Career Tools
Career Tools is a weekly podcast focused on specific actions you can take to grow and enhance your career, whether you are a manager or not. Career Tools won the Podcast Awards Best Business podcast in 2010 and was nominated every other year it has been eligible. Whether you are interested in jump-starting a stalled career, or sharpening your edge, Career Tools is the podcast for you. Go to http://www.manager-tools.com/testimonials to read what others are saying about the impact Career Tools has had on their careers and lives.
- Update frequency
- every 7 days
- Episodes
- 967
- Years Active
- 2005 - 2025
How to Remember Names
This show describes a couple of simple techniques to help you remember people’s names.
Whether we like it or not, other people are part of our professional lives. And, as Dale Carnegie sagely note…
Mon 12 May 2008
Meal Interviews (Part 2 of 2)
This podcast is the second of two on the subtleties associated with being interviewed during a meal.
Sun 04 May 2008
Meal Interviews (Part 1 of 2)
This podcast details all the subtleties associated with being interviewed during a meal.
We have NO EXCUSE for why we didn’t do this podcast 2 years ago. We get this question all the time, so much s…
Sun 27 Apr 2008
Resume Update 2008
This cast updates one of our most popular casts Your Resume Stinks [October 31, 2005] with learnings from our community and some timely recommendations regarding recent trends.
And, in this cast, we …
Mon 21 Apr 2008
How to Introduce People
This cast explains how to introduce one person to another in social and business settings.
We surprised some of our members a couple of years ago when we included podcasts on how to attend a party, a…
Mon 11 Feb 2008
The Annual Layoff Immunization (Part 2 of 2)
This week, we conclude our conversation on the Manager Tools Annual Layoff Immunization Guidelines.
Sun 27 Jan 2008
The Annual Layoff Immunization (Part 1 of 2)
We received lots of comments and email regarding our show regarding the first rule of layoffs. While our recommendation struck some folks the wrong way - “finances rule??” - those who HAD been laid …
Sun 20 Jan 2008
How to Handle a Group Interview
This cast describes a simple way to handle a group interview.
Interviewing is one of the real tragedies in most companies. It’s so easy to do it well (once you get over the Horstman Curve), but s…
Mon 10 Dec 2007
The Basics of Calendar Management (Part 2 of 2)
This is the second of our casts that describe our recommendations about calendar management.
Mon 03 Dec 2007
The Basics of Calendar Management (Part 1 of 2)
This cast describes the first of our recommendations about calendar management.
Mon 26 Nov 2007
Getting Laid Off - Finances Rule
This cast reveals the most important concept a laid off manager must know: Finances Rule. it is the first in a series designed to help both prepare for and navigate through a layoff.
Most of us f…
Mon 19 Nov 2007
How to Leave a Voicemail
This cast describes how to leave an effective voicemail.
If you’ve ever gotten a voicemail which sounded like, “[your name], this is [their name], call me,” you know why we’re doing this cast.
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Mon 15 Oct 2007
How to be Effective in Everyday Conversations
In this cast, we describe how to be effective in everyday conversations.
Mon 01 Oct 2007
How to Answer the Leadership Style Question
This cast describes how to answer the interviewing question, “Describe Your Leadership Style.”
This is perhaps the third most important interviewing question, after, “Tell me about yourself,” and …
Thu 27 Sep 2007
Horstman’s Wager (Part 2 of 2)
Today, we cover the 2nd in a two-part series on Horstman’s Wager.
Last week we covered the basics as to why “Playing the Game” doesn’t work … today we get into the details of the dreaded Horstman’s W…
Mon 24 Sep 2007
Horstman’s Wager (Part 1 of 2)
This cast is about interview preparation, and the need for ethics and candor during the process.
We’ve been pleased by the demand for our interviewing product - close to 1,000 purchases so far, and t…
Mon 17 Sep 2007
How to Handle Pre-employment Testing
More and more, companies are using psychological and behavioral tests as pre-employment screening devices. They supplement their interviewing processes in order to ensure less false-positives.This i…
Mon 27 Aug 2007
How to Take Notes
This cast describes an effective way to take notes.
If you go to meetings all the time… no, wait. BECAUSE you go to meetings all the time, you need an effective way to take notes. There are certa…
Mon 02 Jul 2007
Write More Effectively (Part 2 of 2)
Today, we finish up our two part series on writing effectively.
Mon 16 Apr 2007
Write More Effectively (Part 1 of 2)
This cast teaches how to improve your writing quickly.
Mon 09 Apr 2007
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