Article Archive - Bold Career Project

Here’s an archive of past article content on the Bold Career blog.

Are You At Risk This Year?

What’s Your Professional Theme for 2020?

Reflect During the Holidays

New Bold Career Logo!

Accidental Career Progression?

Increase Professional Connection During the Holidays

Get Leverage to Accelerate Your Results

The Career Management Definition (not Crisis Management)

7 Professional Development Book Recommendations

Develop a Professional Development Reading Habit

Free 9-Question Career Management Assessment

Accelerate Your Professional Progress in 2019

Get Your Resume Past the Applicant Tracking System Robots

5 LinkedIn Steps You Need to Follow for Business & Career Success

Happy Holidays and a Gift from Me to You

Loosen-up! How to Write an Engaging LinkedIn Post

Follow me on LinkedIn for Daily Curated Article Recommendations

Perfect Career? Don’t Get Stuck.

Sneak Peak of Upcoming Course Platform

Key Career Growth Questions

How much of YOU should go into your personal brand story and profile?

Recommendations on LinkedIn’s Viewers of this Profile Also Viewed Setting

How to improve the work experience section in the new LinkedIn profile (Video)

Time to Step on the Gas?

Gratitude is a Career Skill – The Most Important Minute of My Day

Invest in Yourself & Your Career

Career Change article published to VisualCV

The benefits of regular quarterly or monthly career coaching

Career Management Program Beta Launch

Upgrading the Logged-In Experience at Bold Career

In Tribute to my Dad; Four Career & Life Themes from an Old-School Banker

The Three Components to Building Professional Reputation

Map Your Industry to Build Market Reputation

Career Development Goals? Take my Survey

How to Ride a Career Wave – with 1 page PDF worksheet

Resume Bullet Points – How Bullet-Point Worthy is Your Job?

The question to ask when you’re not fully engaged at work

Targeted Career Change Strategies

Professional Strengths: What do you see that others don’t?

Career Move Strategy: Leverage Your Company’s Reputation

More LinkedIn Value: Take Care of Your LinkedIn Connections

LinkedIn Tips – How to Get More Network Value from your LinkedIn Connections

Talent in Evidence: P.D. James

Bizarre Interview Questions – Canadian Business Magazine Interview

Key Career Moments (part 2) | Four Strategies that Drive Results

5-Minute Move: Take Care of Your Reference Relationships

Key Career Moments (part 1) | The 4 Key Events that Determine your Future

Free Interview Questions Course

Show your Body of Work

Are You Attracting Opportunity: Create an Attraction Marketing System

Career Advice from the Creator of Calvin & Hobbes

Is Personal Marketing an Obligation

15 Sources of Professional Competitive Advantage

Four Factors in Getting Promoted to Executive

Take a Campaign Approach to Career Moves

Give Context to Increase LinkedIn Connection Request Accepts

Look Backward to Power Your Professional Journey

Battle these 5 Forces to Achieve your Professional Development Goals

Employee Disengagement Common – Globe & Mail Interview

Interviewed in the Globe and Mail: For MBA Students, the job search begins long before graduation

How to Build Relationships with Headhunters: 12 Ways to be Credible when the Executive Recruiter Calls

How to Create Increased Job Security & Opportunity in your Current Company

How to Conquer what’s Holding you Back

LinkedIn Profile: Visibility and Conversion

On work life balance – a raw read from Merlin Mann | 43 Folders

Choose the good boss when making a job decision

My article on US Yahoo home page

6 Articles on the Holidays and Career Reflection and Planning

Rebuilding my voice

Inviting to Connect on LinkedIn? Give Context. Please.

