Plan Your Career by Julie Desmond

Julie Desmond is Talent Manager for Express Employment Professionals. Write to This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .

(Plan your Career) Developing a compelling scoreboard will help keep track of goals

Friday, 17 April 2009 14:14 Julie Desmond

What do you want to accomplish? Are you looking for a job? Hoping for a promotion? Saving to buy a house? Losing weight? Running a marathon? Your success will be commensurate with your level of accountability to… you guessed it… yourself.

(Plan your Career) This may be a good time to launch a small empire of your own

Thursday, 09 April 2009 17:47 Julie Desmond

Have you given up on looking for work yet? If your job search has stalled out, and your expenses haven’t, you know you’re going to need to generate some income. Bill Gates launched his empire during times like these. Maybe out of necessity you’ll find this a good time launch a small empire of your own.

Plan Your Career by Julie Desmond

(Plan your career) Manager management advice: Stay calm

Thursday, 02 April 2009 17:02 Julie Desmond

“My boss is freaking out,” writes a reader. “He’s constantly checking up on me, and every week, he changes my goals. I know he is worried about the business, but I wish he’d just let me do my job.” When hard times hit, managers know their own jobs can be at risk, and they might raise the expectations of their subordinates. My two words of advice to this employee are: Stay Calm.

Still there? Working when everyone else is gone

Monday, 16 March 2009 15:21 Julie Desmond

While enjoying that shorter commute to work, you have less time than ever to contemplate your unique situation: still employed. But “The Economy” is impacting you, too, and the sooner you acknowledge your new challenges, the better off you will be long term. Typical symptoms reported by those still working include increased stress at work, survivor’s guilt and anxiety. Ironically, these are the same problems your former co-workers are facing. Now what?

Kick the can’t: Confidence for career minded professionals

Thursday, 05 March 2009 17:39 Julie Desmond

Walking down Nicollet Mall, it seems easy to spot the most successful among us: shined shoes, straight backs, massive smiles, blue tooth hooked up and arms swinging: confidence practically pours out of some people. Or does it? Confidence is not something we are born with. It has to be cultivated and constantly recharged. So what do these mall walkers have that everyone else is missing? Nothing, really, except an upbeat attitude and an inner voice that constantly says, “You can.”

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