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Tips on Learning to Thrive in the Jobless Economy

August 8, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Thriving in a Jobless Economy

By Mac Byrd  At Booyango.com, we see that the work-world is changing and has been changing for many years.  We have cited Tina Brown as the founding descriptor of “Gigonomics” back in 2009.  And we believe that the changes in the traditional relationship between employee and employer is accelerating with the global economic pressures that are upon us all – especially after these past several days.  We have spoken on this new work-world in these previous posts: Five Career Secrets You Can Learn from Actors Is the New Career a Perpetual Job Search? Success and a Future of Contingent Employment  While it can be pretty scary, it can also offer opportunities that we never dreamed of.  Haydn Shaughnessy is a … [Read more...]

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PREPARING FOR A SUCCESSFUL JOB SEARCH

May 24, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Mac Byrd

Flashback – to one year ago, May 12, 2010.  Does the advice still hold true?   Several weeks ago, I attended a session of an ad-hoc group of people looking to improve their careers.  Some people wanted to change jobs and advance their career while others were out of work and were looking for a job. This group meets every two weeks to share leads and connections, explore opportunities and information, and learn new and different techniques to network and find that elusive next job. At this particular session, we had a life coach speaking about organizing for success in our search.  In her presentation, she told us how we could get our heads into the game by allocating our time to activities that are productive versus … [Read more...]

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Specialists vs. Generalists – Why a Specialist Is Best

March 9, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Nags & Steeds - different horses for different needs

A guest blog post by David Luke                                                                                                              As you navigate through the web, searching for good information related to your career path, you will start to find some familiar names over and over again. One of those names is Seth Godin – maybe because he writes in a language that we can all understand. In his recent blog, “We specialize in everything”, Seth talked about how what we crave in every day life is exactly the same as what employers are craving these days. Seth tells us,  “When choice is limited, I want a … [Read more...]

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The Quiz – How Safe Is Your Job?

February 28, 2011 By Leave a Comment

At Booyango, we believe a structural shift has occurred in the way people find income to support their families.  We also believe that there is a structural shift in the way that companies now hire talent to achieve their business goals.  This is not due to the recent recession, but as a natural ongoing evolution of work world relationships in a supply vs. demand global economy. As part of this structural shift, we believe that all people – even those with current jobs that they love – will need to keep a constant eye on the job market for future income opportunities.  We believe that careers are a progression and not a destination, that all jobs are temporary, and that employees should continually upgrade their skills to meet the … [Read more...]

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