• Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar
  • Home
  • About
  • Media
  • Blog
  • Book
  • Services
  • Contact

VocationVillage.com

Career Coaching Blog

How to Get Credit at Work

By Janet Scarborough Civitelli, Ph.D. Last updated on September 25, 2019

What should you do if your work accomplishments go unnoticed or unrewarded or worse yet, credited to someone else? Here are recommendations about how to get credit at work:

Document everything.

Your co-workers and boss are busy with their own work and won’t specifically notice what you are doing unless you tell them.… Read more... “How to Get Credit at Work”

Filed Under: Workplace Psychology

Where to Meet People in the Austin Tech Scene

By Janet Scarborough Civitelli, Ph.D. Last updated on April 11, 2020

If you work in Austin tech or wish you did, it is a smart career strategy to leave the office sometimes and meet people in the Austin tech scene. Here are some of the Austin tech events and organizations to explore:

Austin Digital Jobs – A group with 40,000 members dedicated to retaining talent in Austin and attracting new brands.… Read more... “Where to Meet People in the Austin Tech Scene”

Filed Under: Austin

Day Jobs for Writers: Communications and Sci-Fi

By Janet Scarborough Civitelli, Ph.D. Last updated on November 30, 2019

For Part 2 in this series about day jobs for writers, I interviewed Stel Pavlou. Stel is the author of the Daniel Coldstar series of books, described by HarperCollins as “gritty and fun science fiction fantasy.”

What type of books do you write?… Read more... “Day Jobs for Writers: Communications and Sci-Fi”

Filed Under: Career Profile

Day Jobs for Writers: Fraud Risk and Autobiographical Essays

By Janet Scarborough Civitelli, Ph.D. Last updated on November 28, 2019

This is Part 1 of a series about day jobs for writers. Each interview in the series profiles the day job of a different writer. Today’s interview is with Lee Weaver, a writer in Austin, Texas.

Austin Writer Lee Weaver

Lee, to start, what is your background in journalism and writing?… Read more... “Day Jobs for Writers: Fraud Risk and Autobiographical Essays”

Filed Under: Career Profile

How to Make Money as an Online Tutor

By Janet Scarborough Civitelli, Ph.D. Last updated on May 15, 2019

Today’s interview is with Joanne Kaminski, an expert about how to make money as an online tutor. Online tutoring is a great work-from-home business to launch and run because the startup cost is low and the demand for services is high.… Read more... “How to Make Money as an Online Tutor”

Filed Under: Entrepreneurship

  • « Go to Previous Page
  • Go to page 1
  • Go to page 2
  • Go to page 3
  • Go to page 4
  • Go to page 5
  • Interim pages omitted …
  • Go to page 46
  • Go to Next Page »

Primary Sidebar

Follow Me

RSS
Facebook
Twitter
Pinterest
LinkedIn

Recent Blog Posts

  • Dallas Recruiters and Employment Agencies
  • Move Beyond Either-Or Thinking
  • COVID-19 Series: Advice from Executive Recruiters
  • Career Change Success Story: From Wildlife Biologist to Content Writer
  • COVID-19 Series: Resources to Find Help
  • COVID-19 Series: How to Find a Remote Job
  • How to Answer “What Are Your Strengths?”

Popular Posts

  • Strengths Assessment: 10 Ways to Know What You Are Good at Doing
  • Job Interview Advice Hiring Managers Wish They Could Tell You
  • Side Gig Success Stories: 11 Ways to Earn an Extra $1000+ Per Month
  • Directory of Seattle Nonprofit Organizations
  • Seattle Recruiters and Employment Agencies
  • How To Re-Enter The Workforce After A Long Absence
  • What Recruiters Wish You Knew About Career Fairs
  • How to Lose a Job: Rescinded Job Offer Horror Stories

Search This Site

Generic selectors
Exact matches only
Search in title
Search in content
Search in posts
Search in pages
Filter by Categories
Age 50+
Ask A Career Coach
Assessment
Austin
Books
Career Advancement
Career Change
Career Decision-Making
Career Profile
COVID-19
Dallas
Entrepreneurship
Happiness At Work
Houston
Job Interview
Job Search
Nonprofit
Remote Employment
Resume Advice
Salary Negotiation
Seattle
Social Media
Work-Family Integration
Workplace Psychology

Copyright © 2008–2021 | Site Index | Privacy Policy | Disclaimer | Disclosure