Ian Christie Profile and Articles

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1). Are You Working on Your Masterpiece?
Have you ever thought about your career or the work you do as art...as a form of personal creative expression? We can easily summon an image of the painter, sculptor, musician, writer or inventor in their studio, engaged in the wonderful process of creating a masterpiece.

Try applying this analogy to you and the work you do. Your career...past, present and future is a canvas upon which you are painting, a block of stone upon which you are chiselling.

2). The Effectiveness of Interview Follow-up Letters
Will you get hired just because you sent a thank-you letter? No, likely not. Could it help your candidacy? Absolutely.

3). Dog Walkers & Your Career
I was jogging in the park the other day and noticed a number of professional dog walkers. They had many dogs under their care and the necessary tools of their trade. Nothing remarkable about that.

What struck me was a) the number of providers I saw on this one visit, b) their marketing efforts, and c) the range of services offered. Parked on the streets around the park were various types of mini-van and SUV, emblazoned with each dog walking entrepreneur's web site address, phone number, slogan, and featured services.

4). How Long Should My Resume Be?
This article tackles one of life's biggest question: "How long should my resume be?"

5). Marketing, Marketing, Marketing
On my mind and the minds of a lot of my clients recently is marketing. Whether you run a small business, are self-employed, work for someone else or are on the job hunt, MARKETING IS KEY.

6). How Do You Define Career Success?
One of the most important career and life-planning activities you can engage in is finding your own definitions or models of success.

7). Are You Engaged?
Whether it is job satisfaction, career development or job search success, things may not be going your way. When this happens, there is a natural tendency to disengage, to unplug. You go through the motions, but part of your mind is elsewhere, unfocussed.

You can instantly recognize people who are fully engaged. They are focused, working on what is most important at that time, and committed. And you can recognize those who are not. Which are you?

8). Job That Didn't Work Out? How to Handle it On Your Resume
It is very unfortunate when we make the decision to join a company and it doesn’t work out. Do you represent jobs on your resume that were short and didn’t work out? And if so, how do you do so?

9). Ten Reasons to Invest in Your Career
Not investing in yourself is like floating down a fast river without a paddle, map or knowledge of what's around the next bend. Things may go fine for a while, but at some point, you're going to realize you made a giant mistake.

To avoid such unforeseen disaster in your career, you need to invest in it to proactively and thoughtfully create a plan for achieving your career and life goals.