Millennials Meet Your New Business Partners
Every minute for the next 20 years, 7 Baby Boomer’s will be reaching retirement age.
Let that sink in.
Every minute. Of Every Day. For the next 20 years. 7 Baby Boomers are reaching retirement age.
That’s 10,000 Baby Boomers PER DAY… for the next 20 years.
Note: I did NOT say they are retiring. …
4 Tips for Crafting the Perfect Elevator Pitch
Imagine yourself as a recruiter at a networking event.
It’s in a behemoth of a room and there are hundreds of eager job seekers clamoring for your attention.
You talk to person after person after person for hours at a time about a similar topic, getting handed resume after resume until they start to form …
How Do the Happiest People Find Their Career?
“Do what you believe in”—Greg Baldwin, President of VolunteerMatch
I recently had the privilege to interview Greg Baldwin, President of VolunteerMatch: the award-winning VolunteerMatch.org service and the Web’s largest volunteer engagement network. Greg joined the founding team in 1998 as its Chief Imagination Officer to build a website to make it easier for good people …
For Those in a Job Transition, Not Knowing Hurts the Most
As a career coach who sees people in transition every day, I’ve concluded that the single biggest obstacle for people in transition is not knowing what they don’t know regarding what it takes to win that fierce competition for getting a decent job.
I don’t intend to blame anyone; I’m merely pointing out the fact. …
What Good Networkers Do… and Don’t Do
Are you a good networker, or a bad networker? Do people who can help you look forward to meeting with you, or dread it? Do you tend to get what you want, or are you frustrated with your networking results? This article will give you lots of do’s and don’ts to consider for improving your …
Do You Have That Spark in Your Eyes?
Itzhak Perlman was recently interviewed by Charlie Rose, who asked Perlman what he looks for when selecting those few special Juilliard School students he wishes to work with. Years before, he himself was a student at Juilliard. “Is it skills or talent?” Rose asked. Perlman’s answer was that talent is not easily defined and that …
3 Tips for Networking with Business Cards
It doesn’t matter if you’re looking for a career or operating a company, business cards are a critical part of branding yourself.
If you don’t have some already, think of them as miniature resumes — giving the recipient a glimpse into who you are and what you might be able to offer them. Although they …
How to Make the Most of the Conference Season
The conference season is upon us. Are you ready?
Notices on Social Media channels are popping up for SXSW, Social Media Marketing World, TED and TEDx and many other events and conferences. There are countless conferences you could attend and some you should attend and some you MUST attend. This article is not about selecting …
Make Your Business Card a Keeper
Business cards are one of the most affordable ways to get your information into a prospects hands. The problem is that most business cards end up lost in a pile on a desk, tossed in a junk drawer or worse, thrown away. Business cards only work if your prospect keeps it so he can call …
Own Your Connections
Your connections begin in your own database. When I’m asked about how to “own your game”, or dominate your niche, the first place I begin asking about is what do you know about your database?
Even those born within this last minute, already have a handful of people in their personal database. From the mother …