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<html><div style='text-align: left;'><a href="http://bit.ly/1bnMlW7" target="_blank" title="View more hot articles"><img border="0" src="http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5484/11487785274_86cebe5d0c_b.jpg" title="View more hot articles"/></a><div><div style='WORD-WRAP: break-word' class='bd' id='entrycontent'><p class='posted-by' id='postdate'>Posted on 3 <a href="http://bit.ly/1hI9oDO" style="COLOR: #fe3807; TEXT-DECORATION: none" target="_blank">December, 2012</a></p><div id='container_wrap'><div id='container'><div id='content'><div id='hubtitle'><h4>How to Overcome Career Burnout Blues</h4><span title='hubscore'>70</span></div><div><div id='mod_3872795'><div id='txtd_3872795'><p>Think about the last time you enjoyed yourself at work. Can't remember? You may be suffering from career burnout--a condition characterized by prolonged stress, depression, and a lack of motivation resulting from job dissatisfaction.If you're planning to stick it out until the economy turns around, consider this: The results can be disastrous. According to the American Psychological Association, burnout can lead to extended periods of depression, anxiety, and susceptibility to illness. In time, you face a higher likelihood of stroke, heart attack, and <a href="http://bit.ly/1hI9oDO" style="COLOR: #fe3807; TEXT-DECORATION: none" target="_blank">mental breakdown.</a></p><p>Not only that but your job performance is likely to suffer, diminishing your chances for promotion or raises, and before too long your apathy results in job loss.So for the <a href="http://bit.ly/1hI9oDO" style="COLOR: #fe3807; TEXT-DECORATION: none" target="_blank">sake of your health and</a> well-being, face the burnout blues and take action.Step 1: Evaluate Your Current SituationFirst, be honest about your needs. How much autonomy do you require--do you have it? Is there room for the growth you want with your current employer? Do you get along with your coworkers, and is that important to you? Do you believe in, or even care about, the product or service your current employer provides? Is the job too hard for you, or too easy? Are you simply overworked?Try working within your current situation to address the problem. Discuss your job description with your boss. Perhaps ask for a new creative project or responsibility, or work with him or her to eliminate tedious or burdensome tasks that aren't actually your responsibility. A proactive approach demonstrates your commitment, which might bring positive results.Step #2: Make Time for YourselfIf you're like the majority of Americans, you won't use all your allotted vacation time this year--big mistake. According to a study by the Families and Work Institute, overworked employees make more mistakes, and they tend to experience more depression and health problems. A few days away from work can be invaluable.Maybe you can recharge your batteries in small ways every week. The benefits of exercise, physically and mentally, can be huge; join a walking group, yoga class, or gym. Channel your energies into a hobby or class; join a book club, take cooking classes, garden, take dance lessons, or learn a foreign language.Volunteering is also a great way to spend your time. It's enormously satisfying to serve others, and could eventually lead you toward other career opportunities by providing you with new skills and networking opportunities.Step #3: Plan Your EscapeEven in the current economy, you have options. First, there are colleges and universities. Returning to school to complete a degree or earn a certificate could do wonders for you. It enhances your resume, making you more appealing to potential employers. It gives you a chance to focus on a positive future, even while you continue working at your current job. It boosts your networking opportunities. You'll even earn student tax credits.Plus, you can explore one of many rapidly growing industries. Could you work independently as a consultant in your current field? The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics says consultancy is among the fastest growing (and highest paying) occupations today. Also on this list are healthcare, education, human resources, accounting, and the leisure and hospitality sector.A slow economy doesn't mean you should have to suffer career burnout. Take steps today to overcome it. Your health and happiness depend on it.</p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div style='text-align: left;'><a href="http://bit.ly/1bnMlW7" style="clear: left; float: left; " target="_blank" title="View more hot articles"><strong>View more hot articles...</strong></a></div></html>

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<html><div style='text-align: left;'><a href="http://bit.ly/1bnMlW7" target="_blank" title="View more hot articles"><img border="0" src="http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2870/11515139486_ece08591b9_b.jpg" title="View more hot articles"/></a><div><div style='WORD-WRAP: break-word' class='bd' id='entrycontent'><p class='posted-by' id='postdate'><em>Posted on 6 January, 2013</em></p><table cellpadding='0' cellspacing='0' style='BORDER-TOP: 0px; BORDER-RIGHT: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: 0px; xxx: 100%'><tbody><tr><td xxx='100%' valign='top'><div><table xxx='95%' border='0' align='center' cellpadding='0' cellspacing='0'><tbody><tr><td align='left' valign='top'><h4 style='MARGIN: 15px 0px 0px'>Career Development - Multi Heading Is a New Approach to Problem Solving</h4><div style='MARGIN: 0px 0px 15px'/></td></tr></tbody></table><div><div id='body'><p>Team work always was an important component for task solving. Since not very long ago team approach is being applied also to self-managing groups. Such groups combined of people from different departments does not have dedicated team leader. All decision making is done <a href="http://bit.ly/1crkZ2Z" style="COLOR: #fe3807; TEXT-DECORATION: none" target="_blank">by all members of</a> the team during brain storming meetings etc. Such approach allows faster response to arising problems without involving any level of management staff. This is proven to be successful trick for increasing productivity.</p><p>However, there is still a need for a manager, who will oversee development process and make corrections if intended line of work is going aside from the intended result. For successful career building you need not only to work in a team, but also to be actual part of it. This means sharing success and glory with other members and also ability to withstand criticism and improve self.</p><p>Full time employees, part time, sub-contractors, external consultants can be found working together on specific project. Responsibility and tasks for each <a href="http://bit.ly/1crkZ2Z" style="COLOR: #fe3807; TEXT-DECORATION: none" target="_blank">individual in the past were strictly set and there was no place to change</a> those. Now areas of responsibility become softer and overlay each other. And it raises a new task for managers - how to stimulate such uneven motivated groups of people to succeed.</p><p>Today there is only one person who can make plans for your career and it is of course yourself. No one, not your boss or colleagues, nor astrologist can write such career development plan for you. You <a href="http://bit.ly/1crkZ2Z" style="COLOR: #fe3807; TEXT-DECORATION: none" target="_blank">must do it yourself. Describe targets and steps</a> which are to be taken in order to reach those. Imagine yourself as a General Manager for your career. You can have advisors; you can even follow advisors opinions. But there is only one person to make strategic decisions in career development and it is you.</p><p>You have to set a great goal for your career. Don't make it very specific if you are at the very beginning. You can't know where <a href="http://bit.ly/1crkZ2Z" style="COLOR: #fe3807; TEXT-DECORATION: none" target="_blank">you will end up in 25-30 years. Your</a> goals have to be some general but clearly describe the altitude you are going to climb. Decide on how to measure your success. Is it going to be your annual compensation or maybe number of summer houses in Hamptons? Or just personal satisfaction by your success... You have to set somehow exact measuring scale for your career.</p></div></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></div></div><div style='text-align: left;'><a href="http://bit.ly/1bnMlW7" style="clear: left; float: left; " target="_blank" title="View more hot articles"><strong>View more hot articles...</strong></a></div></html>

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