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Back on Track Network: The 3 Things You MUST Know to Become Successfully Self-employed

Jorge Diaz posted an article on Career Jockey - Nov 22, 2009, 9:06 am
Title: Back on Track Network: The 3 Things You MUST Know to Become Successfully Self-employed Location: St. Louis Church Library 7220 SW 120 Street, Miami, FL 33156 Link out: Click here Description: G...
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Kevin Donlin Simple Job Search Manifesto's a Good Resource

Jorge Diaz posted an article on Career Jockey - Nov 22, 2009, 8:43 am
A week back I published Kevin Donlin’s article “Three Simple Job Search Ideas from Stuff Going on Right Around You.” I started looking around his blog and found a FREE downloadable ...
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Events: Execunet Executive Perspectives – The Developing Opportunities in the 2010 Executive Marketplace

Jorge Diaz posted an article on Career Jockey - Nov 22, 2009, 5:59 am
Title: Events: Execunet Executive Perspectives – The Developing Opportunities in the 2010 Executive Marketplace Location: The Jobing Offices, 6600 North Andrews Ave Suite 500, Fort Lauderdale, FL 3...
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Events: Execunet Meeting – Social Networking Two.O – Off-Line

Jorge Diaz posted an article on Career Jockey - Nov 22, 2009, 5:55 am
Title: Events: Execunet Meeting – Social Networking Two.O – Off-Line Location: Lobby Library, 2 Grove Isle Drive, Coconut Grove, FL 33133 Link out: Click here Description: No Charge for E...
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The Million Dollars That Will Lead to Happiness…NOT

Jorge Diaz posted an article on Career Jockey - Nov 21, 2009, 9:24 pm
We all want happiness and, unfortunately, during my job searches (there were more than one) happiness escaped me. Fear, anxiety and worry took its place. It was so overwhelming. I attended a South ...
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What Do You Mean I Need a College Degree?

Jorge Diaz posted an article on Career Jockey - Nov 19, 2009, 4:43 am
I find myself in a unique situation. I’m unemployed for the first time in my long career. I’ve been working since I was 14. I mean it; my Social Security records show earnings from 1976 to 1979, t...
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Couples Retreat Movie's Funny & Filled with Secrets to Marital Success

Jorge Diaz posted an article on Career Jockey - Nov 16, 2009, 9:36 pm
The wife and I watched “Couples Retreat” and got a bit more than we expected. It’s filled with the expected Vince Vaughn and Jon Favreau material, but also contains a surprising pro-marriage me...
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You're Fired! Part 1 – I Never Saw It Coming

Jorge Diaz posted an article on Career Jockey - Nov 16, 2009, 9:05 pm
So my day (and it truly became MY day), started that cold, gloomy December morning. It was only 10am but I had been at it since 6:30am. I had just printed out my report of activities and open project...
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Three Simple Job Search Ideas from Stuff Going on Right Around You

Jorge Diaz posted an article on Career Jockey - Nov 13, 2009, 3:18 pm
Great ideas are all around. You just need to notice and apply them to your job hunt. When you do, you will literally have no competition from other job seekers, who spend their days surfing the net an...
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The Time Traveler's Wife Delivers Self-Improvement Insight

Jorge Diaz posted an article on Career Jockey - Nov 11, 2009, 5:59 am
Before seeing the Time Travelers Wife at the theater, I got me a copy of the book. I wanted to read it before seeing the movie. It was just for fun reading, but this one scene left me with a revelat...
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Three Gotta Read Books for the Serious Job Hunter

Jorge Diaz posted an article on Career Jockey - Nov 7, 2009, 7:27 am
For this article, I went through the dozens of books I’ve reviewed in Career Jockey’s Book Review topic and forced myself to pick only three books. I had to make some tough calls, but these ar...
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How To Manage your Cash Flow

Jorge Diaz posted an article on Career Jockey - Nov 5, 2009, 8:29 pm
Title: How To Manage your Cash Flow Location: SBA-Small Business Administration, 7th Floor 100 South Biscayne Blvd Miami FL 33131 Link out: Click here Description: A 4 hour Workshop – NEW! Every...
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Learn to Live Within Your Means

Jorge Diaz posted an article on Career Jockey - Nov 5, 2009, 8:22 pm
Title: Learn to Live Within Your Means Location: St John Neumann Adult Education Building, Room 102. 12125 SW 107 Ave, Miami, FL 33176 Link out: Click here Description: Guest Speaker: Beatriz Hartman,...
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Using Linkedin to Turbo Charge Your Job Search (or Anything Else)

