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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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Answering Illegal Interview Questions - Part 1 (2026)
This cast gives our guidance on answering illegal interview questions.
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Answering Illegal Interview Questions - Part 2
This cast concludes our guidance on answering illegal interview questions.
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Answering Illegal Interview Questions - Part 1
This cast gives our guidance on answering illegal interview questions.
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2nd Rule Of Assisting - Anticipate - Part 2
This cast concludes our guidance on how to effectively anticipate in order to assist someone more fully.
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2nd Rule Of Assisting - Anticipate - Part 1
This cast gives our guidance on how to effectively anticipate in order to assist someone more fully.
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How To Stay Organizationally Current - Part 2
This cast concludes our guidance on how to stay up to date on what's going on in your company.
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How To Stay Organizationally Current - Part 1
This cast gives our guidance on how to stay up to date on what's going on in your company.
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First Steps With DiSC
This cast gives our guidance on how to make an initial change in your behavior once you understand DiSC.
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Internal Interviews
This cast gives our guidance on what is the same and what's different about internal interviews.
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Asking Your Network For An Opportunity
This cast helps you word your request to your network for help with looking for a new opportunity.
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My Boss Is Angry
This cast helps you deal with the moment when your boss is angry with you.
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New Job - Week One - Take Notes
This cast tells you what to take notes on in your first week in a new job.
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Distant Manager Basics - For Directs - Part 2
This cast concludes our guidance on how to effectively work with your manager when he or she is geographically distant from you.
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Distant Manager Basics - For Directs - Part 1
This cast gives our guidance on how to effectively work with your manager when he or she is geographically distant from you.
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Giving Updates In Staff Meetings - Part 2
This cast concludes our guidance on how to give an update in a staff meeting.
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Giving Updates In Staff Meetings - Part 1
This cast gives our guidance on how to give an update in a staff meeting.
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Getting Fired - Part 2
This cast concludes our guidance on what to do when you're about to be or have been fired.
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Getting Fired - Part 1
This cast gives our guidance on what to do when you're about to be or have been fired.
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How To Be Ready For A Hiring Market Upturn - Part 2
This cast concludes our guidance on how to prepare for the coming hiring market upturn.
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How To Be Ready For A Hiring Market Upturn - Part 1
This cast gives our guidance on how to prepare for the coming hiring market upturn.
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Attending A Team-Building Event
This cast gives our guidance on what to do when you have to attend a team building event.
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Write A Job Advertisement - Part 2
This cast concludes our guidance on how to write a job advertisement.
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Write A Job Advertisement - Part 1
This cast gives our guidance on how to write a job advertisement.
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Pre-Interview Prep Chapter 2
This cast gives our guidance on what to prepare for your interview.
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My Boss Finds Fault With Me - Part 2
This cast concludes our conversation on helping you deal with the situation when your boss finds faults with your work.
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My Boss Finds Fault With Me - Part 1
This cast helps you deal with the situation when your boss finds faults with your work.
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Interviewing - What To Do While You Wait
This cast gives our guidance on what you do while you wait in reception for an interviewer.
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Meeting A Senior Executive
This cast helps you deal with meeting a member of the business who is two or more levels above you in the organization hierarchy.
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Develop Your Career Using Your Network
This cast gives our guidance on developing your career using your network
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Interview Etiquette
This cast gives our guidance on how to conduct yourself during an interview.
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What To Take To An Interview
This cast gives our guidance on what to take to an interview.
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Create A Development Plan For Yourself
This cast helps you create a development plan for yourself.
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Being Professional Working From Home
This cast helps you work from home in a professional way.
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Dealing With A Personal Problem - Part 2
This cast gives our guidance on dealing with a personal crisis which is affecting your work.
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Dealing With A Personal Problem - Part 1
This cast gives our guidance on dealing with a personal crisis which is affecting your work.
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Dealing With Colleagues Who Don't Pull Their Weight
This cast helps you deal with co-workers who are not "pulling their weight"
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Decorating Your Desk - Part 2
This cast concludes our guidance on what to have on your desk at work.
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Decorating Your Desk - Part 1
This cast gives our guidance on what to have on your desk at work.
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My Boss Resigned - Part 2
This cast concludes our guidance as to the actions to take when your boss resigns.
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My Boss Resigned - Part 1
This cast describes our guidance as to the actions to take when your boss resigns.
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Writing Resumes For Consultants And Project Managers
This cast tells consultants and project managers how to create a resume.
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Resume Update 2010 - Part 2
This cast concludes our updates to our resume advice for 2010.
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Answering Questions About Your GPA
This cast gives our guidance on what to do when asked about your GPA.
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Offsite Presentation Preparation – Hotel Logistics (Part 3 of 3)
This cast concludes the discussion of our recommendations on what to do when preparing logistically for a presentation at hotel or offsite location.
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Offsite Presentation Preparation – Hotel Logistics (Part 2 of 3)
This cast continues the discussion of our recommendations on what to do when preparing logistically for a presentation at hotel or offsite location.
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Offsite Presentation Preparation – Hotel Logistics (Part 1 of 3)
This cast recommends what to do when preparing logistically for a presentation at hotel or offsite location.
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Resolving Conflict With Internal Support Providers
This cast gives our guidance on how to deal with conflict with internal support providers.
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Systematic Career Documentation - Part 2
This cast tells you how to create and use a Career Management Document, the ideal tool for managing your career and making it easy to update your resume.
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Systematic Career Documentation - Part 1 (2026)
This cast tells you how to create and use a Career Management Document, the ideal tool for managing your career and making it easy to update your resume.