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Is anything too hard for the Lord?

PR 3:5 Trust in the LORD with all your heart
and lean not on your own understanding;

If you take one step in faith, the Lord will work it out!
 

How to use Blacks Gone Geek services to find a job.
 

Computerworld: What it takes to get hired (besides a great résumé)

The Art of Creating a Value Proposition‏

The Complete High School Guide to Finding a Job ** New **

 


Job Seeker Guides
 

Conrad Brian Law - Career Success Strategies

Erasing Your Tracks: Is it possible to expunge your online past?

Considering Consulting?

Most Hired Blog: How to write a winning resume and many more tips

Coaches Corner: The Importance of Using Keywords on Your Resume

Computerworld: Structure Your Resume for Success

Networking Do's and Don'ts: 7 Tips for Job Seekers During the Holidays

Jobs Seeker Advice - Dice.com

Career Tools - Yahoo! hotjobs

Career Advice - CareerBuilder.com

Career Advice - Monster.com

The Ladders - Job Search Basics

Laid Off? Eight Effective Ways to Respond

Unconventional Ways to Land Your Dream Job   

Career Vision Job Satisfaction Quiz

Job-Applications.com Find hundreds of online and printable job forms

How to Find a Job in Two Weeks - eHow Article ** New **


Online Schools 

 

Online Colleges

Online Schools

Ace Online Schools

Microsoft Elevate America


Plan Your Work. Work Your Plan  ** New **

He who fails to plan is planning to fail. -Winston Churchill 

Failure is not an option. -Gene Kranz, Flight Director NASA, During the Apollo 13 Crisis

 

 

A Jolley-Good Strategy: Follow These 10 Steps to GROW Your Future and Finances

Project Management Core Work Process Chart
Project Management Core Work Questions
Definition of Smart Objectives

Job Hunt Goal Status Template

How to secure your next executive role

 


 

Career Success Stories

 
 
IT Leaders
 
Consider taking the time to go through the Computerworld criteria for top IT leaders (see link below) and write a brief paragraph for each one that shows how you demonstrated the criteria. This will help your interview process.

 

How we selected the 2009 Premier 100 honorees


Finding the Best Career Objective ** Expanded Section ** 

 

The purpose of a career objective is to tell the employer what it is that you want to do. The rest of the resume focuses on supporting this objective and convincing the employer of your ability to do it.

 

Job Street: How to Write a Career Objective 

eHow: How to Write a Career Objective

eHow: How to Write Career Objectives

eHow: How to Write a Career Objective on a Resume

eHow: How to Write a Great Career Objective for Resumes 

eHow: Career Objective Resume Writing

eHow: How to Set Career Goals  

Find-Your-Dream-Career.com: Sample Career Objective 

Find-Your-Dream-Career.com: Career Objective Statement: Tips and Hints 

Find-Your-Dream-Career.com: Your Career Objective Must Clearly Define You Job Search Goal    

6 Questions for Preparing Your Fast Pitch - Job Seeker 

IT Roles and Technical Skill Categories

Should You Use a Career Objective on Your Resume?


 

Resources for Job Seekers with Disabilities

 

Should You Disclose a Disability on Your Resume?

Monster.com Workers with Disabilities Message Board

DisabilityWorks.com

Job Accommodation Network – Pre-Employment Do’s and Don’ts

Disclosing Your Disability

Companies can help workers with disabilities find their niche

DisaboomJobs.com


Career Advice from The Ladders

 

Social Networking: Painless and Powerful

http://www.theladders.com/career-advice/social-networking-editors-note

 

10 Secrets to Networking Success

http://www.theladders.com/career-advice/Articles/Networking/10+Secrets+to+Networking+Success

 

Career Advice from The Ladders

http://www.theladders.com/career-advice


How to Build a Prosperous IT Career
 
 

Where to Look for IT Jobs
 
BDPA Chicago Corporate Advisory Council (CAC) Member Job Websites

Boost Job Search Success with a Handbill and a Strategic Self-Marketing Plan
 

HANDBILL CONTENTS

 

