Quintessential Careers Content Index: Career Development

Quintessential Careers Content Index:
Career Development

Our comprehensive Content Index enables you to locate articles, tutorials, quizzes, and worksheets related to career development topics.

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15 Quick Tips for Obtaining Your Next Promotion
By: Randall S. Hansen, Ph.D.
Published: 2011, Sept. 12
Summary: At some point in all our careers, we are more than ready for the next challenge at work. Or, perhaps we've had our eyes on the prize all along, with a plan to move up the corporate ladder. While the old model of working at one company our entire careers has been replaced with a newer model of career advancement, it's still possible to get ahead in your career by obtaining a promotion with your current employer -- and this article with 15 best strategic tips will show you how.

Facing Your Performance Review in a Down Economy
By: Joe Turner
Published: 2010, May 17
Summary: In today's economy, be careful how you handle performance reviews. You can't afford to take the same old mindset of entitlement. See your past performance as part of a bigger picture that has helped the organization's bottom line.

Getting a Book Published -- Is It Worth It?
By: Katharine Hansen, Ph.D.
Published: 2010, Feb. 8
Summary: For this article, we asked writers about their experiences with publishers. We found a few surprises, some gems of enlightenment, and many encouraging words for others who might be considering trying to get a book published.

How to Build Your Own Personal Advisory Board
By: Janet and Laura Greenwald
Published: 2006, Jan. 16
Summary: How would you like to have your own board of advisors? A group of people you can go to for advice every time you come across an area you're a bit shaky on. This article tells how.

Marketing Yourself with Internal and External Promotions
By: Teena Rose
Published: 2005, Dec. 5
Summary: Being in control of your career and promoting yourself can dissolve dissatisfaction by providing more career options and opening more doors to opportunity. This article tells how.

Life Balance and How to Attain It
By: Bill Dueease
Published: 2004, April 12
Summary: People achieve balance in their lives when they can consciously and subconsciously align their thoughts and activities with who they are and what they want to do, without conflict or guilt. People who are in balance, experience "being in the zone" of life. Life is good! In this article, we explore the steps to attaining life balance.

Build a More Meaningful Career
By: Robin Ryan
Published: 2004, March 15
Summary: Meaningful purpose is a driving force that adds enthusiasm to your days. Taking a passion and making it your career -- living a dream -- can be not just a wish, but a true and certain reality. This article offers a few steps to get the new career rolling.

Value of a Mentor
By: Katharine Hansen, Ph.D.
Published: 2003, Oct. 27
Summary: Looking for a boost in your job search or working life? Find yourself a mentor -- or let one find you. A mentor is that one person who can guide you, help you, take you under his or her wing, and nurture your career quest. A Yoda to your Luke Skywalker. A Glinda the Good Witch to your Dorothy Gale. This article showcases the value of a mentor for all job-seekers and students.

Community Trusteeship Can Add Value, Purpose to Your Career Path
By: Carol A. Poore
Published: 2003, Sept. 15
Summary: This article offers five, specific ways you can redefine your direction, as well as point others toward a life of community service.

Certifiably Empowering Hot Fields in Which Certification May Boost Your Career
By: Katharine Hansen, Ph.D.
Published: 2003, Aug. 18
Summary: In this article, we examine certifications that can supplement your career credentials, as opposed to certifications that are an absolute requirement for employment, such as those for teachers. Nor do we explore licensure here, although some fields may require licensure in addition to offering certification.

Before and After An Inner Self Makeover
By: Liz Sumner
Published: 2003, March 17
Summary: We can be our own fairy godmothers with life-changing results using this article's four essential principles of successful makeovers.

How to Find the Right Coach to Help with Your Career
By: Katharine Hansen, Ph.D.
Published: 2003, Jan. 20
Summary: What process should an individual should go through to find the right coach? Our panel of coaches shares advice on the essentials of locating the best coach.

