Can you imagine any competition, serious endeavor, an Olympic athlete or top performer in any field where a coach, consultant or mentor is not employed to achieve excellent results? That is why sports coaches, fitness coaches, executive coaches, sales coaches, life coaches and experts are sought. They provide the strategy, tactics and best practices to
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It’s true; most employers prefer passive candidates. A passive candidate is a gainfully employed professional who is open to hearing about career opportunities and would actually accept a new job if it made sense to them and their family. Employers believe that a person is employed because they are the top of crop. When I
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It is not news to anyone that the job market seems to be more competitive every day. Here are 5 things to keep in mind as you pursue your next position. 1. Maintain Your PMA First and foremost, always do whatever it takes to maintain a Positive Mental Attitude (PMA). You are not obligated to
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It is so very important now, more than ever, to have yourself well-prepared for an interview. Here are some tips to help you present yourself in a positive light and get your prospective employer’s attention. Being well prepared will show interviewers your self-confidence and give you the opportunity to assure they are well aware of
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It is human nature for an employees’ attitude to adjust once a departure notice has been given or received. It is what we call, the light bulb effect, as the emotional switch seems to go off and on. If you observe your co-workers that are in this situation, you will know precisely what we mean.
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We are all aware the job market now is very competitive. Here are 3 things to keep in the front of your mind when putting together a resume and during any interviews you might be fortunate enough to garner. 1. Be Honest In All Things And At All Times We have all heard the stories
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When creating a resume for manager jobs, it is essential that you do not try to use a generic template or the same resume that you would use for other jobs. There are specific tactics that should be implemented in order to make sure that your resume stands out from the crowd (in a way
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If you are looking for a new career, perhaps something very different from what you have been doing, it can be hard to know where to start your research. If you have read my article on Self Evaluation for career choice then you will know about identifying your values, interests and skills to help you
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Monitoring your online reputation is important to your job search. Spokeo is yet another place to watch your actual online “personal brand”. Spokeo.com is a site that pulls information from all over the web about you and everyone else. The information is all already public, but some of it is out of date. The website
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Why invest in a professionally written resume? In a perfect world, interview candidates would be selected based on their strength and experiences. In reality, this isn’t how the process works. Typically, a recruiter chooses the short list of candidates from a pile of resumes. The trick is to be on the short list. The Rise
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Back in the day when job hunting was easier, job seekers had the upper-hand. Whether it was applying directly to a business online or registering with a local staffing firm, oftentimes it was a quick and easy process. Today – not so much. It’s a New World. Businesses that ARE hiring in today’s climate are
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So maybe you’ve been working for a while, and you have an impressive resume. With your previous experience, you’re armed with all the job-finding know-how. You’ve crafted the ultimate CV, you can interview like it’s nobody’s business, and your writing skills are flawless, enabling you to cook up a perfectly-tailored cover letter in minutes. Career
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You get one chance to make a first impression. You can always use that fact of life to ensure you won’t have to fret about getting up for work some cold winter morning again. Let’s look at just 3 ways to make sure that becomes your reality. 1. First off, just make sure your resume
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It is well understood that sales training can improve specific skills, but what do you look for when recruiting a new sales person?For all sales positions a willingness to achieve is an important factor. Thus, in recruitment, the key question to answer is: what level of commitment and stamina do they have? This question is
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Peggy McKee gives a webinar call the 30-60-90 day sales plan. However, this presentation can be adapted to almost any job and few steps will impress an interviewer more than the interviewee with a plan. Additionally, a plan allows you to prevent an interview from wandering around aimlessly and resulting in no useful outcome. Come
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