Becoming a leader at work can be a challenge. You want to be a leader but you do not carry the title. So, how do you go about positioning yourself as a leader at work? There...
by Margaret Buj | Oct 17, 2013 | a job, Blog, Career Advice, Career Development, Coaching, money
I had recently worked with an accountant who’d been to 17 (yes, seventeen!) interviews in the last several weeks, yet she still hadn’t secured a job offer. Her interview technique was very poor though, and I was very pleased that after our session, she secured a job...
by Margaret Buj | Sep 2, 2013 | a job, Blog, Career Advice, job interview, Job Search, jobs
This article is part of the “Job search tips” series.Looking for a new job can be an enormous task. But, break the job search down into simple steps and you’ll be signing that employment offer in no time… You should look at job search as a marketing... by Margaret Buj | Aug 28, 2013 | a job, Blog, Career Advice
There may come a time when you will wake up to realize you’re done. You’ve lost interest. It could be that on the surface the job looks like it should be ok. Maybe you’ve had some great accomplishments, are paid well and you like the people you work with. It could... by Margaret Buj | Aug 9, 2013 | a job, Blog, Career Advice, job interview, management, management job
We all know there is a weak spot in everything that exists. For a tree, the weak spot is the limb. For our careers, it’s a new job, especially a promotion into management. The reason it is a weak spot, is that we arrogantly think that what got us here will continue to...
by Margaret Buj | Jul 31, 2013 | a dream job, a job, Blog, Career Advice, Career Development, competency based interview questions, interview questions, interviewing, job interviews, Job Search, job seeker
This article is part of the “Interview Questions tips” series.If there is one thing most of my clients have in common is that they struggle with answering competency or behavioral interview questions during job interviews. Even if an employer has not told...
