Who We Help – Career Starters

Launch Your Career – Excellently!

The start of your career can be a confusing time. There are many new skills to learn, many new ways of thinking, and many things that don't quite make sense. Without help, you can spend unfulfilling years struggling to get your career started.

Mind Tools, the Internet's most-visited career skills resource*, helps you cut through this confusion. With the tools and techniques we offer, you can make the right choices at the right time, and master the skills needed to succeed in a career that has real meaning for you.

* Source: Alexa.com, May-November 2005

The following resources will help you:

Free Career Skills Articles:
On the navigation bars above you'll find more than 100 thinking and career skills, freely available. Explore the Time Management, Stress Management, Information Skills and Communication Skills sections – these will be most useful in the short term. But also take the time to look at other areas - these will come in useful as you develop your career.

An easy way of working through the material is to download the site in PDF format (we charge a small fee for this), and work through it supported by the accompanying Mind Tools helper course.

Free Mind Tools Newsletter:
The free Mind Tools newsletter delivers new career skills straight to your Inbox every two weeks. Subscribe by entering your first name and email address on the form on the right hand sidebar, and by clicking "Subscribe >>", or by clicking here.

Find Life & Career Direction:
We offer two useful resources for helping you find the career that most suits you:

• The free career test we offer in partnership with Assessment.com, which helps you find the roles you're most likely to find fulfilling; and
• Our Life Plan Workbook, which helps you think through what you want to achieve with your life, and plan how to achieve it.

Making the Most of Your Career:
Once you're embarked on the right career, we offer self-development courses and e-classes helping you make the most of it. In particular, look at our "Make Time for Success!" time management course. This shows you how to become highly effective and efficient in your job – essential if you're going to establish yourself successfully in your chosen career.

Our Community – The Career Excellence Club:
Put yourself on the fast track to career success! Engage with other members and our resident experts to learn from their experience and solve career problems that you're experiencing. Join biweekly coaching clinics and bite-sized training sessions to continually upgrade your skills and live a better life. And with our Expert interviews and Book Insights, keep yourself up-to-date with the latest career development thinking. Find out more >>.

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New Articles (Not included in the Mind Tools E-book.)
* Shows articles available in full only to Career Excellence Club members

Finding Career Direction - Discover yourself and your purpose
Possibilities - Unlocking your own potential, by Bruna Martinuzzi
Maximizing Job Satisfaction - Getting the most from your job*
Using Holland's Codes - Shaping your career to suit your work personality
Schein's Career Anchors - Understanding what inspires you in your career*
Behavioral Assessments - How personality affects the way people do their jobs*
The DISC Model - Understanding people's personal styles*
Benziger's Personality Types - Checking you're using your natural talents*
Locus of Control - Finding out who's in charge of your destiny
The Wheel of Life - Finding balance in your life
Using the Life Career Rainbow - Finding a work/life balance that suits you*
What's Your Reputation? - Building a reputation consistent with career goals*
Working with Powerful People- Manage relationships for maximum satisfaction*
Managing Your Boss - Developing an effective working relationship*
Working with Purpose - Bringing more meaning to your career*
Future Proof Your Career - Developing skills for your future as well as for today
Customer Service Mindset - Getting passionate about serving others*
Managing a Budget - Setting and sticking to financial targets*
Making the Right Career Move - Choosing the role that's best for you
Mentoring - A mutually beneficial partnership*
Mentoring: An Essential Leadership Skill - Mentoring from a mentor's perspective
Finding a Mentor - Getting support from the right "someone"*
Professional Networking - Building relationships for mutual benefit *
Get Ready for Promotion - Showing what you can do
Surviving a Merger - Taking control and proving your value*
Breaking the Glass Ceiling - Reaching for the top with everyday tools
"Re-interview" for Your Own Job - Getting rehired after a company restructure
Back on Track - Overcoming a major setback in your career*

A full list of Mind Tools articles is available here.

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