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Thank you for visiting my
website to learn about the benefits of my life and career management
coaching and consulting services. You will find that the information
on these pages details my services in a comprehensive and easy-to-understand format.
I invite you to sign up for Tips from LaRock, a free,
brief monthly message with life and career hints that I know you will find
informative and useful. Click on Contact Barbara; the Tips
signup page will pop up.
Ensure success in your
organization--and career:
"If you aren't fired with enthusiasm, you probably will be fired with enthusiasm."
Vince Lombardi
Be visible in your organization.
Keep in mind that it's your value to your
organization that counts.
Offer to take on extra projects and responsibilities.
Avoid participating in passing on office rumors and
gossip.
Keep an ongoing record of your accomplishments and
results.
Keep your resume updated and make sure it includes quantifiable data that highlights your
accomplishments and results.
Develop a plan B and be ready to activate that plan
if you do get a pink slip.
Tips to help you manage job loss:
Ask your employer about severance, COBRA and outplacement services.
Acknowledge the emotions you are feeling. Take a few
days to let the loss sink in.
Activate your network and network everywhere you go.
Develop and practice your self-introduction. Become proficient at
using social media.
Develop a strategy to manage your finances while
you're out of work.
Spend some time identifying activities that energize
and sustain you when you're stressed and engage in those activities during
your job search.
Consider whom you will ask for a reference.
Check out my Resources--->Other Resources tab for
valuable reading suggestions.
Need a life? Get a coach.
Feel free to contact me via telephone, email (contact information below)
or via my Contact Barbara page on this website. I'd love to hear
from you.
HAPPY NEW YEAR! May 2012 bring you not
necessarily what you want, but what you need.
January Quotations
"We will open the book. Its pages are blank.
We are going to put words on them ourselves. The book is called
Opportunity and its first chapter is New Year's Day."
Edith Lovejoy Pierce
...and
on a lighter note...
"Cheers to a new year and another chance to get it right."
Oprah Winfrey
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