Today Americans are celebrating Martin Luther King Jr.’s Birthday, so I am — not surprisingly — thinking about dreams. I’m not talking about dreams of paying off the credit card and taking a vacation dream. I’m talking about long-term visions for yourself. What would you be doing and where would you be living if money were no object? If experience, education and those pesky credit card bills weren’t standing in your way? There is no doubt that a large part of our career decision-making is affected by the nitty gritty reality of life. Eating is obviously a...

Every Tuesday, the blog at JobMonkey will discuss tips and hints for making the most of your job search. We welcome input from our readers and want to hear about the job hunting issues that challenge for you the most. To get a crash course on Career Planning 101, check out JobMonkey’s section on The Job Search. Time management guru Brian Tracy says, " Goals are the fuel in the furnace of achievement." Whatever it is that you want to achieve in life (and even if you have no idea what that is yet), you won’t get there without having some goals. Goals are instrumental in he...