Informational interviews your gateway to the inside scoop

Written by Brenda Koritko


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Always remember that busy people agree to informational interviews based onrepparttar trust that you are seeking career advice and that you are not asking for a specific job. Bring a couple of pens and some paper to your informational interview to write down anything you want to remember, such asrepparttar 123494 names and phone numbers ofrepparttar 123495 contacts they refer, or specific job related leads that emerge duringrepparttar 123496 discussion conversation. Plan to ask for at least a couple of names of people inrepparttar 123497 industry that you can call.

When you plan to contactrepparttar 123498 leads provided or follow-up on a job that was mentioned during your meeting, state your intention inrepparttar 123499 thank you letter you send within 36 hours of your meeting. For example, "Thank you for takingrepparttar 123500 time to meet with me and answer my questions about pursuing a career inrepparttar 123501 (specify) industry. I have benefited greatly having met you. I will contact (name) aboutrepparttar 123502 position with (company name) this week. I have also enclosed a copy of my resume for future reference should a position become available with your company, or if you decide that my information would be of interest to any of your associates."

Informational interviews may seem unproductive when you are inrepparttar 123503 midst of a demanding job search strategy, but nothing could be further fromrepparttar 123504 truth. Meeting with people employed inrepparttar 123505 type of job or workplace you are targeting will actually decreaserepparttar 123506 amount of time wasted spamming employers that are not hiring.

Brenda Koritko is the author of I Manage Me Career Planning is a timely ebook providing techniques to help you achieve your immediate career goals with benefits throughout your career. Secure rewarding opportunities with companies that are actually hiring. Click here to get more information http://www.imanageme.com


The Power of Negative Thinking

Written by Remez Sasson


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The media constantly bombardsrepparttar mind with a lot of information about disasters, catastrophes, wars and other negative happenings. This information sinks intorepparttar 123493 subconscious mind, and letrepparttar 123494 power of negative thinking grow. By occupyingrepparttar 123495 mind with negative thoughts and expectations one radiate negative energy intorepparttar 123496 surrounding world, thus creating and recreating more negativity, failures and disasters.

The mind can be directed towards positive thinking or negative thinking. The power of thoughts is a neutral power. The way one thinks determines whetherrepparttar 123497 results are positive and beneficial or negative and harmful. It isrepparttar 123498 same of energy acting in different ways.

Persistent inner work can change habits of thoughts. You must be willing to put energy and time to avoid negative thinking and pursue positive thinking, in order to change your mental attitude.

Each time you catch yourself thinking a negative thought, change it into a positive one. If you catch yourself visualizing failure, switch to visualizing success. If you hear yourself repeating negative words, switch to positive ones. If you hear yourself saying, “I cannot”, say to yourself, “I can”. Do you repeat useless and unnecessary negative words and phrases in your mind? Change them to positive ones.

Open your mind to positive attitude, happenings and events. Expect them and think about them, and soon you life will change forrepparttar 123499 better.

Decide that from today, from this very moment, you are leaving negative thinking behind, and starting onrepparttar 123500 way towards positive thinking and behavior. It is never too late. Soon your life will turn into a fascinating, wonderful journey.



Remez Sasson writes and teaches about spiritual growth, meditation, positive thinking, creative visualization and mind power, and issues a biweekly ezine, "Consciousness and Success". He is the author of two books, "Will power and Self-Discipline" and "Visualize and Achieve".

Website: http://www.SuccessConsciousness.com Subscribe to his ezine : http://www.SuccessConsciousness.com/index_000026.htm Contact: info@successconsciousness.com


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