Increasing Your Calls from Recruiters
As my friend Skip Freeman noted in his excellent post titled SECOND Most Used Website by Recruiters and Companies, it is important that job seekers work to improve their ability to be found and professional presentation on LinkedIn and Zoominfo. If you are actively looking for a new job or simply would like to have …
Getting to the Table
Now that we have stuffed ourselves at Thanksgiving feasts with family and friends, I would like to share a story about growing up as one of the youngest members of my extended family. When I was a little kid, dinners at extended family gatherings were always broken into two groups, the adult and kid table. …
‘Tis the Season, But This One Doesn’t Offer Gifts
It’s here, again!
The season is back.
No, I’m not talking about the holiday season.
I’m talking about the Annual Performance Review Season, right?
Yes, ’tis the season everyone in the working world dreads, isn’t it?
More procrastination is engaged in during this time of the working year around the annual performance review than any …
Branding vs. Positioning: What’s the Difference?
One of the biggest challenges new business owners have is understanding multitude of business and marketing concepts. Two of these concepts are branding and positioning. Both are important to reaching your market and are related, yet they’re very different.
BrandingYou want to direct the brand image of your company through the quality of your …
“Tell Me about Yourself” Revisited
One of the most dreaded requests job seekers struggle with while networking, and during job interviewing, is “Tell me about yourself.” As my recruiter friend Skip Freeman noted in his 2012 blog post titled Beware The ‘Tell Me About Yourself’ Job Interview Question, a poor response to this request in a job interview can have …
Job Interview: Are You Willing to Run Errands?
You’re in a job interview for a higher-level position, and the recruiter asks you whether you’re willing to run errands, cover the phones or stock shelves. The right answer is really simple. Be truthful.
If the idea of performing menial chores outside your job description makes you sick to your stomach and tears at the …
Telecommuters: Keep Your Value in Your Employer’s Mind
Citing a goal to improve collaboration between employees, HP followed Yahoo!’s lead by ordering telecommuters back to the office. Studies report that telecommuters are more productive and lower overhead expenses, but telecommuting does create challenges in collaboration and communication. Telecommuters are out of sight and therefore out of mind. As a result, they’re often viewed …
Every Moon Shot Matters
This week the world will be remembering the passing of John Fitzgerald Kennedy. The 35th President of the United States of America. The only US President to have earned both a Purple Heart and a Pulitzer Prize.
JFK was known for many things – before, during and especially after his Presidency. A few of them …
How to Start Building Your Personal Brand Today
If you’re having trouble balancing long-term personal brand building and career development with the requirements of your day-to-day job, I have the perfect book for you.
The ONE Thing: The Surprisingly Simple Truth Behind Extraordinary Results is a highly readable book that provides a fresh perspective on planning, accomplishment, and success.
The ONE Thing immediately …
Confronting Aging and Work-Related Issues
Asked to leave or fired: it really doesn’t matter what you call it. Come Monday morning, and there’s no place to go to work. Many people face that predicament, and the first thing that comes to their mind—for some at least—is that the culprit is their age. A new and younger generation is pushing them …