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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Adding QR Code to your Resume
Would a Quick Response (QR) code get you a quick response on your resume? Maybe or maybe not but it’s a wise move to catch on the new trends and with some solid reasons that I list here, I hope you'll agree. Some [...]
10 Key Strategies for Perpetual Career Management
In today's work world where jobs are readily changed or eliminated, "doing a good job" is no longer an effective, long-term career strategy. In a recent interview, Ford R. Myers, Career Coach, Speaker and Author of "Get The Job You Want, Even When No [...]
5 Fundamental Career Change Tips for Working Professionals and the Unemployed
Far better it is to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though checkered by failure, than to take rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy much nor suffer much, because they live in the gray twilight that knows not [...]
We Need Emotions at Work
When a person has access to both the intuitive, creative, visual right brain and the analytical, verbal left brain, then the whole brain is working. In other words, there is a physic synergy taking place in our own head. And this tool [...]
Reading a Lot but getting Less Done – What to do with the Information Overload
Information overload often results in more of sharing and less doing? Is that good or bad? Twitter and other social media applications are great at sharing news and latest happenings around the world. It is now so much simpler to be an [...]
Defining Responsibilities and Expectations at a New Job
"With the death of the traditional career paths, so goes the kind of traditional professional development previous generations enjoyed. You can no longer count on employer-sponsored training to enhance our communications skills or expand your technical know-how. The expectation for every junior employee is that you can do the job you've been hired to [...]
What to do when your Current Career Path does not fulfill your Aspirations
Unhappy at work, overworked or just plain unsatisfied at your present career, what are your options? There are many wise words out there and this video is one such that might help you find out how you can move toward a satisfying [...]
Top 5 Happiest Places to Work
This article was contributed by CareerBliss.com, a career community dedicated to helping people find happiness in the workplace. New York City and Los Angeles are cities notorious for the hustle bustle of city work life—but do such large metropolitans bring job happiness [...]
How to get out of Student Loan Debt
Nearly 20 million Americans attend college each year. Of that 20 million, close to 12 million – or 60% - borrow annually to help cover costs. There are approximately 37 million student loan borrowers with outstanding student loans today. Source: American [...]
10 Successful Team-Building Tips for the Cyber Workforce
To identify which environment brings the best in you you must know your preferred workstyle - are you content working alone or someone who thrives when working in a team. Whatever the case may be, it's quite obvious that effective team-building and being [...]
Starting a new Business? Would you rather do on your Own or with a Team?
It all depends on your work style and preference, let’s have a look here on who all love to work alone and those who prefer team work, there are pros and cons either way, but team work is a winner! Personality Types [...]
Slip-ups at the Workplace – What do you say Career Experts?
A client recently consulted on a situation she’s facing at her workplace. This is an open question / discussion to the career experts and managers out there on how considerate or tolerant one can be at the workplace to accommodate occasional slip-ups. [...]
3 Easy Ways to Deal with Difficult Coworkers
This is a guest post by Donna Reish. They're found in just about every workplace. They can cause increased levels of stress, make you dread coming to work and in worse case scenarios are the reason you quit your job—they are the [...]
Careers for People Who Enjoy the Outdoors
This is a guest post by Wes Harrison. If you love the outdoors, why not find a career that allows you to get out of the confines of an office and work outside? There are many fun and exciting options available to you! Let's [...]
You have been Searched – What did we find about YOU?
Did you know that, according to February 2011 data from 3,000 MyWebCareer users, 35% of Facebook profiles analyzed have a potential negative sentiment? This could be abusive language, references to drugs and alcohol, and negative statements that may relate to work. When [...]
The Power of YES
This International Women’s Day there are a lot of organizations organizing events and activities around the world, and since I am not one of those organizing any event, it is time to celebrate in my own quiet way. I would like to honor [...]
Announcing the Launch of CareerWomenEvents.com
A website completely dedicated to presenting, displaying the national and international events for the career women or fundraisers and benefit events for women in general. And yes you can post your events for FREE! ð Drumrolls please- welcome to http://careerwomenevents.com Is there [...]
Use Examples to Lead and Influence
On Leadership What type of a leader are you? How do you influence others and are other influenced easily by your words and actions? Of the various ways you can use to influence, persuade others to action, example rises way above the [...]
Please do – Hire for Attitude, Train for Skill
According to a recent CareerBuilder study, 60 percent of recruiter time was being wasted on non-value-added activities, the majority of recruiters weren’t measuring ROI, and candidate tracking was often only 25 percent accurate due to ATS limitations. Executives were expecting HR to perform [...]
10 Ways to Be Happier and Healthier at Work
If one of your resolutions this year was to be fit and healthier - which I am sure falls in the list for most of us, then these tips from Brant Secunda and Mark Allen might be very helpful (adapted from their book [...]
Playing the JOB HUNT GAME to get HIRED Faster
Welcome to the world of JobTacToe- the world's first job-hunting game – are you ready to start playing and winning? Since the whole online community is pretty much social and gaming is a big industry it was only about time when job [...]
Choosing Careers with Big Positive Impact
Making More of a Difference: Choosing Careers with Big Positive Impact Having a heart for positive change can lead us to make unconventional career choices. Choosing generosity over making money seems contrary to the basic tenets of capitalism, and at times may [...]
7 Ways to Fight Techno-Despair at Work
Guest Post by Judith Orloff Adapted from her new paperback bestseller "Emotional Freedom" We're in the Age of Impatience. We're addicted to technology and instant gratification. We want more information quicker and in fewer words. It's easier to catch up [...]
How Mentoring helps Women move up the Career Ladder
I’ve learned that the easiest way for me to grow as a person is to surround myself with people smarter than I am. ~ Andy Rooney In short mentoring is exactly that – finding the right person to guide you to success [...]