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Navigating Around Four Potholes in Job SearchCatherine Morgan
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Catherine Morgan, a career transition expert, discusses overcoming obstacles in job searches, including ageism, extended time in transition, regime changes, and bad business breakups. She emphasizes the importance of positive framing, self-care, and understanding cultural fit when navigating the job market. Morgan encourages individuals to be honest about their experiences and seek support to maintain a healthy mental state during their job searches.Re-Launch You: Career Transition Tactics and Tools
Re-Launch You: Career Transition Tactics and ToolsCatherine Morgan
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The document provides insights and strategies for navigating career transitions, emphasizing the importance of reframing transition periods as opportunities for evaluation and growth. It discusses the changing nature of work, encouraging individuals to explore various job opportunities and maintain clarity in their goals. Additionally, it highlights emotional challenges during the job search and offers practical tips for staying motivated and organized.Productivity: The Secret Sauce for Successful Job Search
Productivity: The Secret Sauce for Successful Job Search Catherine Morgan
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The document by Catherine Morgan emphasizes the importance of productivity in job searching, highlighting the need to manage time effectively and set boundaries. It provides strategies to overcome overwhelm, prioritize tasks, and create structured schedules to enhance focus and efficiency. Additionally, it offers tips for managing anxiety and avoiding burnout during career transitions.Intro to Blogging for Small Business
Intro to Blogging for Small BusinessCatherine Morgan
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The document provides a comprehensive guide on blogging for small businesses, emphasizing the importance of storytelling, differentiation, SEO, and maintaining an engaging blog. Essential elements include creating compelling headlines, using visuals, and adhering to online writing best practices, while also highlighting promotion strategies and guest blogging. The author, Catherine Morgan, underscores the significance of a content calendar and repurposing content to enhance reach and engagement.Productivity: The Secret Sauce for Job Search
Productivity: The Secret Sauce for Job SearchCatherine Morgan
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The document discusses productivity tips for a successful job search. It recommends setting boundaries on your time to avoid burnout, capturing all tasks to overcome overwhelm, and prioritizing tasks by importance, difficulty level, or enthusiasm. Productivity is key to making progress in applications, networking, and other job search activities. Setting a schedule with specific tasks and breaks can help maximize productivity.Productivity: The Secret Sauce for Success - Job Search
Productivity: The Secret Sauce for Success - Job Search Catherine Morgan
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Catherine Morgan, a career transition coach and business consultant, emphasizes the importance of productivity in managing time effectively amidst various commitments. She offers strategies for overcoming overwhelm, including capturing and organizing tasks, prioritizing effectively, and using tools like calendars and timers. Additionally, she suggests recognizing avoidance behaviors and focusing on important tasks to enhance productivity.Re-Launch You: Liftoff After Layoff - Updated
Re-Launch You: Liftoff After Layoff - UpdatedCatherine Morgan
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This document provides guidance for individuals navigating career transitions post-layoff, emphasizing the importance of reframing the experience as an opportunity for evaluation and growth. It discusses the changing job landscape, highlighting the rise of job portfolios and the necessity of self-employment skills. The author suggests practical strategies for managing emotional ups and downs, staying proactive in job searches, and using the time for personal development.Turning Up the Volume of You
Turning Up the Volume of YouCatherine Morgan
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The document discusses the components of a compelling personal brand and the benefits of authenticity in personal and sales interactions. It includes case studies of individuals who successfully branded themselves and emphasizes the magnetic effect of being true to oneself. Additionally, it highlights the importance of speaking style and topics for engaging an audience.Productivity: The Secret Sauce for Speakers
Productivity: The Secret Sauce for SpeakersCatherine Morgan
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This document discusses productivity tips for speakers. It notes that time is scarce for speakers who run multiple businesses. To improve productivity, speakers should identify time leaks, capture all tasks, logically group tasks into projects, and prioritize tasks based on importance, difficulty level, or personal enthusiasm. Setting deadlines, keeping a schedule, and using a calendar can help maximize productivity and minimize procrastination. Staying productive is important for speakers to manage their businesses and commitments.Productivity: The Secret Sauce for Speakers
Productivity: The Secret Sauce for SpeakersCatherine Morgan
