Career Tools
- Episodes
- 1,067
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- weekly
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- Nov 12, 2026
About the podcast
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.
Episodes 1,067
How To Remember Names
This podcast describes a couple of simple techniques to help you remember people's names. Learn about all of the Effective Communicator Conference options here: www.manager-tools.com/ecc Register for London …
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This podcast describes a couple of simple techniques to help you remember people's names.
Learn about all of the Effective Communicator Conference options here: www.manager-tools.com/ecc Register for London now: www.manager-tools.com/london
The Annual Layoff Immunization
In this podcast we provide simple Annual Layoff Immunization Guidelines: five things to do BEFORE a layoff that take about 15 minutes a day over a couple of weeks and noticeably reduce your career risk. Invest …
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In this podcast we provide simple Annual Layoff Immunization Guidelines: five things to do BEFORE a layoff that take about 15 minutes a day over a couple of weeks and noticeably reduce your career risk.
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Getting Laid Off - Finances Rule (Hall of Fame Guidance)
This cast reveals the most important concept a laid off professional must know: Finances Rule. Most of us fear being laid off. It's a good fear to have, frankly - being laid off is a difficult passage for …
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This cast reveals the most important concept a laid off professional must know: Finances Rule. Most of us fear being laid off. It's a good fear to have, frankly - being laid off is a difficult passage for anyone. The fear of being re-employed, the fear of loss of status, the loss of income, and risk to one's family are all good reasons to be scared. And yet, those who have been laid off express very different emotions than those of us who have not. And when those who have been laid off are asked about it, it becomes clear why. It's not JUST that they've "been through it once and made it." It's what they say next: "I'm ready for the next time." And that's why you're scared: you're not ready.
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How to Politely Become Part of a Group
We've talked about the importance of interpersonal skills before, with casts on topics like handshakes, meal etiquette, and how to be effective in everyday conversations. As a professional, career management …
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We've talked about the importance of interpersonal skills before, with casts on topics like handshakes, meal etiquette, and how to be effective in everyday conversations. As a professional, career management skills are what determines whether or not you'll be successful. The reason for that is often times the most important business gets done at dinner, at parties, at conferences, at conventions, at product launch events, at annual meetings, on the golf course, at non-profit fundraisers. So, what do you when you walk into a party and don't seem to know anyone there?
Visit us in person or at a virtual training, find out more information now: manager-tools.com/emc
Interviews Are Not A Two-Way Street (Hall of Fame Guidance)
Our guidance on how to understand the communication flow in an interview. Join us from wherever you are! Find out what virtual trainings are coming up …
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Our guidance on how to understand the communication flow in an interview.
Join us from wherever you are! Find out what virtual trainings are coming up: https://www.manager-tools.com/conferences-individuals-increase-your-effectiveness
Attending a Meeting For Your Boss
This cast describes Career Tools' recommendations for how to attend a meeting when your boss asks you to go in his/her place. Join us in London for more details visit: www.manager-tools.com/london
How to Apologize (Hall of Fame Guidance)
You're a professional, and that makes you human. You're human, and that makes you mess up. You mess up, and that means you apologize. Join us at an Effective Communicator Conference: www.manager-tools.com/ecc …
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You're a professional, and that makes you human. You're human, and that makes you mess up. You mess up, and that means you apologize.
Join us at an Effective Communicator Conference: www.manager-tools.com/ecc, Get working on your resume: www.manager-tools.com/licenses
How To Write Effectively
This cast teaches how to quickly improve your writing. Start communicating better: www.manager-tools.com/mtdisc, Join us in Chicago: www.manager-tools.com/chicago
How To Introduce People
This cast explains how to introduce one person to another in social and business settings.
How to be Effective in Everyday Conversations
In this cast, we describe how to be effective in everyday conversations.
Micro-Communications
Our guidance on micro-communications: the small behaviors that make an enormous difference in how you're perceived and how effective you are.
Answering The Question: Where Do You See Yourself in 5 Years? (Hall of Fame Guidance)
Our guidance on how to answer the interview question 'where do you see yourself in 5 years?'.
How To Predict and Answer Interview Questions - Part 2 (Hall of Fame Guidance)
Our guidance on how to read a job ad and predict what interview questions will be asked.
How To Predict and Answer Interview Questions - Part 1 (Hall of Fame Guidance)
Our guidance on how to read a job ad and predict what interview questions will be asked.
Answering The Question: Why Do You Want To Work Here? (Hall of Fame Guidance)
Our guidance on answering the interview question 'why do you want to work here?'
How Do I Know I Have An Offer? (Hall of Fame Guidance)
Our guidance on how to tell whether you've received a full and complete offer.
Delegating To The Floor - For Directs - Part 2 (Hall of Fame Guidance)
This guidance discusses how and when to delegate to the floor.
Delegating To The Floor - For Directs - Part 1 (Hall of Fame Guidance)
This guidance discusses how and when to delegate to the floor.
The Delta File (Hall of Fame Guidance)
This podcast recommends keeping an ongoing Delta File, a private journal where you record organizational practices you find objectionable so that when you eventually reach a position of greater influence …
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This podcast recommends keeping an ongoing Delta File, a private journal where you record organizational practices you find objectionable so that when you eventually reach a position of greater influence, you'll remember how those decisions felt from below and avoid making the same mistakes yourself.Cover Letter Examples (Hall of Fame Guidance)
This is our guidance that gives examples of cover letters for particular roles.
Keeping Your Job Search Confidential (Hall of Fame Guidance)
This cast describes how to keep your current employer from finding out about your search for a new job.
The Career Tools Rule of Job Applications - 75% (Hall of Fame Guidance)
This cast describes how to decide which jobs to apply for.
Results and Relationships - Part 2 (Hall of Fame Guidance)
This cast gives our most fundamental career advice: get results and build relationships.
Results and Relationships - Part 1 (Hall of Fame Guidance)
This cast gives our most fundamental career advice: get results and build relationships.
How To Create Resume Accomplishments (with Examples)
This is our guidance for how to create accomplishments for your resume that will be compelling to the people deciding whether to bring you in for an interview.
Systematic Career Documentation - Part 2 (Hall of Fame Guidance)
This cast tells you how to create and use a Career Management Document, the ideal tool for managing your career and making it easy to update your resume.
Systematic Career Documentation - Part 1 (Hall of Fame Guidance)
This cast tells you how to create and use a Career Management Document, the ideal tool for managing your career and making it easy to update your resume.
Answering Illegal Interview Questions - Part 2 (Hall of Fame Guidance)
This cast gives our guidance on answering illegal interview questions.
Answering Illegal Interview Questions - Part 1 (Hall of Fame Guidance)
This cast gives our guidance on answering illegal interview questions.
These are the latest 40 of 1,067 episodes. You’ll find older episodes in the podcast’s feed.
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