• Key business trends that will shape chemical engineers professional future
• Megatrends that define opportunities
• Important skills, beyond technical skills, needed for future success
• Embracing change as opportunity
• Association resources for members and others to advance their careers and the industry.

AIChE is a professional society of more than 40,000 chemical engineers in 92 countries.  Learn the inside story of how the chemicals industry and careers change lives and society.

For more from Hank Kohlbrand, listen to the entire show Monday, September 13, 2010, at 12pm EST/9am PST, or visit www.aiche.org.

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Timing is everything when it comes to references and reference letters, so make sure you know how and when to use them so you really make them work for you.

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• Vision
• Thought
• Influence
• Reciprocity

Learn strategies that successful people have employed for thousands of years. Whether just entering the workforce, establishing personal career plans, or already working and want a more meaningful career, you will gain insight into how to exceed your dreams and have an extraordinary career.

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• Regain control in any situation;
• Shift from the using lower 20% of the brain to the upper 80%;
• Define yourself on purpose in any situation;
• Bring this more purposeful perspective to all aspects of life.

For more from Dr. Crawford, listen to the entire show or visit www.billcphd.com.

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The steady stream of negative effects from the global economic crisis has quickly become a deluge that is now sweeping across towns and cities nationwide, leaving too many individuals without jobs and too many investors with assets under water. The volatile economy has eroded confidence, as average American consumers do not know where to make sound investments or even how to secure their careers. Yet experts like Robert Toth, a Senior Vice President of Tri-Star Financial and a career success story (he’s been an IT systems analyst, medical doctor, attorney and investment advisor) confirm that with the right knowledge, strategies and commitment you can build secure investments and a strong career for yourself, even during a fierce economic storm.

Finding the Silver Lining by Following Your Passions

Even with gloom-and-doom employment statistics, remember you are only looking for one position, so try to focus on your own potential and on building success in the career you want. Regardless of where you are in a career or job search, tap into your intuition, intelligence and knowledge of yourself to discover the interests and passions that will get you excited about moving forward in your career. Dr. Toth noted that following intuition and passions can often lead down several paths, all of which can offer rewarding experiences by providing variety, challenges and possibilities for learning. In any career it is critical to regularly seek new educational opportunities that keep you on a learning curve so that you remain at the top of your field. Resources like Job Search: The Total System provide a complete framework that includes advice and resources for developing and executing job search campaigns and advancing to the top of your career. When you are searching for a job in tough economic times, it is especially important to have a system in place that will allow you to capitalize on your skills and knowledge and effectively market yourself for your next career. A completely integrated, step-by-step process of building resumes and letters, networking and interviewing, will build confidence throughout your job search. Then when you obtain that better job for better pay you will have even more confidence and leverage to weather the economic storm.

Investment Advice for Uncertain Times

In addition to building your career, learning to invest wisely will help you through tough economic times. Countless theories are circulating about the investments, lending practices and business deals that led to the current global economic depression, but today’s problem is a complete lack of confidence in investments, the market and the overall economy. But there is hope: according to Dr. Toth, individuals can still make wise, secure investments with the right research, guidance and diligence. He noted that many investors run into problems because they deceive themselves and fail to do the right research to back up their investment decisions. Dr. Toth advised getting to know an investment broker and firm that you can trust in order to find out what they can do for you. Full-service broker dealers like Tri-Star Financial specialize in products that protect an investor’s principle until it reaches maturity. Tri-Star’s investments are also often backed by the U.S. Treasury Department, giving them added security. Unlike stocks, which are inherently volatile, Tri-Star’s products do not carry the risk negative returns, and they protect principle balances. Firms like Tri-Star also employ separate clearing firms that provide additional protection and oversight on clients’ investments. Dr. Toth advised against investing in stocks if they are going down, and instead suggested investing in invisible assets like life insurance, government bonds and securities outside of municipal bonds, like IRAs. These investments are by nature more stable, and in a case of liquidation investors can at least secure some kind of return.

It is important to remember that in a global economic recession there are ways to protect – and even grow – your career and investments. Researching, strategizing and learning about how to market yourself and secure your investments will help you persevere and grow in tough times. Your hard work will also empower your future so you can reap fruitful rewards as the economy turns around.

For more from Dr. Robert Toth, listen to the entire show.

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Mark Goulston, author of Just Listen: Discover the Secret to Getting Through to Absolutely Anyone, heads executive coaching at an international strategic and development firm. He has helped Fortune 500 executives, managers and line workers achieve success, and teaches communication techniques that will help you get through to anyone:

1. Understand how to respond quickly to take control
2. Get your own emotions under control
3. Make people feel felt so you can connect
4. Engage a person by being sincerely interested
5. Turn complainers into allies
6. Be willing to bare your own neck and deliver an empathy jolt
7. Make amends with a power apology

For more from Dr. Goulston, listen to the entire show or visit markgoulston.com.

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Tamara Erickson, a consultant in workforce trends and talent management solutions, and author of Retire Retirement: Career Strategies for the Boomer Generation joined “Total Career Success” on the radio to share career advancement tips for baby boomers. According to Tammy, current employers have a problem: there aren’t enough young people to take the place of retiring baby boomers. The recession is masking the problem for the short term, but employers are braced for the talent gap. For boomers, this is good. The power is shifting in their favor because they will have the power to renegotiate their relationship with their work, jobs and careers. There are three important strategies and tips that baby boomers who want and need to work can implement:

1. Challenge assumptions
2. Renegotiate your deal and get what you want
3. Reinvent your career and your life

For more from Tamara Erickson, listen to the entire show or visit www.tammyerickson.com.

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