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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Higher Paying Job Or Better Company Culture
This is a guest post by Susanna Cha. This is the question that I had been asking myself once I received three job offers after an extensive job hunt. Before going into this, I’d like to share the techniques that I used in finding [...]
Tips to Stay Healthy and Safe at your Workplace
There is clear legislation in place regarding the responsibilities that employers have when it comes to health and safety in the workplace and those who are in breach of these guidelines can be liable for work accident compensation claims to be made [...]
5 Stress Buster Tips for Business Travelers
Efficient Planning for Packing If you travel often it is a good idea to keep aside at least two suits that you would not use for your daily office wear. When you know it is time to travel on a short notice, [...]
You Hate Your Job; Is There Something You Can Do about It?
We have all been there at one time or another in our careers. You go to a job simply because you need the paycheck, yet you cannot wait to leave at the end of each and every day. I can say the [...]
Three Essential Tips to Negotiate a Better Salary
The poor economy has left many people searching for ways to increase their income, eliminate their debt and save money. While paying down debt is always a good idea, there comes a point in every family budget when there is really nothing [...]
Work-Life Balance How to Have it All Thriving Career, Happy Marriage, Fulfilling Parenthood
Today many Americans strive to “have it all” with respect to their personal and professional life but, all too often, this shotgun effort leads to disappointing results on many - if not all - fronts. “The complexity lies in creating abundance in [...]
Know your Fears First to Fight them Right
11 Fears Holding You Back Personally & Professionally “One way to counteract fear’s adverse impact on your life and career is to recognize the type of fear that might be defining you and driving your actions – or lack thereof,” notes internationally-regarded motivational [...]
New Year, New Career: 6 Steps to Achieve Career Success
A fool-proof plan to find a new Job or fix your current one in 2012 Americans make all kinds of New Year's resolutions - to lose weight, to stop smoking, or spend more time with family and friends. However, you never hear anyone [...]
The Troubled Public Education in America
Education funding cuts to many public school across US have been widespread this year. Here's an infographic that sums it all up based on a report on how budget cuts are hurting our nation's students. Via: Online Universities Blog
Maximize Your Product Management Training Programs with LMS
Ongoing training and education are critical for success in many fields of business. Technology advances, market conditions change, laws and regulations are enacted or repealed, and the state of the economy influences buying and expansion decisions. News feeds and industry blogs can [...]
Boosting HR Efficiency with an Enterprise Retarget Planning System
It takes a lot of time and staff members to maintain an efficient employee management system. However, with an Enterprise Retarget Planning (ERP) system in place, businesses can slash costs, streamline processes and focus on the core elements of their business. Human retarget [...]
Strengthen and Update Your Years Old Resume
Most people older than high school age have a resume of some sort. For younger employees who have recently been in and out of jobs, this resume may be modern, sophisticated-looking, and highly up to date, with everything from work experience to [...]
Start a New Career in the Online Gaming Industry
The lingering global recession and economic uncertainty around the world has not only thrust many people unexpectedly into job search mode but it has also changed the types of jobs that most job seekers are pursuing. As the economy evolves job seekers [...]
Negotiation Know-How : 6 Keys to Masterful Deal Making
Whether in your business or personal life, making deals—from the biggest ones that take months to finalize and involve teams of lawyers to the nominal ones that are sealed with a handshake after a 10-minute chat—is an art. Deal making is a [...]
5 Reasons why Picking up a Hobby is Good for your Career
Whether you enjoy shooting some hoops on the basketball court or learning new songs on the piano, hobbies in moderation are highly beneficial to a professional’s well-being in more ways than you think. In addition to acting as a tension reliever, as [...]
Online Education gets a Boost in Tough Economy Infographic
74.5% of institutions report that the economic downturn has increased demand for online courses and program. Nearly 30% of higher education students now take at leas one online course. Here's an infographic showing the current trends of online education as opposed to [...]
Creating Balance in Work Life to Promote a Higher Standard of Excellence
In an interview with Careerbright, work/life balance expert Sheri Riley, founder of GLUE, Inc. and creator of the Exponential Living program (www.exponentialliving.com) offers some profound thought-provoking insights on work life strategies for a satisfying career and meaningful achievement and accomplishments in life. [...]
I love doing THIS but make Money doing THAT
Possibilities and options for pursuing a passion or continuing in with a day job which does not meet your aspirations but meets your needs to make a living. In the quest of making your present job and career more satisfying, here's an excerpt [...]
American Employment Wages and Expenses Infographic
In August 2011, 153.6 million Americans held some form of employment, while 1 4 millions were unemployed. About 6 million of those have been employed for more than 27 weeks. Here's an infographic looking at the most popular jobs, wages and expenses of [...]
Fired by a Phone Call?
Of all the ways of firing - calling to tell you are fired comes of as highly annoying and shocking. Carol Bartz - now the former CEO of Yahoo claims to be fired over phone comes to us as a shocker indeed. [...]
Say NO to Pushing an Elevator Pitch during Networking
Contrary to what many career pros might suggest – do not use your elevator pitch during networking. (Except of course, if you are at a pitchfest or a funding specific networking event) Tips for Effective Networking Here's what meaningful networking is about: Build goodwill, [...]
What’s your Perfume Policy?
Do you have a perfume policy at your workplace? If not, this story brings to light that you must plan on one! The readers of this article are on the jury on the perfume policy incident at this company. What is your [...]
Does Social Media Hurt Productivity or Spark Creativity?
Social media as it is being used today for personal and professional goals can be an excellent creativity booster and an awesome networking medium. It hurts productivity when you let your time spent on social media trickle in to your time allocated to 'work' to achieve your [...]
Jobs For Me on the Wall
A new web based application that allows universities to provide their students with full career center services directly on their Facebook Page. This app is available through Facebook to entry-level recruiting and is free to use! Students, recruiters, universities, it is time [...]