Jorge Diaz posted an article on Career Jockey - Nov 5, 2009, 8:18 pm
Title: Using Linkedin to Turbo Charge Your Job Search (or Anything Else) Location: St. Louis Catholic Church – Family Center East Link out: Click here Description: Jorge Lazaro Diaz is a Back on...
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Execunet Meeting: Holiday Season Search Strategies

Jorge Diaz posted an article on Career Jockey - Nov 4, 2009, 8:43 pm
Title: Execunet Meeting: Holiday Season Search Strategies Location: Jobing.com Offices, 6600 N. Andrews Ave, Ste. 500, Ft. Lauderdale FL, (954)524-5800 Link out: Click here Description: If you’re th...
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How to Piss Off a Cop and Learn About Perspective

Jorge Diaz posted an article on Career Jockey - Nov 4, 2009, 4:04 pm
Saturday night, this guy jumps out of the car at a stop light, points at the badge displayed prominently on his jacket, walks up to my car window and says, “You gotta problem!!!” Note: Hi...
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Only a Kid Would Think to Run in the Rain – Maybe the Rest of Us Should

Jorge Diaz posted an article on Career Jockey - Oct 29, 2009, 10:55 pm
I get a ton of very interesting emails from my cousin Frank. I read a lot of them because they tend to be good, but this one deserved posting it up on Career Jockey. I don’t know the author so...
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Career Coaching: An Idea That's Helping Both Job Seekers and Those They Left Behind

Jorge Diaz posted an article on Career Jockey - Oct 29, 2009, 9:05 pm
People are losing their jobs. This is not news. We know the reasons and they continue to be recounted to us each day in the media. A constant stream of negative information. The continuing financial...
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Secrets to Tapping into the Hidden Job Market – Part 2

Jorge Diaz posted an article on Career Jockey - Oct 27, 2009, 10:04 pm
In part one of this article, we looked at the facts and fallacies of the hidden job market including why you should consider tapping into it, why you should consider sending your resume to a company t...
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Secrets to Tapping into the Hidden Job Market – Part 1

Jorge Diaz posted an article on Career Jockey - Oct 26, 2009, 3:55 pm
Ahhhhhh…the mysterious, hidden job market. I dedicate this article to all those professionals out there who have heard about the hidden market, but wonder why you should concern yourself with it. ...
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Desperately Seeking Susan? No, I Mean Job Seeker Bloggers

Jorge Diaz posted an article on Career Jockey - Oct 21, 2009, 7:25 pm
Career Jockey needs a few good men (or women)! You like to write? No this isn’t a job post. I wish. It’s a call for job seeker writers who want to share their successes, struggles, dr...
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Job Hunt Secrets You Never Thought You Needed from "The Amazing Adventures of Working Girl"

Jorge Diaz posted an article on Career Jockey - Oct 19, 2009, 7:44 pm
I read a KeppieCareers.com blog post plugging Karen Burns’ “The Amazing Adventures of Working Girl: Real-Life Career Advice You Can Actually Use” and it peaked my interest . So I went out and g...
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Thrill Seekers, Job Hunters and Souls Seekers Have So Much in Common

Jorge Diaz posted an article on Career Jockey - Oct 14, 2009, 9:46 pm
The way I see it, human beings are hard wired to connect with something much greater outside themselves. We’re like the little guy in the E.T. movie that just has to phone home. We have this drive i...
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Karen Burn's Working Girl Book & Blog Are Both a Smash

Jorge Diaz posted an article on Career Jockey - Oct 1, 2009, 11:41 am
Earlier in the week I commented on Miriam Salpeter’s Keppie Career blog and her review of Karen Burn’s book “The Amazing Adventures of Working Girl: Real-Life Career Advice You Can A...
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Keppie Careers Reviews "The Amazing Adventures of a Working Girl"

Jorge Diaz posted an article on Career Jockey - Sep 29, 2009, 10:14 pm
I was surfing around Technorati this evening and ran into a job hunt blog called Keppie Careers. It’s written by Keppie Career founder Miriam Salpeter who has been advising clients regarding th...
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"Devil Wears Prada" Lesson: You've Got to Develop Career Self-Awareness

Jorge Diaz posted an article on Career Jockey - Sep 29, 2009, 6:59 pm
No one purposely makes a bogus move hoping it will lead to a major screw up. It doesn’t happen that way. I have, however, seen myself make a string of seemingly benign choices that over time led m...
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Leapwalking.com Challenges Us to Take Some Risks

Jorge Diaz posted an article on Career Jockey - Sep 28, 2009, 12:10 pm
If I sit back and consider where I’ve made career mistakes, I’m drawn more to the chances I passed up for being too risky than any one of my major screw ups. It’s not haven’t ...
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"Funeral" Video Gives Upbeat, Thought-Provoking Marriage Message

