For some professionals they do not lack problem-solving, analytical or managerial skills but rather they have an inability to clearly convey the extent of the skills they have.
But as tough as times are for hiring, there are some bright spots for marketing professionals.
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For this reason, some financial professionals suggest not even investing at all in the industry you work in much less your employer.
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Books and blogs are fine for gaining some familiarity, but this topic screams for individual attention from professionals.
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It is for these reasons that PR professionals should be striving to grab some market share from their pay-for-play brethren on the other side of the marketing aisle.
Most people don't care to be journalists, but many of us can and will occasionally commit an act of journalism, and it would be useful for people to understand some of the principles that have served the professionals, and their audiences, so well for so long.
Job descriptions will change, but the need for IT professionals will not suddenly dematerialize as some fear.
Some parents hire professionals to split hairs for them: lawyers who specialise in appealing school-admissions decisions report a booming trade, despite the high price of their services.
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Some well-intentioned friends or family will tell you to avoid making any financial decisions for some time, such as working with new financial professionals or buying investment products.
In the case of the Hong Kong SAR, an official report about the manpower requirements and supply to the region until 2018 provided some insight into its most pressing needs for professionals.
And some mental health professionals say there's good reason for that skepticism.
Some support an effort under way by the American Society for Pension Professionals and Actuaries and the National Education Association, among others, to create a model disclosure form to allow apples-to-apples comparisons of products' costs and benefits.
Silicon Valley is currently in the midst of a talent war for engineers and IT professionals where companies are sparing no expense to lure some of the brightest minds to join their ranks.
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The internet allows professionals to make their data available for analysis by anyone, and some are happy to take advantage of the free labour this promises.
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While most religions teach that vices are sinful temptations, today some philosophers and medical professionals question that belief, giving us hope for guilt-free trips to Ko Pha-Ngan, Thailand, known for its bacchanalian Full Moon parties.
You could even attend a local pink slip party to get some instant face time with local recruiters and HR professionals who are looking for talent.
"The substantial growth in the use of out-of-court disposals has created some disquiet among criminal justice professionals over inconsistencies in their use, in particular for persistent and more serious offending, " said the inspectors.
Scottish financial firms, for example, have found that fear of losing a place on the London property ladder deters some professionals from moving north of the border, though this is now less of a problem since a recent boom in Edinburgh house prices.
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Some of the growth has come from the domestic migration of young professionals with a taste for city life.
This case has intrigued matrimonial lawyers and other divorce professionals for months, and it looks as though the debate is going to continue for some time.
Some professionals are even predicting that we are just at the beginning of a really bad period for public finance.
Fair enough, but Attention.com has a section designed for health care professionals, and it lets users test their attention spans with a computerized test similar to some used by psychologists to diagnose ADD.
Professionals may play double duty as consultants to some companies and remote members of an audit team for others.
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