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Holiday Tip for Job Seekers: Four Ways to Impress Others with Your Professionalism by J.T. O'Donnell - Dec, 2009 Job searching in the holidays is not easy. It’s hard to stay positive and upbeat when you are feeling the pressure to find work. And yet, you need to have the right attitude in order to project an image of confidence that others will remember. Which leads to my tip: Instead of talking about the struggles of the job hunt, you need to find other things to discuss. There is a simple technique I teach clients to make networking... |
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Careers For 2010 by Claudine Vainrub - Dec, 2009 What you did not consider before could turn out to be your next career move... Everyone knows that registered nurses and computer engineers make a lot of money, but did you know a postsecondary teacher can earn $51,800? Or that general and operations managers earn an average of $77,420? No matter who you are or what you want, there’s a job for you! For example, if you’re all about the money consider becoming a computer h... |
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Does Your Job Currency Stand Out Like a Shiny Coin? by Jacqui Barrett-Poindexter - Dec, 2009 According to Altan Khendup, senior technology leader, strategist and advocate in Silicon Valley, California, when people think you’re interesting, they start listening; they become engaged, and then you can inject your pitch and your value. I’ve had the pleasure of keeping in touch with this forward-thinking technology leader (oh, and by the way, a client of mine!) for the past nine months. An active Tweeter, blogger and Li... |
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Do Cover Letters Matter? Make Yours Stand Out and See! by Kris Plantrich - Dec, 2009 There seems to still be an on going battle over the cover letter relevance. The majority of resume writers I have talked with still believe the cover letter can hold a few unique nuggets of value that you can use to persuade hiring managers and decision makers to take a second or first look at your resume. Most recruiters I have talked with feel the cover letter is not important to the decision making process – however recrui... |
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Communication is a Leading Indicator of Financial Performance by Suzanne Bates - Dec, 2009 I’m often asked how you measure the impact of better communication on your company’s success. Watson Wyatt recently published a 2009-2010 survey that shows communication is a leading indicator of financial performance and a driver of employee engagement. According to the survey, companies that have highly effecctive communicators had 47% higher total returns to shareholders over the last five years compared to firms that are t... |
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The Hidden Benefit of Employee Empowerment by David Lee - Dec, 2009 First off...sorry for the BusinessSpeak cliche "empowerment", but it's the quickest way to get the point across... In searching through my notes for an upcoming seminar on how to boost morale and lower stress, I came across an article from Inside 1to1 - the marketing folks - that had a great reminder of what happens when you enable your employees to: Feel the thrill of victory, rather than the agony of defeat Here's a... |
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Jobless During The Holidays? There Is Hope. by Mary Sherwood Sevinsky - Dec, 2009 How do you cope with unemployment a during the holidays? Like any loss, a job loss results in grief. Inevitably you must mourn the loss of the job and all that it provided: Security, money, self-esteem, status, identity, etc. I like this model for dealing with loss that is similar to the traditional Kubler-Ross Model, but provides 7 stages for moving BEYOND the grief. In Part I an overview of the grieving process as it relates... |
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Brand It, Sell It, and Win It - What Makes You Different? by Jessica Holbrook Hernandez - Dec, 2009 I have heard this statement over and over again “Find a need and fill it.” Mostly people use it to describe opening their own business, creating a product or service, or selling something. Today I’m applying it to your job search and your resume. Find what the employer needs and sell them on how you can fill it. Specifically how you can do it, how much better you can do it than everyone else, and why they should give you a cha... |
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Ever Been Asked: ‘Have You Ever Done (Fill In The Blank)?' What To Say When You haven’t! by Jessica Holbrook Hernandez - Dec, 2009 Countless interviews that I've conducted or participated in have all had tragic endings because of the inability of the interviewee to answer the tough questions the right way. One of the most important questions you'll be asked in an interview is "Have you ever done...?" What we're looking for is real-world experience. We don't ask you have you ever done something not directly related to the position or critical to its succes... |
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How *Not* To Start Your Cover Letter by Jessica Holbrook Hernandez - Dec, 2009 On a weekly basis any hiring manager probably receives between 50 to well probably hundreds of resumes and cover letters. The key is to catch their attention from the start and the best place to do that is in your cover letter. So I am going to tell you what the worst possible way is to start your cover letter and then give you some creative alternatives to use instead. This is the most boring intro line because everyone us... |
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