They are Just that Into You

Responding to Inner Enemies and Market Forces

Positioning is Key when it comes to Job Search

The Rise of the Orcs: Bad Leadership in a Tough Economy

Holiday Balance

Handling a Voluntary Demotion

Career Management During the Holidays

MBA Career Centre Testimonial

New site up

Executive Job Board Testimonial

Technology Start-Up CEO Testimonial

Country Manager Testimonial

Director Marketing Testimonial for Career Coaching

Unleash Your Super Powers

LinkedIn: Tips to Manage Employer Risk

Advertising Agency Director Testimonial for Career Coaching

International Job Search and Visa Sponsorship

Dumping the Resume Objective Statement

Ebb and flow

Holiday / Vacation Benefit

The Gratitude Edition

Blog renovation & downtime

Bootstrapper » Top 100 HR Bloggers

European Management Assistants (EUMA)

Yes vs. No on Career Decisions: Career Boosting Tip #11

Resign / Quit your Job with Style: Career Boosting Tip #10

Show Leadership during Crisis: Career Boosting Tip #9

Develop your Job Search Reference List: Career Boosting Tip #8

Be a Thought Leader: Career Boosting Tip #7

Quiz Results Reveal that References are your Biggest Job Search Challenge

MBA Career Centre Testimonial for Career Coaching, Workshops & Speeches

VP Sales Testimonial for Career Coaching

Business Development Testimonial for Career Coaching

General Manager Testimonial from Shanghai for Career Coaching & Resume Writing

Product Manager Testimonial for Career Coaching & Resume Writing

Your Job Search Should Never End

Magazine Editor Testimonial for Interview Coaching

Salary Negotiation quotes by Ian in Maxim Magazine

Ian Christie Interviewed on TV for the Business News Network

TV Interview on Getting Market Ready for Job Search

Book Recommendation: The Brazen Careerist by Penelope Trunk

VP & GM Testimonial for Career Coaching

Recommended Job Search Tools – Eluta for Canada

Career Boosting Tip #6: Networking Advice: Be interesting

Inverse Correlation

SVP Sales Testimonial for Career Coaching

Client project collaboration, management and task software demo

Career Boosting Tip: Develop Your Top 20 Relationships

Project Manager Testimonial for Career Coaching & Resume Writing

Career Boosting Tip #4: Do more than “dust off” the resume

Career Boosting Tip #3: Mine your Inbox for Contacts

Career Boosting Tip #2: Journal

Career Boosting Tip #1: Inbox Detox

Happy New Year

Take the “Are You Market Ready?” Challenge Quiz

Looking for a New Job or Career Change? Are you Market Ready?

Latest Bold Career Newsletter sent out

Holiday Career Development Series

Not for Profit General Manager Testimonial

Six Reasons Executive Recruiters will Talk to You

Clarity & Precision

Deconstructing a Bad Reference

Avoid the Clichés

Pencils. Binders. Lunch Box.

Accounting Manager Testimonial

Making Work Life Balance a Priority in Your Job Search

How to Connect with Executive Recruiters

Entrepreneur Testimonial for Career Coaching

CTO Testimonial for Career Coaching & Resume Writing

Sales Testimonial for Career Coaching

HR Director Testimonial for Career Coaching

Make Summer Career Progress

Diagnosing Zero Results on Resume Database

Truth Based Job Search

The Truth and Your Career

Having fun!

Truth Inspired Resume Writing

The Marketing Mind-Set for Career Management & Job Search

How to Follow-Up after Interviewing

How to Handle Contract Work on Your Resume

Resume Writing: The Magic Formula for the Professional Experience Section

Nail that Interview Presentation

Positioning Yourself with Executive Recruiters

Resume Writing: Transform Your Objective Statement

Talking about yourself

Can Blogging Help Your Career? An introduction…

Are You Ready to Take on an Executive Role?

Preparing your resume for a promotion

Director Software Development Testimonial for Career Coaching & Resume Writing

Executive Search: Dealing with Confidential Hiring Processes

Disclosing Personal Reasons for Departure in Cover Letter

Resumes: Handling In-Progress Education

Industry Specific Resumes

Resume: Handling Jobs that Didn’t Work Out

The Effectiveness of Interview Follow-up Letters

Resume Length: How Long Should My Resume Be?

Out-of-the-box Candidates

Don’t Give Up on Your Professional Development Goals

Should You Customize Your Cover Letters?

