Job Interviewing Goes Both Ways
Here are some questions to help you determine, “Is this the type of company I would want to work for?” Questions you ask tell more about you than the answers that you give to their questions. This list of questions is in no particular order but you can select the ones most appropriate for your …
Objectively Evaluate Your Job Offers, Not Emotionally
Before you start getting job offers start a list of all the factors about a job that are important to you. List them down the left side of the page. Things like:
-title
-money
-commute
-potential for advancement
-number of people to manage
-budget size
-flexibility of schedule
-outside learning opportunities
-dress code
-culture
-global …
Anything They Ask You, You Can Ask Them in a Job Interview
A good rule of thumb to remember in a job interview is that anything they ask you, you can ask them. Now you have to reword so as not to sound like a parrot nor should you avoid answering, but later in the conversation you can use their question to you as a question to …
Find Out About The Company’s Culture Early
One of the most important jobs of management is to make the organization a decent, enjoyable, productive, and creative place to work – in other words, to foster and nurture a positive corporate culture.
If your most important work values aren’t shared by a company you’re considering, think twice before signing on. This issue is …
When to Ask for a Raise?
People often want to know how to get a raise. My first response is find a good time. A potentially good time is:
o You’ve just received great public kudos for your work.
o Headhunters are pursuing you with job offers.
o The company is doing well financially and getting a lot of positive press.…
Important Meetings Behind Closed Doors About You
Here’s a sampling of some devastating comments I’ve heard in headhunters’ meetings – comments that broke the chances of particular candidates.
· “Alan’s not an A player.”
· “The reference said Allie is an operator but has no vision.”
· “The company Anne is with doesn’t have a reputation for being well managed.”
· “Keith’s …
Sleep On the Offer — Not The Job!
Compensation negotiations are expected and are your responsibility. In a poll of a thousand human resource professionals, the Society for Human Resources Managers found the following:
· Ninety-two percent said salaries are generally negotiable.
· Eighty-two percent admitted that the first salary offer they make is just a starting point.
· Seventy percent of HR …
Self-sabateurs
Even if you’re a hard worker, you could be sabotaging your own career growth by the way you talk or present yourself.
Employees should try to avoid four common types of self-defeating behavior:
-Talking too fast, which makes what you say seem unimportant.
-Talking too much — giving more detail than anyone needs or wants.
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Lavish Praise on Your People
Praise, or recognition, is a debt you owe to people who are making an effort and performing effectively. If you reinforce the actions that you want to see, you will likely get more of the same. If you don’t acknowledge them, they won’t know your degree of satisfaction. Naturally you praise what you admire the …
How To Give Constructive Feedback
Just as you owe it to people praise them, you owe it to them to provide critique. Face it. People will disappoint you. Regardless of your great example, careful delegation, and optimistic blind hope, people will disappoint.
The first rule is to not shoot the messenger when you learn about a problem. You shouldn’t punish …