To be a successful career builder, having the support from those around you is of the greatest importance!
When we took our first step as baby and fell down; mom and dad helped us up and we made another attempt, our parents nurtured us and motivated us to keep on trying until we got it right. When we spoke our first word and it was not pronounced right; mom and dad said the word out loud and we kept on learning from them till we got it right.
Mom and dad did their job, now it's your turn! But you do not have to build your life and career without support.
The best way to learn is by repeat and to repeat we need other people to practice our new found knowledge and skills with. At Aleph career development we use a process of forming groups of people with overlapping interests and careers. These groups support one another on the quest to grow their careers. Don’t do the Lone Ranger act; get input from those around you. At Aleph career development .net we have always been surprised at how very effective this method is!
We got born with an innate curiosity and ability to observe and imitate. Our parents nurtured us when we were babies and we observed and imitated them. They were the experts back then and in many ways still are!
We learned incrementally through many attempts and many failures, but never failing in vain, always failing forward; always one step closer to success and maybe a bruise or two, but we were the wiser for it. Our parents were there, always nurturing and when we got it right, they were overjoyed!
This process of intuitive learning applies the same way to careers and businesses. We observe and learn from those that are already successful and apply that knowledge in our unique way. Building a successful career or business takes time and nurturing. The CareersBuilder team created a process that acts as a learning curve cutter. We did in depth research on the topic “Why are some successful and others not?” We have identified and packaged the knowledge the top 2% of successful people use daily.
We hope to be of very great value in building a thriving career with you!
Intuitively every person knows what is best for them. Use the information and processes on CareersBuilder.net to take the next action step and implement your intuition! |
The Walk and Talk guide was developed from the fundamental knowledge that cause a business to succeed or a career to thrive. Aleph career development has identified the knowledge the top half percent of successful individuals and businesses apply daily. The Walk and Talk guide consists of this knowledge and was compiled by career and business experts over a period of ten years.
Lets use communication as an example. One should ask the question, am I able to constructively give and receive feedback? Bridge the feedback gap. Do you sometimes find yourself in a tight spot because the request and the result do not match? By practicing ones listening skills and questioning skills heaps of problems will just vanish! We have compiled the knowledge successful career builders apply daily to turn challenges into opportunities, use the Walk the Talk guide.
The Walk and Talk guide was developed over years of learning and gathering the knowledge contained in its pages. The development cost for the Aleph career development guide was close to $200 000 and a version is freely available on Aleph career development!
When you apply the information contained in its pages, please let us know how we can better this knowledge to address your career challenges more efficiently.
Aleph career development has worked through in excess of four thousand resumes and cover letters over the past ten years. We have recruited more than five hundred people in our own companies as well as many other companies. Use a resume to build your career and not just to land a job.
We have developed the Continuous Resume® process. Use this process to stay on track in a career. Read the free report on our job search page; the report assists in determining the best direction and next step for your career.
Our page on how to write a resume describes how a interviewer expects a resume to be compiled. For example the two things most resume
writers neglect is "Which choices did you make and why" as well as the reference page of a resume. Aleph career developments' “How to write a resume” page also tells you which terms to avoid in your resume and which topics to give more attention to.
We have free sample resumes for you to use as a template when writing your resume.
Have a look at the samples and download the one you think will fit best. The downloadable templates were created in Microsoft Word for your convenience. Just personalize the information in the free sample resumes of your choice.
The skills and competencies of a career builder
You build your competencies, study, do extra courses, read books, all the things one does to grow in knowledge and advance in ones industry of choice.
Any career builder wants to be the best at what they love doing. Which competencies does one need to excel in the actual workplace? What does one need to build and grow relationships? How am I part of team and are able to bring my personal expertise to the table in the best possible way? How do I handle conflict? You have been aiming for that promotion or salary increase, but it feels as if there are gaps in my career building efforts. These are only a very few of the challenges we face in our jobs.
Aleph career development has been involved with building personal careers for many years. We have worked with experts, with CEO’s of multi million dollar companies, the greatest learning school is when one are able to learn from those individuals with a passion to achieve and be their best. What is it that one needs to be a mover; to be someone capable of growing, learning, but still find that very fine balance of everyday life?
Something inspiring Calvin Coolidge once said:
Nothing in the world can take the place of persistence.
Talent will not; nothing is more common
than unsuccessful people with talent.
Genius will not; un rewarded genius
is almost a proverb.