General Manager Testimonial for Interview Coaching

Timing Resignation with Annual Bonus Payout

Results of Recruiting Blog Awards

Self-employment blogging

Job Search Strategy 5/6: Network for Referrals & Recommendations

Tomorrow Last Day for Voting

Career Development During the Holidays Series: The New Beginnings Phase

Vote for the best Job Seeker Blog

Career Development During the Holidays Series: The Reflective Phase

Career Development During the Holidays Series: The Social Phase

Career Development During the Holidays Series

Dear Boy: Letters from Lord Chesterfield to his Son

Words of Wisdom on Nurturing Ability

Being Bold Nominated!

On Thank-You Notes

Updates

Recruiting.com 2005 Recruiting Blog Awards

Wurk.net

Pamphleteering: Finding your voice

The 6-figure job

Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity

Not passive. Active.

Why Shouldn’t They Hire You?

Resumes for I.T. professionals

Sales Manager Testimonial for Career Coaching

Remembrance Day

Indeed.com

SimplyHired Job Search Tool

Apologies for Blogging Absence

Are you fresh?

Asking for a raise

Why are you interested in this job? In our company?

The Problem with Career Decisions

Seth Godin on Funk

I’ve been missing out…Comments on

New Member Site Launched for Free Members

What’s Holding You Back in Your Career?

How to Get Unstuck – 5 Steps

Two-wheels!

On Communicating

Incremental Improvements

First job offer not your first choice?

Vacation Wrap-up

Project Manager Testimonial from London

VP Sales Testimonial from Europe

Webmaster Testimonial

Survive that Behavioral Interview Teleclass

Sign-up for the Portfolio Career Teleclass

Fathers…

Sam’s Club Interview on Recruiting Top Performers

Analyze Your Career with a Personal SWOT

Back…

New Feature Added to Coaching Services

Your Physical Work Environment

Blogging from the Volkswagen dealership

Make the most of key career moments

My Mom said get your foot in the door…

When to take a lower position

Making work personal

CareerJournal | Only Half of U.S. Workers Are Satisfied in Their Jobs

Moleskine

Strategy Consultant Testimonial

6 Steps to Answering Why Should We Hire You?

Client Kudos: Wireless application beta

90-day Planning

The fun and headache of a new laptop

Portfolio Career

A Week of Reflection

Tell me about yourself

The Circle of Life

Bad recruiter networking

Best Blog Mention in Electronic Recruiting News

Canadian Business Magazine Interview

Jump-Start Your Career Change

Monster.com Self-Sabotage Article

One month and counting…

Stop Undermining Yourself at Work

Snow Day

The Bold Career Theme

Resume writing

Be the Star Attraction of Your Own Network

Monster’s New Blaze Your Own Career Expert

What I am working on with my clients

An Ideal Career for Everyone?

Managing Internal Transfers

Creative Networking 1

Dealing with Career Setbacks

360 Degree Evaluations

Globe & Mail Article

Social Networking, LinkedIn…I smell something good

Client success

Fast Company Vancouver Company of Friends Discussion

Job Search Strategy 4/6: Market Yourself to Target Companies

Marketing, Marketing, Marketing

Motivational Quotes

Good site…

Breakfast in bed

References & Relationships

On CBC Radio

Motivational Quotes

Getting personal…

References

10 Reasons to Invest in Your Career

Motivational Quotes 8

Motivational Quotes 5

A Brief Guide to Personal References

Motivational Quotes

Dog Walkers and your Career

Motivational Quotes

Motivational Quotes

You are a Talent Investor

Motivational Quotes

Practical Networking: Make Your Own Luck

Good thoughts…

Cultivating Relationships

Good thoughts…

Are You Working on Your Masterpiece

Job Search Tune – Up

7 Career Questions to begin the New Year

Kids, Holidays & Balance

Poker vs. Career Type

Hiring uptick?

Job Search Strategy 3/6: Getting Called

Under the heading of cool tools: RSSJobs

Job Search Strategy 2/6: The Job Posting route

Job Search Strategy 1/6: Getting Moved Internally

6 Job Search Strategies

The core challenge of self-employment

Back to School

How do you define career success?

All Days Are Not Equal

A Plea for Boldness

Are You Engaged?

An Occasional Reminder to Join Bold Career

Kick Off