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Kimberly Damon has done everything from vacuuming an airplane with a dust buster to working for several Fortune 50 companies. Along the way she's collected two degrees, numerous certifcations, and lots of practical experience. She is a voracious reader and student, a published travel writer, lifelong scrapbooker, and natural problem-solver with experience in industries including aviation, medicine, publishing, advertising, broadcasting, telecommunications, and direct sales. Her functional experience includes sales, sales training, recruiting, marketing, team-building, ... [More]

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Career Wisdom For New Graduates - In the Real World There is No Spring Break
[Business:Career-Advice] Finally, you have taken your last finals, boxed up your belongings, and you are ready to get out of school for the last time. If you have a corporate job waiting, congratulations! Here are some things that you may not have expected.

Your Dream Job - 5 Steps to Defining and Refining What You Love Into a Job
[Business:Career-Advice] Do you have a dream job or business? What is stopping you from doing it? Here are five steps to help you define and refine your dream into a real job or business so you can get started.

Becoming a Flight Attendant - Understanding Legacy, Low Cost, National and Who is Hiring
[Business:Career-Advice] So, have you always wanted to be a Flight Attendant? The industry has changed immensely in the past twenty years, so knowing what you are getting into and out of it will make all the difference for you. Start with understanding what your options are in the U.S.

Becoming a Flight Attendant - Understanding Charter, Regional, Commuter and Who is Hiring
[Business:Careers-Employment] A previous article detailed the large traditional legacy carriers and the newer low-cost and national carriers. Unfortunately, unless you speak Mandarin or Greek, most of those are not presently hiring. However, some of the options below offer similar benefits and are taking applications at the time of this writing.

5 Great Jobs For People Who Are Generalists by Nature
[Business:Career-Advice] In the current specialization-oriented working world, where does a generalist fit in? By definition, generalists are good at many things, often simultaneously. Here are five positions where a generalist can be both effective and satisfied at work.

Portfolio Careers - 3 Considerations For Turning Seasonal Work Into a Living
[Business:Career-Advice] Are you a nomad at heart? Wishing you could spend the different seasons in different geographies? Even more, do you get tired of doing one job all the time? Seasonal work might be just the solution for your doldrums.

Your Dream Job - 5 Ways to Decide If You Should Be an Entrepreneur Or Employee
[Business:Career-Advice] Dream Jobs come in all shapes and sizes. Many of us are clear on the things that we love to do, but turning that into a job or business? Not so much. One of the most important things for you to figure out is if you are looking to find or create a dream job as an employee. Or, are you destined to run your own business? Consider these five factors as you continue to narrow and define your perfect job.

Career Advice - 7 Questions to Ask in an Informational Interview
[Business:Career-Advice] Conducting an Informational Interview with someone who works in or near a field that interests you can be an excellent way to get inside information and make a contact for the future. In a previous article, I addressed setting up and conducting the interview. This article addresses seven questions you should be sure to ask at your interview.

3 Ways to Build Your Clip File As an Unpublished Writer
[Business:Solo-Professionals] If you would like to break into commercial freelance writing for print publications such as magazines and newspapers, you will likely face the unpublished writer's dilemma. Everyone wants to publish writers who are already published. So, how do you "break in?" Try these three techniques.

Magazines - 7 Terms to Know If You Want to Get a Job Selling Advertising
[Business:Careers-Employment] Often dependent on advertising sales for revenue, magazines are often an easy place to break into the business. Understanding the basics of these terms will help you in an interview, and also prepare you to ask the right questions of the publication.

3 More Things to Know and Understand If You Want to Work the Line in US Commercial Aviation
[Business:Career-Advice] A previous article discussed seniority and contracts as critical to your quality of life in commercial aviation at this time. This article goes further into three aspects impacted by those two things.

2 Key Factors to Understand If You Want to Work in US Commercial Aviation
[Business:Career-Advice] In commercial aviation, job functions are either line or management. On the line, responsibilities are divided into different unionized work groups at most airlines. These are pilots, flight attendants, dispatchers, ground operations, and maintenance. Understand these facets in order to find, keep, and enjoy life in this unique world.

5 Traits You Must Have to Get Into and Succeed in Sales
[Business:Career-Advice] It may surprise you to know that being a fast talker with a persuasive nature is not as important to success in sales as these five traits. One - Resilience. After I had been in corporate sales for a couple years, I used to joke that I could go on a date and If he did not like me I would respond, "I'm sorry you feel that way, is there anything I can do to change that?" Obviously, a bad date IS personal, but not getting the sale usually is not.

3 Ways to Keep Working Toward Your Dream Job Or Career Even If You Are Ready to Give Up
[Business:Career-Advice] Do not throw in the towel on your dream, even if you feel like you'll never get where you want to be. Use these three ideas to keep yourself going.

To Degree Or Not to Degree - That is the Question
[Business:Career-Advice] With famous successes like Bill Gates and Mary Kay Ash as examples, it's easy to ask yourself whether or not a degree is a necessity anymore. The answer, predictably, is "that depends." Depends on what?

Your Dream Job - 7 Questions to Define With Who and Where You Want to Work
[Business:Career-Advice] Knowing you somehow want to turn something you love into your "dream job" or business isn't enough to get the idea off the ground. You'll need to continue to drill down, identifying more and more specifics until you've got a real job or business description to create. These questions will help you refine the Who and Where of your dream.

Career Advice - 3 Ways to Create a Portfolio Career
[Business:Career-Advice] What is a "portfolio" career anyway? How can you tell if that is what you want? If so, how can you make it work for you?

Dream Job - 3 Ways to Turn Something You Love Into Money in the Bank
[Business:Career-Advice] Not everyone wants to start their own business. But, if you would like to turn something you know a great deal about and enjoy into an extra source of income, start here.

Career Advice - 5 Ways to Research Your Dream Job Besides the Internet
[Business:Career-Advice] If you have a something you love to do and you want to turn it into a profession, there are lots of ways to research it in addition to the internet. In fact, it's a good idea to get out and about locally - you'll learn more talking to people. And, it's a great way to make contacts as you pursue your dream!

Your Dream Job - Multiple Income Streams Versus Diversified Income Streams
[Business:Career-Advice] A lot of people talk about having multiple income streams as a hedge against an economic downturn. But, if your streams are all in one industry, you might not be "diversified" enough.

Career Advice - 3 Steps to Barter Your Product For Advertising Or Publicity
[Business:Career-Advice] Do you have a skill, product, or service that you could barter for advertising or publicity? You might be surprised! Use these tips to clarify your offering.

Career Advice - 5 Tips to Using the Informational Interview to Find Your Dream Job
[Business:Career-Advice] The Informational Interview was popularized in the 1970's in Richard N Bolles landmark book on career searches, "What Color is Your Parachute." Although not as common now, the Informational Interview is still a useful tool in learning about a field you'd like to explore. But, you've got to do it correctly. Follow these tips to set it up, do it, and make a contact for your future.

Career Advice - 7 Questions to Refine Your Dream Business Or Dream Job Description
[Business:Career-Advice] So, you love something. How do you turn that into your own Dream Business? Or, if you don't want your own business, how about that Dream Job? They're out there, and often created by someone like you and proposed to an employer. The trick is to have the idea defined enough to make it work. Here are seven questions you can ask yourself to do just that.