Jorge Diaz posted an article on Career Jockey - Sep 25, 2009, 10:25 am
“Funeral” is a new TV commercial available off youTube launched by the Ministry of Community Development, Youth and Sports (MCYS). It looks at marriage in a different light. An middle ag...
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Tolle's "The Power of Now" Offers a Cure for the Clutter in Your Head

Jorge Diaz posted an article on Career Jockey - Sep 14, 2009, 4:36 pm
When I was out of work, clutter camped out in my head. I worried about how I would pay my bills. I fretted over what I could have done to avoid the lay off. I rehearsed the worse case scenarios (th...
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Rainer Zinn (from my Own Church) Blogs about the Sunday Readings

Jorge Diaz posted an article on Career Jockey - Sep 1, 2009, 8:58 pm
I met today with the facilitators of the Back on Track Network (BOT) group I run. It’s the support group for out of work people that helped me out tremendously and inspired me to launch this bl...
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Reverse Mentoring to Maximize Using Social Media

Jorge Diaz posted an article on Career Jockey - Aug 27, 2009, 9:47 am
I started using Facebook recently. Interestingly enough, it was my 13 year old daughter that was my top advisor. She had been using Facebook for a while and knew the ins and out of it very well. Sy...
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Over 40 Internships Are a Growing Trend

Jorge Diaz posted an article on Career Jockey - Aug 24, 2009, 2:59 pm
I found the following NPR interview online. Over 40 Carrie Spini in Santa Cruz, California is completing an internship at the local chamber of commerce. Definitely not the norm, but she’s prep...
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How To Become A Job-Offer Magnet

Jorge Diaz posted an article on Career Jockey - Aug 20, 2009, 10:27 am
Mary Elizabeth Bradford is a career coach we’ve listed in the “Blog I Like” section as has provided this article as our first guest blogger. Enjoy!! Do you think selling yourself i...
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Accounting Job Survey Show Accountants Are Loyal…Kind of

Jorge Diaz posted an article on Career Jockey - Aug 14, 2009, 3:17 pm
Jobsinthemoney.com, A Dice Company, ran an article discussing the results of a survey of 458 accountants. They found that 23% of the respondants are planning jump employers as soon as the economy get...
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Selling the Invisible: How People Buy Something They Don't Understand

Jorge Diaz posted an article on Career Jockey - Aug 13, 2009, 9:18 pm
Harry Backwith’s Selling the Invisible: A Field Guide to Modern Marketing was required reading at the system integration firm where I worked. All directors were given a copy and expected to finish ...
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Laura Smith-Proulx Strikes Me as a Sharp Resume Expert & Blogger

Jorge Diaz posted an article on Career Jockey - Aug 13, 2009, 9:07 pm
I found the Executive Resume Expert blog written by Laura Smith-Proulx. She’s a CCMC, CPRW, and CIC. If you don’t know what those are, Google them, but just know it means she knows how t...
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Meg Monford "Julia & Julia" Article on Careers & Blogging

Jorge Diaz posted an article on Career Jockey - Aug 12, 2009, 10:43 pm
Meg Monford wrote an “Julia & Julia movie review article discussing how the movie covers career transitions and blogging. It shows how Julia Childs goes from housewife to French chef student to...
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Heather Mundell Blog's About Smooth Career Changes

Jorge Diaz posted an article on Career Jockey - Aug 11, 2009, 8:17 pm
I ran into Heather Mundell’s life@work blog and found some very inspiring articles to help you find your true life’s calling. She’s a career coach, but her sweet spot is working wit...
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Wall Street Journal: Tips to Refresh Your Job Search

Jorge Diaz posted an article on Career Jockey - Aug 10, 2009, 1:16 pm
The job market’s tough out there, but there are good jobs to be found. This WSJ report gives tips on how to jump start your search by refreshing your approach. If you’ve been too focused...
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Resume Writing Tips from Uvisor Website

Jorge Diaz posted an article on Career Jockey - Aug 6, 2009, 9:10 pm
I was reading through some Linkedin.com group job hunt groups and found a resume writing article. The tips are very specific and something everyone reviewing their resume should consider. A good res...
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Mary Elizabeth Bradford Ideas on Linkedin.com

Jorge Diaz posted an article on Career Jockey - Aug 5, 2009, 3:53 am
I have been a long time user of Linkedin.com and use techniques like the ones recommended in the reprinted article by Mary Elizabeth Bradford to promote Career Jockey and myself. She provides a quick...
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Jorge Lazaro Diaz is a career coach, speaker, writer and podcast host. He runs the CareerJockey.org blog publishing job hunt, career discernment, leadership and proactive career management resources with the byline "Ride your career hard so it doesn't ride you!".

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