Education will not; the world is full
of educated derelicts.
Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent.
The slogan “press on” has solved,
and always will solve,
the problems of the human race. |
At Aleph career development we do not hope to solve all problems, our challenge is to be of the best possible value we can be to one person at a time. We are in the effort of packaging the most fundamental skills a career builder requires to excel. Some of these include the two competencies we are the most passionate about:
The first, being able to communicate in such a way that one can’t help but build self and everybody else.
The second, always being in a position to grab the opportunities coming along and know which opportunities, even the positive ones, would not be the best to take up at specific times in the journey of life.
The Walk and Talk guide to careers have come a long way toward being a career builders’ guide to these fundamental skills. Some of the applets in the Walk and Talk guide include, closing the feedback gap, the seven habits of highly effective people, effective questioning, productive listening and many more. We are perpetually updating this guide as we distill and package new knowledge. Our page on Aleph career development skills contains some of these updated processes and will develop as we grow with you.
Building a career is like starting a small business
We have found that being a career builder one face very much the same risks as when starting a small business. Some of the most compelling risks when starting a small business include:
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The maturity of the concept used when starting a small business
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Supply chain maturity and stability
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Certainty and clarity on the distribution channel
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Proven demand from an identified end client
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Are emotional hooks on the end client, suppliers and the support channel in place in place?
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Does the purposed concept fit with the end clients’ expectations?
We have built many businesses and hope to bring this knowledge to a global audience of career builders. We are currently in the process of packaging this knowledge to fit the needs of a career builder. This knowledge will also be of great value to small business owners. We will keep our visitors up to date via our RSS feed and ezine.
For more on the risks of a business please visit:
Aleph career development provides professional one-on-one and group coaching sessions. If you would like to contact us, please use this form.
A process to find a career coach:
You are in a specific career. You have developed and honed your skills for the industry you have chosen. Every Aleph career development wants to build their career and themselves. Sometimes we realize we need more knowledge and skills in specific areas. We set goals for ourselves, for example go on a course, sign up for a first or second degree or read a book. These are all good ways to grow ones knowledge and skills, but often all that's required is to find an expert career coach in your field. This individual may even become a mentor to you.
We have developed a simple process to identify the gaps one has, find a career coach, be of value to him and learn what they know from years of experience. Nothing beats hands on experience!
Our find a career coach process will assist you in becoming a dynamic career builder; always aware of what can be learned from those around you and how to be of value to these expert individuals.
Make your own web site and build your expertise
Have you ever used the web to establish if someone is an expert on something? Or used the web to find expert individuals in the field you are working, to read what they publish?
It is becoming of high import to have a web presence! The number of web users is exponentially growing each year. More and more recruiters are using the web to see if someone has published something on their field of expertise; if the job applicant are taking part in the global audience in the field they are part of or the topics that interest them. One of the many ways the web can be utilized is to grow your credibility as a career builder.
A personal website will give any career a huge boost. At Aleph career development we have found that one of the greatest advantages of a personal web site is clarity. A personal website is you communicating to a global audience. When this reality sinks in one really starts thinking about what one wants to say to a global audience. Who am I? If people do a search on the web, which expert area should they find you for? What do you want to say to people visiting your personal website?
The best of all, your personal website can turn into a web business! In the near future we will publish an e-book on the fundamental knowledge required to start a web business, using the knowledge you have and the stuff you are passionate about.
All kinds of clarity around ones career starts to happen. It can almost not be helped to know what the next best step toward building ones career is. Any career builder should have a personal website, or at the very least let the world know about you using a BLOG, we recommend Google's BLOG service, and taking part in forums on your industry.
Getting ready for your job search
Getting ready to do a job search can be a harrowing experience, or it could be a great career building experience!
Maybe you do not even have to be looking for a new job. One should ask the question, “Could I not achieve my career goals where I am now?” We wrote a free report on what to do before starting a job search write a resume or plan that promotion.
On our job search page we have also included a list of job search web sites. There are many of these sites on the internet; we have compiled a regional list of the best job search sites we know of.
Have a plan. Think through the options and know where one wants to be in five years, three years in the next six months. At Aleph career development we publish career building knowledge and hope to begin a global community where individuals such as your unique self will share and build others with the priceless experience of building your own career. Please help us build this community.
Visit our job search page for the free report and other information on what to do before you start a job search, learn more on how to write a resume or aim for that promotion.
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