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Here’s a little video for you on the importance of CLARITY with respect to career happiness, success, and/or successful job search strategy.  As a Professional Career Coach, I can’t stress enough how magical it can be when someone is clear within him/herself as to what they really want and what they are trying to achieve. Amazing!

Please let me know how I can help you to achieve more clarity thereby creating super success! Enjoy.

As always, I welcome your comments!

• It is very powerful to set intentions within 8 hours AFTER the new moon (after the new moon occurs). Within 48 hours is still powerful.
• Write up to 10 intentions (any more than that and the energy gets kind of displaced).
• It is best to hand write them (vs type)
• Each month, the new moon is ruled by a different astrological sign which rules certain aspects of life. Writing intentions in these areas is very powerful but you can write your intentions in ANY area of your life.
• Write your intentions in the positive… In other words, state what you want (don’t say what you don’t want or may just get that!).

• Inventions, including: innovative ideas, brilliance, eccentricity, understanding how things work
• The Future, including: new trends and unconventional approaches, high technology, long-range goals, following your heart’s desire
• Humanitarianism, including: seeking outcomes that are good for everyone involved, identification with humankind, interest in others, operating from a larger worldview 
• Revelations, including: excitement, unexpected results, surprises, revitalizing experiences, freedom
• The Big Picture, including: objectivity, seeking knowledge, tools of divination (astrology, numerology, tarot, I Ching, etc.), humor, manifesting dreams
• Friendship, including: friends, groups, networking, open/friendly approaches, forthrightness, giving and receiving platonic love
• Detachment, including: cold aloofness, fear of involvement, erratic or shocking behavior, inflexible opinions
• In matters of health, Aquarius rules: ankles and calves, circulation, cramps and spasms, and varicose veins

Many of you have heard the saying, “If you don’t know where you’re going, how are you going to get there?” Really pause and think about this for a few minutes. What areas of your life do you feel crystal clear about? Which seem more murky? Do you know, at a detailed level, what you want in health, fitness, family, finances, home, friends, hobbies, sports, and career?

Since I help many of you with career success, here are some things to consider as you get clear:

• What do you want to spend the bulk of your day doing?
• What sorts of people do you want to interact with daily?
• What sort of work environment feels best for you?
• How do you want to feel each day?
• What skills and talents do you want/need to utilize to feel most successful?

Your vision for your career is important because you need to know what you’re striving for in order to create and efficient, laser focused path to get there. The scatter-gun or “I’ll take anything” approach to career (or anything) rarely works because you won’t know what to work for and you won’t know if you’re being successful in accomplishing your dreams.

Clarity is mainly for you but it also helps to let others know what it is you want, who you are, and what makes you unique. It’s the people we come into contact with that will help us achieve our dreams so you might as well tell them what they are in a simple, concise fashion.

If you want to get crystal clear on what’s important to you in your career and life, join me for my upcoming teleseminar, “Know What You Want / Know Where You’re Selling.”
This Thursday, February 11, 2010
12:00 – 1:00 pm Pacific (2:00 pm Central, 3:00 pm Eastern)

This is part of the Job Search Accelerator Program created to help you super charge your job search success and tap into the Hidden Job Market effectively and strategically. Membership details are here.

Regardless of your path – know what you want, know how your dream feels, and go for it!

As always, I welcome your comments.

-Kelly Harrington*

*About the author: Kelly Harrington is a Professional Career Coach and President & Founder of Career Max Group. She helps her clients to achieve maximum success in career and life through a variety of programs and services. She offers practical and holistic solutions to help you achieve the career of your dreams.

I’ve been answering a lot of questions about resumes lately.  Here are some things to consider with respect to making sure your resume is in tip-top shape (regardless of whether you’re employed or looking for a job).

The essentials of a great resume include:

=> Formatting: Make sure your resume is easy to read, ‘clean’, and professional.  Most resumes are two pages or less unless you’re an executive.  Balance white space with copy.  Look at it with the lense of a recruiter or hiring manager who will scan your resume in less than a minute and make a judgment about you.

=> Content: Make sure the majority of your content is ‘results-focused’ and less ‘job description-like.’  Potential employers want to know what you did to help make things better, more efficient, streamlined, etc.

=> SEO / Key Word Friendly: Remember that your resume needs to be found on the internet and in resume databases. Plus, a person needs to be able to quickly scan your resume and catch key words.  Therefore, it’s important to make sure the ‘key words’ relevant to your ideal job and/or industry are clearly stated within the resume.

There are a lot of ways you can get feedback on your resume:

• Ask friends and family
• Ask peers or managers from current or former companies and jobs
• Ask recruiters within companies or at agencies
• Hire a resume writer or career coach to critique your resume, rewrite it, or write a whole new resume

Buyer Beware: Professional resume writers or career coaches who are offering a free resume critique often will only give you very high level feedback on your resume for free.  They will then provide you with a price for a rewrite.  If you’re going to pursue a free resume critique, don’t waste your time… make sure the provider is being upfront with you about what you’ll receive for the free part.

Some of you have been taking advantage of our ‘Live Resume Makeover’. During this session, you’ll receive:

• Very specific feedback and suggestions on formatting, content, and SEO/key words.
• Answers to any / all questions about your resume.
• Up to a 50-minute live consultation via phone.
• Notes and comments delivered back to you within 24 hours with samples and suggestions based upon what we talked about.
• A long list of high-impact verbs to help your brainstorm your results-focused statements.
• Final review, feedback, and comments on your newly drafted and rewritten feedback (from me).

Overall, make sure your resume isn’t the sole focus of your job search. True job search strategy is really not about the resume.  Make sure it’s as great as it can be but also remember that a resume is a living, breathing document that will continue to grow and evolve over time. It’s never done.  So don’t fool yourself into thinking that it’s all you need to change to land that next job.

Do you have a resume success story? Comments and tips for others? Leave them here!