Category Archives: Career and Job

Effective Interviewing Begins With a Good Resume

Posted on December 9, 2017 by Shawn Athanasios

My clients often ask me how they can become better interviewers and wish they sounded more confidant when they answered the questions asked them. They often think that if they were better at “interviewing techniques” like how to sit up … Continue reading →

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Distinguishing Between Skills, Values & Interests

Posted on January 15, 2016 by Shawn Athanasios

The easiest ways to determine your skills, values, and interests is to make a list of them and describe how you have used each skill in your life, whether professionally or in other areas. Remember, this exercise is only valuable … Continue reading →

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Getting Through the Work Day Struggles

Posted on November 20, 2013 by Shawn Athanasios

People sometimes get stuck in a job due to a lack of education or because of a bad economy, but that doesn’t mean that their work day needs to be a painful experience. With a little innovation and imagination, it … Continue reading →

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Finding Meaning In Your Job and at Work

Posted on June 12, 2013 by Shawn Athanasios

We all have to work, but some of us are able to play at work by finding and then committing to our dream job where we’re motivated, inspired, respected and well paid. Unfortunately, many individuals settle for something that falls … Continue reading →

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Rational Themes – 4

Posted on April 3, 2013 by Shawn Athanasios

Rational Themes The four personality types associated with this theme are Conceptualizer Director, Designer Theorizer, Strategist Mobilizer and Explorer Inventor. Explorer Inventor: Per the name, these individuals consider life’s purpose to be about inventing things and discovering new ways of … Continue reading →

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Personality Types

Posted on December 23, 2012 by Shawn Athanasios

We all have our own unique personalities, which have resulted from our experiences with ourselves, our parents, teachers, classmates, friends and so on. Not all the characteristics of our personality come from such learned experiences; some we were born with … Continue reading →

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Finding Virtue During The Job Search

Posted on October 22, 2012 by Shawn Athanasios

Normative Ethics includes three different approaches: Virtue Ethics, Deontology & Consequentialsm. Virtue Ethics emphasizes moral character, Deontology emphasizes moral rules or duties, and Consequentialsm deals with the outcome of one’s actions. It is worth asking which approach creates the most … Continue reading →

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Behavioral Interviewing

Posted on September 28, 2012 by Shawn Athanasios

Employment interviews are changing for the better. The traditional interview questions that deal with simpler things like, “Tell me about yourself,” are no longer enough to satisfy the appetite of organizations seeking new employees. They realize more than ever before … Continue reading →

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Food For Thought

Posted on September 21, 2012 by Shawn Athanasios

Be ware of the “3 W’s”: Wanting, Waiting & Wondering. Wanting: Our job is to meet our needs without alteration or altercation. That being said, if we are in a state of wanting, then we are not engaged in the … Continue reading →

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Five Categories of Transferable Skills

Posted on September 18, 2012 by Shawn Athanasios

1. Communication: the skillful expression, transmission and interpretation of knowledge and ideas. 2. Research and Planning: the search for specific knowledge and the ability to conceptualize future needs and to devise solutions for meeting those needs. 3. Human Relations: the … Continue reading →

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