The Career Intelligencer


Volume 10 Issue 6	Visit our website at www.career-intelligence.com	April 1, 2011

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In This Issue

Editor's Notes
Are You A Good Juggler? (Part 1) — How to balance work, family and friends
Women - Your Job Search and Social Networking — Don’t forget to connect face-to-face
How to Look Like a Workaholic in a Forty Hour Work Week — Tips to help you regain control over your time.
Ask The Experts — Submit your questions to our staff of experts
Marketplace — Resources & Services

Editor's Notes

Happy Spring! Although the first days of Spring brought snow to us here in Connecticut, we’re having spring-like weather today. I hope wherever you are that you’ll always make at least some time to relax and enjoy yourself.

Which brings us to the lead article in this newsletter: Are You A Good Juggler? As a small business owner, my professional life often overflows into my downtime, which means I find myself discussing new ideas for career-intelligence.com over Sunday brunch. Not always a good thing.

Living in this 24/7 world makes balancing the many components of our lives difficult. If not downright impossible. So I decided to reach out to a few work/life balance professionals with the goal of getting some advice for you. And some for me too! In Are You A Good Juggler? How to balance work, family and friends (Part 1) you’ll find some thought-provoking comments and some concrete advice for setting boundaries.

In the last two issues, I’ve mentioned that we’ll be making a few changes to career-intelligence.com. Right now, we’re in the process of putting up a Jobs Board. It's currently being beta tested and should be ready by mid-April. If you’d like information on posting to our job board please let us know by filling out this contact form.

Also, in April we are starting a Customer Appreciation program. If you’ve purchased a career assessment over the past three years you’ll be receiving an email from me shortly. In the email, I’ll give you a discount code to use on a future assessment purchase for you or a friend.

The results of our March poll - Would you rather work for a male or female boss? – are in. Of our respondents 39.47% say they prefer a male boss, 10.53% prefer a female and 50% say it doesn’t matter. Please take a minute to answer our April Fun Fashion Poll when you visit the website. We’ll give you the results in an upcoming newsletter.

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Thanks again for your continued interest in career-intelligence.com. I hope you'll enjoy this issue as much as we enjoyed putting it together. As always, please contact me directly at arichmond@career-intelligence.com with any thoughts, comments or suggestions.

It's your life, make the most of it :)

Annette Richmond


Are You A Good Juggler? (Part 1)	back to top


How to balance work, family and friends By Annette Richmond How’s your juggling act? You know, making sure that everything keeps running smoothly. And none of the components of your life end up like an egg when it hits the floor. Whatever you’re doing, working for a corporation or running a small business, finding a way to balance the personal and professional parts of your life can be daunting. Living in a world where we’re able, and expected, to be connected 24/7 makes it even more difficult. Add in the stress that comes from trying to do it all can put you over the top. So what are we to do? Looking for a little perspective and guidance, I contacted several work/life balance professionals. What I got back were thoughtful comments and some concrete advice. Here are their responses to my first two of four questions. Read More

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David Allen's Book	Productivity Tools	Twitter for Marketing
Social Websites	Getting Stuff Done	Social Media Strategy
Social Network Marketing	Social Media Networks	Twitter for Business


Women - Your Job Search and Social Networking	back to top


Don’t forget to connect face-to-face By Carole Martin It appears, from studies conducted over the past few years that women are more actively involved in using Social Media Networking then men. They have more Facebook and Twitter pages, and they are blogging away! Not a big surprise - women have been “natural-born-networkers” since the beginning of time and when social media became available it was an opportunity to connect – not only in the local community but to reach out to a global network of women (and men, of course). With women running 70% of home-based businesses out of the 34.3 million home offices in the U.S. that is talking about a lot of outreach and power. So, it may have been the men who started social media networking, but it is the women who are using it to their fullest advantage. Read More


How to Look Like a Workaholic in a Forty Hour Work Week	back to top


Tips to help you regain control over your time By Laura Stack While exercising isn't complicated, it's very easy to make mistakes. Often times the mistakes are made because of lack of proper technique training or simply due to rushing to get the workout completed. Regardless of the reason for the mistakes, they can lead to injuries or at the very least be counter-productive to your fitness goals. Of course it's important to know specifically what to do to be successful at meeting your health and fitness goals but it is also crucial to understand what not to do. So take note of the following common mistakes and how to avoid them. These tips will help ensure your workout time is effective and help prevent injuries. Read more


Questions? Ask The Experts	back to top

Interview Expert		Professional Image Expert
	Carole Martin is a coach with over 18 years in Human Resources Management. She is an acknowledged expert in the use of behavioral interviewing techniques. Ask Carole a question		Style expert Bridgette Raes is the author of Style Rx: Dressing the Body You Have to Create the Body You Want and the president of the NYC based style consulting company for women, Bridgette Raes Style Group. Ask Bridgette a question

Resume Writing Expert		Career Development Expert
	Annemarie Cross is a multi-award winning, triple certified Professional Resume Writer, Career Management Specialist, Speaker, and Author of 10 key steps to Ace that Interview! Ask Annmarie a question		Annette Richmond, MA, is founder and editor of career-intelligence.com and The Career Intelligencer. She is author of several publications, ebooks and interactive workbooks on career management. Ask Annette a question


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