How to Be a Good Salesperson: The Key Steps to Take
Good sales reps will effectively earn the respect and the ongoing trust of their prospects. Great ones earn their loyalty, admiration, and new referrals. Good reps handle objections skillfully; great ones preemptively surface the concerns and eliminate them.
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Identify Your Unique Purpose in 3 Simple Yet Powerful Steps
This is a Guest Post by Anni Keffer. If you’re in your twenties or early thirties, here’s a tip: you are hard-wired to be a leader. A recent article in Forbes crystallized your generation's mindset as one that craves freedom, seeks service, and backs causes: [...]
Fear and Apprehensions as Millennials Join the Workforce
Millennials seem to have an overall bad reputation, especially in the workplace. Older generations consider them entitled, lazy and with little to no enthusiasm to work. However, are the Baby Boomers and Gen-Xers right, or are they missing something about Millennials? There's [...]
3 Steps to Prepare For Your Dream Career [Infographic]
A job that fulfills and satisfies our needs and wants, whether it be materialistic or intellectual- is a dream job. A dream and desire drives action, so never stop dreaming. Whether you want to create your own clothing line, food business or [...]
Why Going Back to School Mid-Career May Be the Best Career Move You Ever Make
This is a guest post by Dan Lauer. "As a young man, my grandfather gave me some advice: 'Get with a good company, and stay for 40 years,'" said Charlie Hoffman, dean of the UMSL College of Business. "Those who did that are [...]
Making Your Own Way In Marketing
It seems like every year, more and more graduates flood into the world of marketing. It’s not hard to see why. Marketing offers a dynamic, creatively led environment in which people can demonstrate creative problem solving skills while flexing their artistic muscles, [...]
Dissatisfied at Work? Three Questions to Ask to Get Your Career on Track.
Unless we are born with a radical wealth to guide us, we must work to earn our living. Even those who happen upon a massive inheritance must also find something to fill their days. Simply sitting around and playing video games all [...]
How To Protect your Career and Future-Proof your Job
Working 9-5 isn’t easy and it can be incredibly hard for you to keep up with the constant demands of your job. You may find that at times, it just gets too much and you don’t feel as though you can handle [...]
Want To Make A Change In Your Career? Now Is The Time
No matter whether it is the beginning of the year, half way through, the end or randomly in the middle of a month, changing your career is something you should do exactly when the timing feels right. You may have different reasons [...]
The Power of Appreciation – How to Praise your Employees
Creativity is so delicate a flower that praise tends to make it bloom, while discouragement often nips it in the bud. Any of us will put out more and better ideas if our efforts are appreciated. ~ Alex F Osborn Have you [...]
Ratchet Up Your Network by Connecting with a Connector
This is a guest post by Vicky Oliver. In today’s virtually connected world, anyone who thinks that building a network of business prospects or promoters is only a matter of beefing up their social media profile is losing out. Amassing LinkedIn connections or [...]
5 Things You Should Never Let Blight Your Career
If you’re feeling a little disillusioned regarding your career situation right now, that’s not a problem. We’ve all been there and we’ve all experienced career setbacks of one kind or another. Rather than worrying about these issues too much, you should start [...]
20 Things People Do When They’re Bored at Work
Beating the winter blahs may be a real concern at work. In a survey from OfficeTeam, professionals admit they’re bored in the office an average of 10.5 hours per week. That’s more than a full day a week, or the equivalent of 68 [...]
7 Skills Smart People Develop Early In Their Career
Many people work so hard to get their dream job, but not everyone gets there. So if you’re one of the lucky few who has successfully gotten on the corporate ladder, don’t take it for granted. You may be thinking that things [...]
Five Industries Lacking Female Workers
In recent years, there are still discussions going on about men and women in the workforce and the lack of equality. With social media and celebrities speaking out about it, it is clear that the gender pay gap is going to be [...]
It’s Time to Check if Your Job is Treating You Right
Your job should always be treating you right. You’re entitled to come into a workplace that respects you and treats you with dignity. But, we’ve all been in those workplaces that just offer non of that. Some are truly terrible establishments to [...]
Business Card Etiquette Around The World [Infographic]
Did you know that 72% of people judge a company or a person based the quality of their business card? The infographic explains why you should be a bit more selective about to whom you give your business card and it also [...]
25 Embarrassing Work Stories that will make you Cringe
Spiders and chairs and stairs, oh my! Executives admit to being spooked by bugs and tripping all over the office Managers also confess to falling asleep, ripping their pants and breaking the coffee machine Think you’ve had a bad day at the [...]
Is It Too Late To Try A New Career?
People approaching the middle of their life tend to assess their circumstances and then attempt to improve them. By the time you reach the age of forty; you won’t feel like you have time to waste messing around. However, lots of folks [...]
Dress for Success – 3 Essential Suit Accessories
A suit is one of the most striking and effective tools any businessman can have. The suit you wear and how you wear to say a lot about you and your job. However, the accessories and additions you all have for your [...]
Overcoming Challenges When Relocating For Work
Your work life might be important to you, but it can be difficult to know whether you should move to a new city to improve your career and work prospects. Relocating is never an easy decision to make but if you have [...]
The Jobs That Let You Create Your Own Schedule
Having a job where you can create your own schedule must be the dream to some people. Knowing that you can commit to appointments, the school run and be their for every parent's day and nativity can help you to feel much [...]
Only Skin Deep: Can Tattoos Hinder Career Progression?
Beauty may only be skin deep, but there are so many ways in which we can beautify the surface, it almost doesn’t matter. We have access to cosmetics, clothes and accessories to make us look smart and professional in at work and [...]
Here’s Why Your Career Is Failing to Take That Next Step Up
Many of us have our career plans stretched out in front of us. Unfortunately, things in life don’t always go according to plan or how we would want them to. If your career is not taking that next step up you’d expect [...]
Want to Become a Leader at Work? Learn from Your Dog!
This is a guest post by Krissi Barr, co-author of The Fido Factor: How to Get a Leg Up at Work. Leadership is often the biggest differentiator when it comes to career success. Without it, employees can almost never succeed as managers. [...]