The Best 11 Ways to Hurt Your Career

By Megan Malugani, Monster Contributing Writer.

While most Career advice focuses on how to succeed, we can all learn valuable lessons by dissecting Career failure as well. Workplace experts offer insights into some of the top ways workers undermine their own careers and jeopardize their career development.

1. Not Taking Your Education Seriously
If you party too much in college and end up with a run-of-the-mill 2.5 GPA, you'll be passed over for the best entry-level jobs, says New York City-based executive recruiter and coach Brian Drum, of Drum Associates. Not finishing your master's degree is another way to hurt your career-development goals, adds Anne Angerman, a Career coach with Denver-based Career Matters.

2. Not Having a Plan
In the current poor Job market, you may have defaulted into a Career you aren't crazy about. That's OK, as long as you develop Career plans to get where you want to be. "Think of every Job you take as a stepping-stone to your next Job," Drum advises.

3. Lying
You'll lose professional credibility in a hurry if you lie, from exaggerating on your resume to getting caught fibbing on Facebook. "If someone calls in sick to work and then that evening posts a photo on Facebook of their extra day vacationing in Cabo San Lucas, that's a big problem," says corporate etiquette specialist Diane Gottsman of the Protocol School of Texas in San Antonio.


4. Sullying Your Reputation on Facebook or Twitter
Social media can harm your reputation in other ways, too. Personal posts and tweets from work--when you're supposed to be doing your job--can tag you as a slacker. And the content of your posts or tweets can come back to haunt you as well--you never know who might stumble upon those bachelor-party photos. "You need to assume that every boss and potential employer knows how to use Facebook, Twitter, and MySpace, and post from the standpoint that everyone is watching--even if in reality they're not," Gottsman says.

5. Not Respecting Professional Boundaries
Sharing TMI about your personal life with colleagues is unprofessional. "Your coworkers don't want to hear about your fights with your husband," Angerman says. On the other hand, if you're ultraprivate and work with a chatty group, join the conversations occasionally so coworkers don't resent you.

6. Gossiping, Slandering, and Excessively Criticizing
If you publicly bash fellow employees, the boss, the board of directors, or even your competitors, you'll be perceived as negative at best and a troublemaker at worst. The ramifications can be broad and long-term, Gottsman says. "Industries are tight," she says. "You don't want to be the one who started that rumor about the head of your industry." As far as bad-mouthing competitors--what if your company merges with a competitor, or you want to work for one someday?

7. Carrying on an Inappropriate Relationship with Your Boss|
Never a good idea, but an especially bad one if your boss is married. "When you get involved in a drama or in something unethical that can be brought out in the open, you're asking for trouble," Gottsman says.

8. Not Controlling Your Alcohol Intake or Libido
Getting drunk at the office party or on a business trip damages your credibility. Ditto a romantic, ahem, "indiscretion" that your colleagues know about.

9. Job-Hopping Just for the Money
Job-hopping--in moderation--may not automatically disqualify you from a position. "But it gets to the point--like if you have seven or eight Jobs by the time you're 35--that employers are not going to want to invest in you," Drum says. Also, if you have leadership aspirations, keep in mind that the top dogs of many large corporations have been with those organizations for long periods, he says. Additionally, many companies have "last in, first out" layoff policies, which could leave you out of a Job if you never stick around long enough to build tenure anywhere.

10. Losing Touch with References
You'll kick yourself later if you leave a job without collecting personal contact information from colleagues who can serve as professional references for you in the future. "If you were forced to leave a job and you can't ask your boss for a reference, hopefully you've built up some rapport with a colleague and can ask them," Angerman says.


11. Leaving a Job on Bad Terms
Job Indonesia - Don't become a lame duck when you've got one foot out the door, Drum says. "The employer only remembers about the last five minutes you were there," he says. Give proper notice and don't leave a mess behind. And by all means, do not make a huge dramatic production of it when you quit, complete with cursing, slandering, and throwing things, Gottsman advises. "It's very difficult to get another job when you've left destruction in your wake," she says. - Indonesia Vacancy

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How to Earn Some Fast Bucks By Reviewing Blog Posts

