Global 2010: 11 Ways to Hurt Your Career

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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

2. Not Having a Plan

3. Lying

4. Sullying Your Reputation on Facebook or Twitter

5. Not Respecting Professional Boundaries

6. Gossiping, Slandering, and Excessively Criticizing

7. Carrying on an Inappropriate Relationship with Your Boss|

8. Not Controlling Your Alcohol Intake or Libido

9. Job-Hopping Just for the Money

10. Losing Touch with References

11. Leaving a Job on Bad Terms

http://hotjobs.yahoo.com/career-articles-11_ways_to_hurt_your_career-1466/fpusrsrc=today?WT.mc_n=hjEOI_YToday

Global 2010: Is It Time to Leave Your Job?

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It's the holiday season, when we start making lists of the gifts we want -- and of the pros and cons of the jobs we have. The end of one year and the start of a New Year is the time when just about everyone takes stock of where they are with their work, and whether they are where they expected to be.

So as you get ready to transition from your Christmas list to a wish list for your career, ask yourself these five questions about your company, your colleagues, and your personal game plan for what comes next.

1. Does my company stand for something -- anything -- special?

2. Am I excited to see my colleagues when I show up for work on Monday morning?

3. Do I have a voice at work -- does anyone who matters listen to what I say?

4. Am I learning as fast as the world is changing?

5. Am I making enough money?

http://finance.yahoo.com/career-work/article/111648/is-it-time-to-leave-your-job?mod=career-worklife_balance

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Global 2010: Most Overused Job Buzzwords

While analyzing professional résumés is a little less sexy than analyzing romantic ones, LinkedIn is giving it a spin. The advice may prove to be more useful to you if you're seeking to land a job instead of a significant other.

LinkedIn has done a word analysis on the profiles of its 85 million users to come up with a list of the most overused words and expressions. Do you like to describe yourself as innovative and motivated? Then you may want to think about some synonyms to employ.

Top 10 overused buzzwords in LinkedIn Profiles in the USA — 2010:

1. Extensive experience

2. Innovative

3. Motivated

4. Results-oriented

5. Dynamic

6. Proven track record

7. Team player

8. Fast-paced

9. Problem solver

10. Entrepreneurial

http://finance.yahoo.com/career-work/article/111599/linked-ins-resume-advice-the-top-ten-buzzwords-to-avoid

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Global 2010: High-Paying Careers With No Future

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It may come as no surprise that the job of newspaper reporter is going the way of the buggy whip maker — but the forces of modernity have placed some unexpected occupations on the endangered species list as well. Using statistics from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Outlook Handbook 2010-2011, we identified 10 of the most surprising job categories whose numbers are projected to shrink in the coming years, plus a few that will grow so slowly that you might as well be sending your resume to Irish banks.

Judge

Fashion Designer

Insurance Underwriter

Travel Agent

Newspaper Reporter

Broadcast Announcer

Plant Manager

Chemist

Economist

CEO

http://finance.yahoo.com/career-work/article/111385/disappearing-jobs-high-paying-careers-with-no-future

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