Should You Work with a Coach to Enhance Your Career? Get the FAQs
By: Katharine Hansen, Ph.D.
Published: 2003, Jan. 20
Summary: Your questions answered about working with a coach.

Watch Out for Red Flags in the Search for a Coach to Help with Your Career
By: Katharine Hansen, Ph.D.
Published: 2003, Jan. 20
Summary: What are the "red flags" or warning signs that someone seeking a coach should watch out for? Our panel of coaches reveals what to beware of.

You Need a Career or Life Coach If...
By: Randall S Hansen, Ph.D.
Published: 2003, Jan. 20
Summary: Do you need the services of a professional career or life coach? Take our quiz and find out.

Is Your Life in Balance? Work and Life Balance Quiz: A Quintessential Careers Quiz
By: Randall S. Hansen, Ph.D.
Published: 2003, Jan. 6
Summary: How much is work invading your personal life, and how much of your personal life is affected by the stress of trying to balance all the many responsibilities in your life? Take our Work/Life Balance Quiz and see for yourself.

Ten Tips for Getting Your Work and Life in Balance
By: Randall S. Hansen, Ph.D.
Published: 2003, Jan. 6
Summary: This article offers 10 tips to help you achieve a better balance in your life. Take a moment to read and reflect on these tips -- and then get your life in balance!

Using a Career Journal to Further Your Career Development and Empower Your Job-Search
By: Randall S. Hansen, Ph.D.
Published: 2002, Oct. 14
Summary: Why should you consider writing a career journal? Because whether you are a student searching for career direction or an established job-seeker thinking of a job or career change -- or anywhere in between these two extremes -- you'll discover untold things about yourself, about your career field, and about job-hunting, all from simply keeping a career journal. This article explains.

Sample Career Journal from the Quintessential Careers Journaling Course
By: Randall S. Hansen, Ph.D.
Published: n/a
Summary: An actual sample journal entry from the career journaling course.

Distance Learning Pros and Cons
By: Randall S. Hansen, Ph.D.
Published: 2002, March 4
Summary: After reading this article's pros and cons of distance education, you should more closely examine the online programs that most interest you to be sure they fit your life, job, and career needs.

Distance Learning Self Assessment Quiz
By: Randall S. Hansen, Ph.D.
Published: 2002, March 4
Summary: This free assessment is designed to showcase the skills, learning style, and attributes necessary for distance-education success.

Distance Learning Do's and Don'ts
By: Randall S. Hansen, Ph.D.
Published: 2002, March 4
Summary: Before jumping into a distance education program, please review this article's do's and don'ts (important rules) of distance learning.

Building Your Career Portfolio: Four Career Investments for a Purposeful Lifetime
By: Carol A. Poore
Published: 2002, Feb. 18
Summary: A CareerPortfolio (TM) is a career risk-management approach, similar to building a financial portfolio, that can help you develop four, specific career assets, or "investments." Why four? Because these four ingredients offer a well-balanced opportunity for you to earn, learn, and help others throughout the rest of your life. And, like a financial portfolio, you can diversify risk so that you always have a number of career options on tap. This article explains.

Goals Only Work When You Do
By: Rhoberta Shaler, Ph.D.
Published: 2002, Jan. 7
Summary: Goal setting seems to be a perennially hot topic! Could it be that you hear and read about it so often because its a subject that is easy to know about and difficult to practice? Learn more in this article.

Tips for Working Professionals in Search of Advanced Degrees
By: Katharine Hansen, Ph.D.
Published: 2000, Dec. 18
Summary: If you're thinking about graduate school, this article offers advice from those who've "been there."

CAREER Model for Career Development Success
By: Randall S. Hansen, Ph.D.
Published: n/a
Summary: What can help job-seekers with this career and job-search journey? Job-seekers with a plan almost always fare better than those job-seekers who muddle through the process. With this concept in mind, the CAREER Model for Career Development Success was developed by the team at Quintessential Careers.

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