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Career Tools
Career Tools is a weekly podcast focused on specific actions you can take to grow and enhance your career, whether you are a manager or not. Career Tools won the Podcast Awards Best Business podcast in 2010 and was nominated every other year it has been eligible. Whether you are interested in jump-starting a stalled career, or sharpening your edge, Career Tools is the podcast for you. Go to http://www.manager-tools.com/testimonials to read what others are saying about the impact Career Tools…
Episodes
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Features And Benefits In Interviews
Our guidance on understanding features and benefits, and how to use them in your resume and interviews.
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How To Answer: What's The Lowest Salary You'll Take
Our guidance on answering the question: "What's the lowest salary you'll accept?"
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Presentation Interviews
Our guidance on presentation interviews, when you have no advance warning of the topic, time, and so on.
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Special Edition - The Wall Street Journal Features Manager Tools
In this bonus podcast, Mark comments on the recent Wall Street Journal article that featured Manager Tools.
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Status On Demand
Our guidance on being able to give a Status on Demand (SoD) and the content of an SoD briefing.
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Preparing for Your Review - HOF
Our Hall of Fame guidance on how to prepare for your review.
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What To Say When Someone Crosses The Line
Our guidance on what to do when people don't 'get the hint', or don't change behaviors after repeated conversations.
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How To Analyze Your Job Search - Quantity
Our guidance on how to analyze your job search.
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Creativity Basics
Our guidance on brainstorms and other situations which require creativity.
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Relationship Errors - Giving Too Many Favors
Our guidance on balancing give and take in business relationships.
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Task Management and the High D
Our guidance on how High Ds can manage tasks successfully.
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Job Search Tracking
Our guidance on keeping track of information during your job search - and why it is important.
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Learning Workplace Discipline at University
Our guidance on using college to develop workplace discipline skills.
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Being Discreet Getting A New Job With Social Media - Part 2
Part 2 of our guidance on how to use social media when searching for a job, but remaining discreet.
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Being Discreet Getting A New Job With Social Media - Part 1
Part 1 of our guidance on how to use social media when searching for a job, but remaining discreet.
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Speak The Language - Get Names Right
Our guidance on the use of names when working with others with a different mother tongue.
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How To Succeed In Jobs At College
Our guidance on how to succeed at paid work during your college years.
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Contractor/Consultant Relationships With Permanent Staff
Our guidance on peer relationships with permanent staff, when you're a contractor.
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Speak the Language - What To Learn
Our guidance on what to learn when you're working abroad or with people who speak a different language to you.
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College Graduates - Avoiding Bad Grades
Our recommendations for you if you're getting bad grades.
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Strategic Time Management For Contractors
Our guidance on strategic time management for contractors.
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Peer Relationships And Contractors
Our guidance on relationships with your peers when they are contractors.
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Managing A Contractor Career - Chapter 1
Our guidance on choosing contracts as a part of managing your contractor career.
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Get Your Email Read
Our guidance on how to structure your email so that you get the responses you want.
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How To Use Other People’s Calendars
Our guidance about being a better professional by looking at other people's calendars.
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How To Receive Staff Reporting
Our guidance on improving internal relationships through reporting.
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Researching Companies
Our guidance about how to find out what it's like to work at a company.
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Don’t Leave Without A Deliverable
Our guidance on getting deliverables at the end of every meeting.
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How To Read The Wall Street Journal - Part 2
Part 2 of our guidance on how to read the Wall Street Journal.
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How To Read The Wall Street Journal - Part 1
Part 1 of our guidance on how to read the Wall Street Journal.
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Email Security
Our guidance on the reasons for and the actions to take around email security.
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CT(2009) - Greetings In DISC
This week, we're re-releasing one of our Hall of Fame casts on considering DiSC when greeting others.
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CT(2007) - How To Take Notes
This week, we're re-releasing one of our Hall of Fame casts on how to take notes.
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Negotiation Chapter 5 - Preparation Illustrated - Part 2
Part 2 of our guidance on the preparation steps to take before negotiating.