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		<title>What the heck is a career that &#8220;makes a contribution?&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://creatingatwill.com/blog/2012/01/what-the-heck-is-a-career-that-makes-a-contribution/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 19:56:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Career Tips]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Personal and Professional Growth]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Positive Beliefs and Behaviors]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[how do I make a difference]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[what is contribution]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[when you're stuck in your career choice]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I have often heard my clients saying, &#8220;I just want to make a difference,&#8221; or &#8220;I want my next career to make a contribution.&#8221;  This morning I found myself pondering these expressions, which have become a kind of catch phrase for &#8220;doing something worthwhile.&#8221;  Here are some other elaborations they offer and I see their [...]]]></description>
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		<title>5 Tips for Job Positioning During the Holidays</title>
		<link>http://creatingatwill.com/blog/2011/11/5-tips-for-job-positioning-during-the-holidays/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Nov 2011 18:17:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Career Tips]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Women Entrepreneurs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Women Returning to the Workforce, Re Careering]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[convert holiday work to permanent]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[looking for new work]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[permanent job]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[positioning yourself for fulltime work]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Clients seeking permanent jobs at this time are concerned that employers won&#8217;t take them seriously and are only interested in placing them for more immediate needs.  In retail, that may be true.  This is the year&#8217;s busiest season and more temporary help is needed.  The National Retail Federation says up to 500,000 folks may be [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Trick or Treaters-Creepy Work Encounters</title>
		<link>http://creatingatwill.com/blog/2011/10/trick-or-treaters-creepy-work-encounters/</link>
		<comments>http://creatingatwill.com/blog/2011/10/trick-or-treaters-creepy-work-encounters/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 31 Oct 2011 15:52:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Career Tips]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Positive Beliefs and Behaviors]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Women Entrepreneurs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Women Managers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[creepy work encounters]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[difficult people]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[effective communication]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[workplace communication]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://creatingatwill.com/blog/?p=9810</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Every once in a while, you&#8217;ll attract a strange individual who is not a fit with you or the work you do.  Whether you&#8217;re in an office and it&#8217;s necessary to interact with them temporarily, or they are calling you about your business, you&#8217;ll have to use smooth communication skills to address what feels like their creepy style. I don&#8217;t mean they [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Getting Work Over the Holidays-Referral Sources</title>
		<link>http://creatingatwill.com/blog/2011/10/getting-work-over-the-holidays-referral-sources/</link>
		<comments>http://creatingatwill.com/blog/2011/10/getting-work-over-the-holidays-referral-sources/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Oct 2011 18:50:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Career Tips]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Women Returning to the Workforce, Re Careering]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[holiday work]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[seasonal jobs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[temp jobs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[temp to perm work]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://creatingatwill.com/blog/?p=9765</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Since this is the busiest season of the year, if you&#8217;re out of work and just want to get some income coming in or have time to take on an extra job or make some additional money, check out these referral articles and job sites.  Read here about the best places hiring and also how to ask [...]]]></description>
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		<title>To Quantify or Qualify Your Results</title>
		<link>http://creatingatwill.com/blog/2011/09/to-quantify-or-qualify-your-results/</link>
		<comments>http://creatingatwill.com/blog/2011/09/to-quantify-or-qualify-your-results/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Sep 2011 18:24:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Career Tips]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Inspirational]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Positive Beliefs and Behaviors]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[goal achievement]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[quantify or qualify goals]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[setting and achieving goals]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://creatingatwill.com/blog/?p=9693</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[There&#8217;s nothing wrong with quantifying your goal - setting a very specific goal that has numbers attached to it, i.e. three projects completed by the end of the day, $$ met by the end of the month, fifteen responses to your special offer by the end of two weeks, etc.  Setting an aim for the numbers [...]]]></description>
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		<title>When Work Doesn&#8217;t Have the Same Spark Anymore</title>
		<link>http://creatingatwill.com/blog/2011/08/when-work-doesnt-have-the-same-spark-anymore/</link>
