An inspirational reminder for job seekers who are trying to make their way through today's job market:
"My motto was always to keep swinging. Whether I was in a slump or feeling badly or having trouble off the field, the only thing to do was keep swinging." - Hank Aaron, American Baseball Player
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This week's quote is a reminder to our job seekers that it takes trial and error to succeed.
"If you can find a path with no obstacles, it probably doesn't lead anywhere." - Frank A. Clark, American cartoonist
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"The three great essentials to achieving anything worthwhile are; first, hard work, second, stick-to-it-iveness, and third, common sense."
- Thomas Edison, American Inventor, Scientist, and Business Man
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"Action is the foundational key to all success." - Pablo Picasso,
One of the most recognized figures in 20th-century art, best known for co-founding the cubist movement.
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November 19, 2009 06:41 by
SIU"It's not what you achieve, it's what you overcome. That's what defines your career." - Carlton Fisk
The Career Quote of the Week comes from Carlton Fisk- a former Major League Baseball catcher who played for 24 years with both the Boston Red Sox and the Chicago White Sox. He was elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1999.
We believe that his quote applies to all occupations- not just to athletes. The unemployed should also find motivation from this quote, knowing that overcoming rough patches is what eventually distinguishes a career.
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We found today's Career Quote in IAB's SmartBrief Newsletter which provides useful news for advertising, marketing and media professionals. We feel that this quote is applicable in all industries and careers:
"The secret of joy in work is contained in one word -- excellence. To know how to do something well is to enjoy it." -Pearl Buck, Pulitzer Prize-winning American writer
Do you agree?
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October 20, 2009 11:11 by
SIU"If opportunity doesn't knock, build a door." - Milton Berle
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October 2, 2009 05:18 by
SIUGet out, network and stay positive in your job search.
"If you're working on your job search, and you're sitting and looking at the computer all day, what kind of life is that? That's not going to keep you moving forward, that's not going to keep you positive." -Win Sheffield, Career Coach from the Five O'Clock Club
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September 24, 2009 09:27 by
SIUA reminder to job seekers feeling the pressure of the job search- even Thomas Edison struggled to achieve his successes:
"I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work." -Thomas A. Edison
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September 17, 2009 08:20 by
SIU“If your work is becoming uninteresting, so are you. Work is an inanimate thing and can be made lively and interesting only by injecting yourself into it. Your job is only as big as you are.”- George C. Hubbs, American lawyer, jurist, and political figure