  • Summary about you

  • Significant achievements

  • What you would like to do

  • Who you want to meet (titles or names)

  • Companies you wish to contact

 

 

 
Your Personal Brand Will Make or Break You
 

How to Create Your Own Personal Brand (DCCM-Discover, Create, Communicate, Maintain)

5 Steps to a Remarkable Brand Strategy

CIO Magazine: Developing a Personal Brand for Your Job Search

2010 Personal Branding Predictions

What's in a Brand? How your personal brand can help your job

CIO Magazine: Personal Branding: 8 Tips That Will Help You Stand Out
 

45% of Employers Now Screen Social Media Profiles

7 Secrets to Getting Your Next Job Using Social Media

 

P.I.E. 
 

Learn about P.I.E. (Performance, Image, Exposure) and how it impacts your career. You can find more information on P.I.E. at the following links:

 

http://blacksgonegeek.org/PIE.aspx

 

How Blacks Gone Geek Gets the Word Out to Job Seekers
 
 
 

Interviewing Tips
 

Networking Tips
 
From Yahoo! hotjobs

Negotiating Tips
 
Job Search Tips
 
 
d.r.e.a.m.BIG!: Check out Kevin "The Katalyst" Carroll at this link:

http://www2.redmond.k12.or.us/mccall/renz/2005-2006/kevincarroll.htm
 
Unleash your untapped potential. Take the 7 free online lessons by Michael Beckwith, Bob Proctor, and John Canfield at the Science of Getting Rich website
 

Your future is in up to you!!

 

Positive Mental Attitude Video by Jeffrey Gitometer

 

Whatever You can Conceive and Believe You can Achieve! Napoleon Hill  

 

Will Smith on the Power of Positive Thinking

 

Silence Fails - Crucial Conversations

 

Earl Nightingale "The Strangest Secret" Video

 

Part 1 of 3

Part 2 of 3

Part 3 of 3

 

Bob Proctor Videos

Let me know what you think...

That word, Paradigm

The Marvelous Mind

 

John Assaraf Video Series

“Having Your Best Year Ever” by John Assaraf Video Series  

 

Taking Care of Yourself 

 

How to Stop Worrying 

 

Accepting Uncertainty 


Are you in a struggle? Here's a 3-step plan that's sure to work!
 
1. Pray!
 

God grant me the serenity
to accept the things I cannot change;
courage to change the things I can;
and wisdom to know the difference.

 
2. Seek help!
 
T-Together
E-Everyone
A-Achieves
M-More
 
3. Have faith!
 
God has equipped you with everything you need to fulfill your destiny.
 
Click this link to and check out Joel Osteen's podcast #366-You Are Equipped.
 
 
 


HOW CAN EDISON’S FIVE COMPETENCIES OF INNOVATION ENHANCE SUCCESS IN LIFE?

 

WITH SARAH MILLER CALDICOTT

 

Edison’s Five Competencies of Innovation™ propelled him to a record 1,093 U.S. patents as well as 1,293 international patents, yielding a market value exceeding $100 billion. Edison’s approach to innovation not only encompassed the development and launch of extraordinary products and services, it encompassed deep mental preparations as well.

 

See podcasts at:

 

http://www.powerpatterns.com/podcasts.html#DAINN

  


Entrepreneur Tools: Treat your career like a business.

 

From "Business Plans that Work"

 

The Timmons Model for entrepreneurs and intrepreneurs

 

 

Guide for Preparing You Business Idea Fast Pitch

 

6 Questions for Preparing Your Fast Pitch



BDPA Job Seeker Guides by Milt Haynes

BDPA Job Hunt Guide (includes tons of informational links to help jumpstart your IT Career):

 

Click here to access the BDPA Job Hunt Guide

 

 

Click here to access the 2010 IT Job Outlook

Click here to access the BDPA Job Outlook It's old but it still relevant!

 
 

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