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Blogging and business share a common concern; and that is the goal of earning through reviews or blog posts. In other words, writing blogs for paid up sites can definitely serve as a good business option to earn from the confines of home. Such activity proves mutually beneficial to both bloggers and advertisers. Attractive blogs have immense persuasive appeal upon audience. Knowing the correct tactics of money- making combined with a bit of intelligence and creativity proves good enough for making money through online work.
Review writing proves helpful during the initial stage. A comprehensive article regarding a company's products boosts sales while acting as an indirect advertisement. While conventional advertising concerns a single product or company by focusing only the positive sides; a review provides a genuine overview about the pros and cons of a product by subtly emphasizing on some points. Reviews thus establish a comparison between similar products of different brands.
Writing a favorable review
Writing a review to boost the sales of a company while maintaining originality could be quite a challenging task. However, following the tips mentioned below can be helpful:
- An honest but favoring review being the objective; provide actual details while highlighting certain factors as a personal preference.
- Write from the point of view of the reader to ascertain their demands and provide ready answers to the expected queries. Your writing should streamline the reader's option to the product aimed for sale without distorting facts.
- Ascertain the behavior and mentality of your prospective audience and write to their tastes. Summarizing gives a better viewpoint to the review.
Steps to write making money through review blog posts
The first step involves creating a blog with a free blogsite. As the site gets a bit older with regular inflow of visitors and blog posts you can avail a Google Page Rank and qualify for being a paid blogger through some sites that connects you with advertisers willing to pay for getting reviews written professionally in order to boost sales of their products. Depending on your experience and expertise you can negotiate bids on your reviews or establish direct contact with advertisers.
While payments may vary according to the length of assignments and quality of writing, it is possible to register with different sites at the same time to secure greater assignment and earn more.
Above all it's credibility that counts in the world of blogging and you as a blogger should abide by your responsibility to maintain a stable bridge between the customers and the company through credible writing.

Writing a Sales Letter - 8 Tips to Write Effectively

Author: Carolyn Anderson
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Sending out some sales letter is one of the methods in marketing your business online and increase your sales. Of course, you are communicating directly to a potential customer, and this could be translated into a sale with the help of your sales letter.
Moreover, in the stiff competition online where businesses are exploring a lot of ways to reach out to their target market, it helps a lot to learn some tips and strategies in writing a sales letter that can give you results.
Here are 8 top tips to help you in writing a sales letter that can deliver sales, which of course, is its ultimate goal.
1. Have a clear-cut objective on why you are writing a letter. Like a business plan, you also have to know what you want to achieve in writing the letter. With this, you will be guided on what to aim for and you can also assess later on if you are indeed successful with your goals.
2. Write attention-grabbing leads. Like writing ad copies, writing the first few sentences in a manner that can catch the reader's attention is one of your first steps in making your letter effective. Of course, it is important that you get the attention of your reader and lead him to read what you want him to read.
3. Use a conversational tone in your sales letter. This will make your letter sound natural. Of course, you don't have to be too formal with your letter. It is of course a lot convincing and less boring if you talk the natural way and your get rid of the stiffness in formal writing.
4. Focus on the benefits and advantages that the letter recipient can get from your business or your product. Do not focus much on the features of your product. Of course, the people are much more interested in what they can benefit from the business and giving that information to them is one thing that can surely catch their attention.
5. Personalize your letter. Instead of sending it to a 'Dear Friend,' try putting your recipient's name. Personalizing your letter will help you get a good response from the recipients and will more likely give your sales a boost.
6. Use simple vocabulary and make your letter simple and concise. Avoid using jargons that only a few people understand. Do not also make a lengthy business letter that will only bore your reader.
7. Include testimonials if you can. Testimonials are also great tools to help you add more convincing power to your sales letter. Of course, this will also give the recipient an idea on what is your business like and will also give an idea on whether other people are satisfied with your business.
8. Pick powerful and convincing words and phrases that will give you higher chances in getting a response from your recipient. This can be your secrets in writing a sales letter that can really sell.
Of course, you also have to check that you have a call to action with your letter and you proofread your letter for spelling errors.

How Copywriting Helps You to Sell

Author: Lewis Ormond

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Many businesses small and large use copywriters and many other don't, preferring to write their own copy. However, unless you are a 'natural' or have trained yourself how to write copy, the chances are that any of your competitors who use a professional copywriter will convert more of their site visitors to buyers than you will.
The why is simple, in today's fast paced world we are impatient consumers of information, we don't want to wade through pages of copy no matter how informative, we want to know what we're going to get out of it and we want to know that fast!
A professional copywriter knows how to present the benefits of your product or service instead of the features and although you may very well be proud of all the features that come with your product or service, what your prospect wants to know is 'what's in it for me?' that means 'what benefits are there for me?'
A professional copywriter will also know which are the best fonts to write in, these are the fonts that are the most easily read, rather than the most elegant or the latest fad.
These days people like information presented in easy to bullet points, if necessary with links to 'more info' so they have the choice of consuming the entire content or just the headlines. If they like the headlines or bullet points then they'll probably move on to the 'more info' in a frame of mind that is more open to buying.
Why? Because their interest has been captured, they have a good idea that you provide what they're looking for and so they are now prepared to spend the time to read more about what you offer.
· Benefits not features
· Short to the point copy
· Readable text
· Simple words
Now you may be wondering why I say 'simple words' well because whilst you may understand your industry jargon, many of your prospects may not. I'm talking about 'insider' words, those that are unique to your industry, if you are selling business to business they may be applicable and you may have many prospective clients who understand some terms. However for the most part your copy will read better and grab interest more quickly if you keep 'jargon' to a minimum.
The other way to keep words simple is to remember that if you're dealing with the public using long erudite words may complicate the cognitive processes of your intended demographic audience.
What that means is keep the words simple so everyone can understand and think about them clearly so they can come to a decision to use your services!