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You do what for a living? by Jessica Holbrook Hernandez - Oct, 2010 Some of you out there have nice, easily explainable jobs like “professor” or “salesman” or “consultant”. Others of you have job titles that people either totally don’t grasp or think are kind of odd. As a resume writer, I fall into the second category, with reactions to my vocation ranging from, “Wait, is that a euphemism for your being unemployed?” to “Why would anyone ever pay someone to write their resume?” Most people... |
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You Landed the Interview – Now What You Need to Know to Land the Offer by Jessica Holbrook Hernandez - Oct, 2010 I recently met a recruiter for a Fortune 50 company who interviews at least 10 candidates every day for her employer. As we all know, hiring managers are receiving anywhere from dozens to hundreds of applications for most open positions these days. Given that atmosphere, this recruiter offered the following piece of advice: If you get an interview with a company, your resume has already convinced them that you could do the j... |
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Use “Snapshots” Not Potshots to Wake Up “Problem Employees” by Dawn Lennon - Oct, 2010 It’s kind of an eerie label—“problem employee.” With supervisors it usually means, “I have someone working for me who isn’t with the program.” Then what they often fail to admit is: “I don’t know what to do to turn him/her around.” So, what’s the problem? In most cases, the problem is around employee behavior—their approach, conduct, interpersonal relationships, and way of communicating. It’s that dreaded “soft stu... |
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Career advice for conference attendees by Cherisse Figueroa, SPHR - Oct, 2010 If you’re heading off to attend your industry’s annual conference, gear up and get ready to take advantage of a terrific career opportunity. Check out some tips of how to make the most of this annual event: Don’t Wing It. Walk into your conference with a focused plan. Exhibitors are terrific at this – but conference attendees tend to wander around, play it by ear, and make selections about what sessions to attend by how the... |
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10 Management Tips for Great Leaders by Courtney Templin - Oct, 2010 It’s not easy managing people - especially right now, when the economy is down and stress levels are up. Being a great manager takes time and dedication. Here are a few tips to help you be the leader that people want to follow: 1. Share information. There’s a lot going on these days. Long management meetings are bound to make your team nervous. Communicate the news that you can, so minds don’t wander. 2. Say th... |
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5 Success Tips for Gen Y by Alexandra Levit - Oct, 2010 It's been a while since we've talked generationally, and since these ideas came up in two media interviews this week, I thought I'd share them here: *Focus on acquiring transferable skills. You have all the time in the world to get promoted and have the responsibility of a senior executive. Enjoy not having to take care of anyone but yourself and focus on acquiring skills like project management, budgeting, sales, mark... |
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5 Tips for Giving and Receiving Feedback at Work by Courtney Templin - Oct, 2010 Have you ever come home from work to look in the mirror and find a huge piece of spinach in your teeth leftover from your salad at lunch? We all know how embarrassing this is, and how frustrating it is that none of your co-workers told you. According to CareerBuilder: • 66 % of colleagues at your same level say they would tell you about the spinach • 60 % say they would alert a lower-level worker • Only 49 % would tell a... |
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Career Today—Gone Tomorrow. Now What? | Finding “Right-fit” Job Options by Dawn Lennon - Oct, 2010 Read the paper. Watch the news. Get an endless dose of pundit certainty about the uncertainty in the job market. If you have a job, the news makes you uneasy. If you don’t, it makes you sweat. You can let the job market control you or you can step up! Who’s making the rules? When times are tough, we can allow ourselves to be paralyzed or stoke ourselves to act. We can choose to see the options or imprison ourselves ... |
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How to Command the Room by Brad Karsh - Oct, 2010 In our business, speech is spontaneous. We don’t have the benefit of memorized presentations or teleprompters. Sadly, we’ve all experienced a meltdown or two. I’m sure there are a few of you who wish you would have said something a bit differently in the presentation. Maybe you wish you had the ability to press rewind in the interview, or you even wish you were more persuasive when you were talking with your boss. The... |
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How to Make a Great First Impression by Judith Lindenberger - Oct, 2010 In the Concise Oxford Dictionary, image is described as “the character or reputation of a person or thing as generally perceived.” Within seconds of meeting you, based on a single observed physical trait or behavior, people will assume to know everything about you (Social Psychology by H. Andrew Michener, John D. Delamater and Daniel J. Myers). Furthermore, according to research by Dr. Albert Mehrabian of UCLA, appearance and... |
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