by Randall S. Hansen, Ph.D.
Note: As of December 2006, Dr. Hansen has decided to take a break from writing The Career Doctor column.
In the six+ years of being The Career Doctor, Dr. Hansen has written almost 200 columns, helping
just about 800 job-seekers with their college, career, and job-search problems -- offering his free professional advice.
This article, the fifth in a series, addresses answers to common college, career, and job questions.
I have now been writing my career advice column,
Ask the Career Doctor, for more than
six years, and in that time I have received thousands of emails from all types of students, job-seekers,
and career counselors -- from teens struggling with part-time work or choosing a college to
older workers fighting age discrimination -- and everything and everyone in between! From
all of these email questions seeking advice, I offer you my annual list of 10 of the most
common career, college, and job-hunting ailments I get asked about -- and my cures and remedies.
I hope you'll find the answer to your problem or question in these 10 career ailments,
but if not, please look
at some of the other 40 questions I have addressed in detail in
Career Doctor Cures Part I,
Career Doctor Cures Part II,
Career Doctor Cures Part III, and
Career Doctor Cures Part IV
in this series.
Finally, as you read these questions and answers, please remember that while I offer the
best advice to your questions, you should always seek multiple opinions to your job-hunting
and career problems… so take my free professional advice to heart, take two aspirins, and begin
your job-search anew in the morning!
10 Common College, Career, Job Questions
- I am a
college student -- how do I know if I have chosen the right major and career path?
- How do I
find my career passion?
- What are the
three most important elements of job-hunting?
- How do I strike
a balance between work and family?
- What’s the best way to
go about resigning from my job?
- How do I go about
asking for a raise?
- Can you explain
the relevance of storytelling in job-hunting?
- How can I go
about developing my personal brand?
- What are the skills
that employers seek in job applicants?
- How do I know when it
is time to leave my job?
See a list of
all
the most common college, career, and job questions -- and Dr. Hansen's excellent solutions.
Who is the Career Doctor? Learn more, read his current career column, or browse the column
archives when you visit the Career Doctor's homepage.
Dr. Randall S. Hansen is a nationally recognized career and job-search expert.
He is Founder and Webmaster of Quintessential Careers, as
well as publisher of its electronic newsletter, QuintZine.
He writes a biweekly career advice column under the name,
The Career Doctor. He is also a tenured, professor
of marketing in the School of Business Administration at Stetson University in DeLand, Florida.
He can be reached at randall@quintcareers.com.
Read more about Dr. Hansen.