		<comments>http://creatingatwill.com/blog/2011/08/when-work-doesnt-have-the-same-spark-anymore/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Aug 2011 20:03:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Career Tips]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[career transition]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[lack of motivatio]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[stuck in work]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[when to let go]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://creatingatwill.com/blog/?p=9541</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Just like the initial exhilirating passion you feel in a new romantic relationship, once you become comfortable overtime with your job environment, the people you interact with, and the projects themselves, your passion for your job can seem less of a bonfire and more like a smoldering ember.  If you get unattached to having the big fire, you can settle in and enjoy the warmth and consistent [...]]]></description>
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		<title>6 Ways to Sell Unorthodox Ideas or Solutions to Anyone</title>
		<link>http://creatingatwill.com/blog/2011/07/6-ways-to-sell-unorthodox-ideas-or-solutions-to-anyone/</link>
		<comments>http://creatingatwill.com/blog/2011/07/6-ways-to-sell-unorthodox-ideas-or-solutions-to-anyone/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Jul 2011 16:35:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Career Tips]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Positive Beliefs and Behaviors]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Women Entrepreneurs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Women Managers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Women Returning to the Workforce, Re Careering]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[communicating solutions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[getting buy-in]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[idea generating]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[problem-solving strategies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[selling yourself and your ideas]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://creatingatwill.com/blog/?p=9165</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[When was the last time you tried to convince someone of your good idea and you got resistance?  Maybe your idea or problem-solving approach didn&#8217;t appear new to them, hadn&#8217;t been adequately tested before, or simply lacked the enthusiasm backing it to make it sound worthy of pursuing? Your idea is not the orthodox, mainstream solution they&#8217;re used to and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Feedback is a Gift &#8211; 5 Reasons This May Not Have Occurred To You</title>
		<link>http://creatingatwill.com/blog/2011/07/feedback-is-a-gift-5-reasons-this-may-not-have-occurred-to-you/</link>
		<comments>http://creatingatwill.com/blog/2011/07/feedback-is-a-gift-5-reasons-this-may-not-have-occurred-to-you/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Jul 2011 21:00:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Career Tips]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Positive Beliefs and Behaviors]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Relationships]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[handling feedback]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[listening actively]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Personal and Professional Growth]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[positive criticism]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://creatingatwill.com/blog/?p=9279</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s not always easy to experience feedback as positive, especially when it&#8217;s all too accurate about the things we need to change about ourselves.  There are past times I&#8217;ve felt I was being interrogated and unfairly judged, but I&#8217;ve learned to approach business and personal feedback times with a more constructive outlook.  This openness to learning greatly helps to make my relationships with [...]]]></description>
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		<title>If Roses Aren&#8217;t Your Thing-Gaining A Fresh Perspective</title>
		<link>http://creatingatwill.com/blog/2011/06/if-roses-arent-your-thing-gaining-a-fresh-perspective/</link>
		<comments>http://creatingatwill.com/blog/2011/06/if-roses-arent-your-thing-gaining-a-fresh-perspective/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Jun 2011 17:16:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Career Tips]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Inspirational]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[expanding choices]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gain a fresh perspective]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://creatingatwill.com/blog/?p=9059</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[If you&#8217;re someone who doesn&#8217;t particularly like roses and the expression, to stop and smell them, irks you, it&#8217;s understandable. (Roses rarely carry a fragrance anyway).  But maybe they&#8217;re just not your thing.  And that leads me to wonder&#8230; How do you handle it when things aren&#8217;t the way YOU&#8217;D like them to be or you just don&#8217;t LIKE something? [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Painful Compromises and Best Ways to Address These</title>
		<link>http://creatingatwill.com/blog/2011/05/painful-compromises-and-best-ways-to-address-these/</link>
		<comments>http://creatingatwill.com/blog/2011/05/painful-compromises-and-best-ways-to-address-these/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 May 2011 20:27:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Career Tips]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Personal and Professional Growth]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Relationships]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[compromise]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[difficult communication]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[disagreement]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[not getting your way]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://creatingatwill.com/blog/?p=8987</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;I want to do x.&#8221;  &#8220;Yeah, but I want to do o.&#8221;  Sometimes in a personal or working partnership you find you differ with others in your views, preferences or convictions.  In some situations, #1 or #2 below can address making clean-cut changes and coming out unscathed.  But if not, and you&#8217;re in a seemingly no-win disagreement, [...]]]></description>
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