Elizabeth Freedman
Elizabeth Freedman is an expert in career and workplace issues. She is the author of Work 101: Learning the Ropes of the Workplace without Hanging Yourself and The MBA Student's Job-Seeking Bible, and was a 2005 finalist for College Speaker of the Year, awarded by the Association for the Promotion of Campus Activities. Elizabeth runs a Boston-based career-development and coaching firm; clients include PricewaterhouseCoopers, Thomson Reuters and The Gillette Company.
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Enough Already: Why Now is the Perfect Time to Pursue Your Career DreamTips on how to follow your dreams on making a career change
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Uncomplicated Leadership: Make it Easier to Get the Job DoneAvoid making things harder than they need to be to achieve greater success
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How to Complete Your Own Self-assessment at WorkTips on how to prepare your own self-assessment
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Career Advice and Assertiveness Tips: Know What to Ask ForOvercoming the obstacles that prevent you from asking for what you want
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Motivate Your Team by Creating Brand ChampionsBring you and your organization greater success by building your brand
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Job Advice: How to Handle the Exit InterviewThe importance of leaving a good impression when leaving a job
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Employee Motivation and Engagement at T.G.I. Friday'sThe importance of being engaged and enthusiastic about your work
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Time to Gear Up: Make 2011 Your YearHow to become successful by creating the right mindset
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You're in Charge of Your CareerUnderstanding that ultimately, you are in charge of your life and career and there is plenty that you can control
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You're Not an Employee - You're a GuestViewing your employment as a guest to your employer
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Planning is the Key to Career SuccessThe importance of planning your route to success one step at a time
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Why Your Job Search May Be Taking ForeverImportant strategies to implement to improve your job search results
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What to Do when Your Job Search Isn't WorkingA few tips to help revive your job search
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Action, Not Confidence, is What Counts for Career (and Weight Loss) SuccessThe importance of taking action in order to reach or accomplish goals in your life
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Lost Your Job? Don't Be Afraid to ShareThe importance of being honest about losing your job to open the door for networking and opportunity
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When Offers for Career Help Don't Pan OutUnderstanding that some offers of help do not always happen as you might expect
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Career Advice: Less Computer, More Face TimeThe importance of meeting with people face-to-face in order to develop and nurture strong relationships
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Easy Networking for Your Job SearchThe analogy between the layers of an onion and networking - "the layers system"
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How to Leave the Right Kind of Voice Mail - Career Advice for Non-native English SpeakersAn article consisting of 217 words explaining the importance of leaving a professional voice mail when in the midst of a job search
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Job-Search Advice to Non-native English SpeakersTips to follow to increase your chances of getting hired in the U.S. and reduce your competition with your American counterparts
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Getting Re-Hired by the Company that Laid You OffAn article describing how to weigh the options of returning to a company in which you previously worked; including the expectations and changes involved.
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How Much is Too Much when it Comes to Careers?An Article of 631 words describing how to get what we want in our careers by building trust, being reasonable and allowing time and space for decision making
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Bad Career HabitsAn article of 492 words detailing three bad career habits that could be dragging you down
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Quit Waiting to Be DiscoveredInstead of waiting for the world to wake up and see what you already know about yourself - that you add tremendous value to your job, to your clients, or to your company - it's time to show them instead.
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How to Network when You Hate to NetworkIf you think that hard work alone will move you up the company ladder, think again. It's relationships, the ones you have with your manager and coworkers that will get you there
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How to Get Your Foot in the Door Without ContactsWhether you're trying to get a foot in the door or build a new relationship, here is an easy-to-follow system for doing so.
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A Tough Economy Can Be Good for Your CareerShaky economy or not, now is the time for newer professionals to move full speed ahead when it comes to life in the workplace.
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It's Called a Cubicle for a ReasonUltimately, your workspace is another reflection of you on the job. How you choose to decorate it is another way to reinforce your professional reputation and brand- or detract from it
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Help! I Hate My BossCall it karma, feng shui, or just the way of the world, but everyone seems to have had a boss they've disliked. Really disliked. Even bosses have hated their bosses
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Secrets of Internship SuccessTo start off strong and finish even stronger this summer, consider a few suggestions to making the most of your internship.
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Burning Bridges is for ArsonistsThere is a right way and a wrong way to handle leaving a job. Do things right, and you keep your career moving nicely along. Do things wrong and you can burn a bridge, hurt your reputation, and remain stuck.
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Good Things Come to Those Who Wait...and Back Off from Time to TimeConsider the number of times that any of us is given unsolicited advice or other ideas that we didn't ask for, irritating, isn't it? Unfortunately, this type of scenario happens all the time in the workplace.
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Down with Networking!It's too difficult to land a job, an internship, or a new client today without networking.
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Pursue the Right Job Opportunities for YouAs job seekers get desperate, they start to apply to jobs that don't make sense for them. Read on to learn about how to make sure you're applying to the best jobs for you.
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Compete Where You Can WinSelling ourselves can be tough. Instead of beating your head against the wall and quit now, take a hard look at your efforts over the past year and go where the love is.
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Avoid Mistakes on the JobThere are some mistakes that you don't want to make on the job, forgiving boss or not. Read on to learn which to avoid, and why.
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The "F" Word: Surviving and Thriving in the Face of FailureAn article describing how to deal with and learn from failure.
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Time to Gear Up: Make 2010 Your YearFinding the resolve to give even more to getting what we want. Promise yourself now to make 2010 your year.