Should Your Behavior Outside Work Affect Your Career?
During Thursday night's Republican debate in South Carolina, candidate Newt Gingrich responded angrily when moderator John King asked him about the allegations Gingrich's ex-wife made about him in an interview with ABC News' Nightline. I will not go into what those allegations were, but, if true, they don't put him in a very positive light. Many say that Gingrich's personal life has little to do with his ability to be president of the United States. Others believe differently and think it has everything to do with it. What if Gingrich was a regular "Joe." Let's say his boss found out about something he did outside of work that wasn't so nice. Could he lose his job over it?
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Career Planning Jargon: An Explanation
Every trade and profession has a vocabulary that is specific to it. This is known as jargon. People who aren't in that field might have difficulty understanding some of the language. When I was very little, my mom stopped taking me to the pediatrician we had been seeing because she couldn't understand the "medicalese" he used. After all, she wasn't a doctor or nurse.
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Setting and Achieving Goals
"A dream is just a dream. A goal is a dream with a plan and a deadline." Wise words ... and to think they came out of a fortune cookie! It's nice to have dreams, but it's much more practical to have goals. We can, and probably should, have goals for most areas of our lives, but it is most important for career planning. This is an area that affects all others. Just think about it. Your choice of career, and your success in it, affects your emotional well being. If you aren't happy with your job, your days will be pretty bleak. After all, look at the number of hours you work everyday. Your career choice also affects how you live your life, from the type of home you live in to the kinds of vacations you can take. So, it's clearly worth spending time setting some goals.
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Reasons to Avoid an Office Romance
 "Breaking up is hard to do," or so sang Neil Sedaka in a song he made popular back in the 1970s. If you've ever been through a romantic breakup, you ...Read Full Post
Weekly Career Profile: Registered Nurse
 When I was about four years old I wanted to be a nurse. My grandmother made me a white uniform that I would wear while examining my dolls with a little toy stethoscope. I quickly changed my mind when I realized that nurses had to give shots ... to children ... children like me. I couldn't imagine doing that! Nope, not the career for squeamish me. Even as an adult, it's not a career I can see myself in. Thank goodness there are people for whom this is a good career choice,
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