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The document discusses productivity tips for speakers. It recommends finding time leaks by tracking activities for a week and prioritizing tasks in different ways like doing the most important or fastest cash-generating tasks first, tackling dreaded tasks early, or starting with easy tasks to build momentum. It also suggests setting deadlines, scheduling specific tasks on a calendar, and noticing and avoiding procrastination behaviors to stay productive.Acing the Interview
Acing the InterviewCatherine Morgan
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This document outlines effective strategies for acing job interviews, emphasizing the importance of personal fit, preparation, and communication style. It advises candidates to research the company and interviewers, present metrics of past performance, and prepare personal stories that illustrate their strengths and weaknesses. Additionally, it covers essential phone and in-person interview tips, including body language, questioning techniques, and maintaining professionalism.Productivity: The Secret Sauce (long)
Productivity: The Secret Sauce (long)Catherine Morgan
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The document emphasizes the importance of productivity and time management, suggesting techniques like setting deadlines and creating a schedule to manage commitments effectively. It addresses mental barriers such as overwhelm and offers strategies to capture tasks, prioritize effectively, and avoid procrastination through the use of calendars and task management software. It encourages individuals to reflect on their time usage and focus on activities that yield immediate and near-term benefits.Collaboration Is The New Black
Collaboration Is The New BlackCatherine Morgan
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Catherine Morgan discusses the importance of collaboration for entrepreneurs, emphasizing that selling 'we' is more effective than selling 'me.' She encourages forming partnerships, sharing knowledge, and supporting each other to foster business growth and build trust with clients. By adopting a collaborative mindset, entrepreneurs can enhance their experience, excitement, and success in their ventures.Re Launch You Liftoff After Layoff
Re Launch You Liftoff After LayoffCatherine Morgan
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The document discusses strategies for managing career transitions post-layoff, emphasizing the importance of reframing the situation as an opportunity for evaluation and growth. It outlines the emotional ups and downs of the transition process, akin to the stages of grief, and suggests practical actions to maintain progress during job searches. Additionally, it encourages connecting with values, leveraging networks, and maintaining a proactive approach to enhance the transition experience.Intro to Newsletters And Blogging
Intro to Newsletters And BloggingCatherine Morgan
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The document discusses the importance of blogging and newsletters for businesses, emphasizing that prospects need multiple exposures before making a purchase. It offers best practices for creating engaging content, such as using visuals and clear calls to action, while outlining the different formats and technologies available. Additionally, it highlights strategies for maintaining audience engagement and consistency in communication.Engaging Influencers or Schmoozing for Success
Engaging Influencers or Schmoozing for SuccessCatherine Morgan
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The document discusses strategies for engaging influencers to enhance visibility for a business, emphasizing the importance of collaboration and building genuine relationships. It outlines a process involving research, observation, engagement, and consistency while stressing the need to add value without self-promotion. Ultimately, the document highlights that effective networking with influencers can lead to mentorship and collaboration opportunities, benefiting one's business and personal brand.Ad
Off the Cliff - Is There a Net?
- 1. Off the Cliff Is There a Net? Getting Your Business Started Catherine Morgan Transition and Entrepreneur Coach Point A to Point B Transitions Inc. February 2, 2013
- 2. Getting past fear Fear is what holds us back We are afraid of: The unknown Looking foolish Failing Lean start-up thinking fail fast However well you research and plan
- 3. Stepping into your power Your skills are your skills The big brand trap Adopting the business owner mindset
- 4. Surviving the emotional rollercoaster Know that there will be emotional ups and downs Do something every day to move your business forward Concentrate on the things you can control
- 5. Get over the scarcity mindset Its a really big pie Ideas are worth nothing Its all about the execution
- 6. Relationships are the currency of the New Economy. ~ Bonnie Karpay
- 7. Know yourself and how you work How do you work best? How you work best may vary by project You may want to mix things up
- 8. Connecting with others - for success Connect with those providing complementary services / products Connect with those providing similar ones
- 9. Connecting with others - for support Blind spots in our strategy or execution Leverage the wisdom of the group Accountability is king
- 10. Make it a point to collaborate It will keep you energized and positive You will: Learn a ton Make friends and get support Stay excited about your business Grow your business
- 11. My best advice Start small proof of concept Build on what worked, scrap what didnt Avoid analysis paralysis Ship! (As Seth Godin would say) Get the support you need
- 12. Questions? Catherine Morgan Transition and Entrepreneur Coach Point A to Point B Transitions Inc. 877.672.5333 Catherine@PointAtoPointBTransitions.com Twitter @PointA_PointB