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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Traits of Good Employers for Working Mothers
A working mother would be happier and favor an employer who offers: Paid maternity leave Part-time work options Child care options Provides networking and growth opportunities for female employees Helps with mentoring within the organization to help women up the corporate ladder [...]
The Traits of a Good Employer
According to the States Services Commission of New Zealand, a good employer is defined in the State Sector Act as 'an employer who operates a personnel policy containing provisions generally accepted as necessary for the fair and proper treatment of employees in [...]
How to act in an Emergency – Important Tips a Working Mother must know!
The recent despicable act of crime at Virginia Tech has left us all benumbed and at loss of words. Much has been said and more will said around in the columns for months and years to come, but what I want to [...]
Career Directions for the Generation Y – the Newcomers to the Workplace
Career Changes for a Millennial At present, an average American is changing jobs around 8-12 times in his/her lifetime, and 3-4 career changes to say the least. I foresee a more volatile and fluid career path for the generation millennial. If a [...]
10 Reasons why you are not in your Dream Job
"This is not what I should be doing, but there's not much I can do about it." You have not found time to give it a thought. Or you have had it in your mind but never had the courage to talk [...]
Essential Tips you must know when Negotiating Going on Part-Time Work Schedule
Many working women think about going part-time due to work-life balance issues, dependent care responsibilities or due to personal problems or preferences. Part-time work or flexible working hours possibility also offers the working mother a much-desired choice of not to opt-out of the workforce after having [...]
Generation Millennial Female @ Work
Generation Millennial (those born in the period 1976-2000, also often cited in other studies as those born between 1980-2002) females are stronger and more confident than the generation X working females as they step into the workforce this century. As would be [...]
Healthy Neighborhood Connection Helps a Working Mother
In great cities men are brought together by the desire of gain. They are not in a state of co-operation, but of isolation, as to the making of fortunes; and for all the rest they are careless of neighbors. Christianity teaches us [...]
Top 5 Reasons why you want to Work Part-Time
As a working mother, what would you prefer when considering getting back in the job market -- full-time employment or working part-time? It is no dispute that working part-time brings many advantages to a working mother’s life -work balance act. Here are [...]
What do the Bosses Hate most about Employees
Now since we have classified the boss in the previous post and talking about our boss-woes is in routine, let’s see what goes on the other side of the fence. Why are you not making MY job easier? Your boss wants to [...]
Why do we Love to Hate our Bosses?
In my previous post (titled: The Female Boss – Is she Different from her Male Counterpart?) I talked about not judging a boss at all, but of course we do deal with one day in and day out, so addressing ‘boss classification’ is justifiable. [...]
The Female Boss – Is she Different from her Male Counterpart?
On Communication Men talk to give information or report. Women talk to collect information or gain rapport. Men focus on facts, reason and logic. Women focus on feelings, senses and meaning. Men thrive on competing and achieving. Women thrive on harmony and [...]
In the Quest of a Satisfying Life and Career
The quest for a satisfying life and career is universal, for all age groups and people in different cultures, almost all of us go through this important questioning stage. What could make our life more satisfying? What would make our personal life [...]
Networking Helps Women Re-entering Workforce
Some tips on effective networking: Let your friends / family / ex-coworkers know that you are active in job search Join online social networking groups as LinkedIn, Ryze Participate in job search and advice forums as Career Women's Forum which offers global [...]
Not a Smooth Road for Women Re-entering Work
UBS and Wharton have designed a program to support women who are planning on re-entering the work force, being held from Mar. 3 to Mar. 5 in Philadelphia this could be your opportunity to learn from the leaders and counselors if you [...]
Mentoring for Women
"It's great to have support from another woman in the industry; a professional friend, a person who guides, listens and supports to enable you to get where you want to be." “A strong mentor/mentee relationship is the basis for forging tomorrow’s leaders.” [...]
Flexible Work Schedule for Women
When the top 100 list comes out every year for the best companies to work with for women (Refer post: Best Companies for Working Mothers… ), the flexible time offers and the incentives for child-care / daycare features as the top 5 [...]
3 Best Articles on Job Search in 2006
These are what I judge were one of the best that went around last year, note no competition was held and no judges were involved, just the personal preference. I learnt a lot from these here and hope you do as well.The [...]
Work-life Balance – What it means to you, or does it really mean something?
While reading an article on the internet, I ran into these words: “….and I can tell she has work-life balance (whatever that means :-))” Hmm, this person does not perhaps understand or just ridicules the concept of work life balance. You guessed [...]
Negotiating during the Interview – On Work-Life Balance
If you are reentering the workforce after taking time off being at home looking after kids or for other personal reasons, you could be considering only part-time work schedule or flexible timings at your preference. If you desire so, your best bet [...]
How best to manage your time at work – Saying NO to Emails
Can you imagine a time when there were no Emails? Not a distant past - but these days it is unacceptable if someone challenges you not to check your email for a week! For most of us continuous checking of Emails is [...]
10 Tips to help you Reenter the Workforce – with Super Confidence
A Mother Re-entering the Workforce after being home for a few years - Career Discovery is often the first step Often women wonder whether the previous long-time before work experience or even the degrees that they hold still hold well in todays [...]
A Mentor to Mentor
I have this firm belief, no matter how old we are, having a mentor, a trusted teacher or partner in our lives can help us in clarifying our path, our lives. When you talk to someone at your wavelength or understanding, it [...]
Do you want to be or are you a Mommy Entrepreneur?
My eBook: Buddy Checklist for the Mommy Entrepreneur may be the one for you. Who is this book for? Mommies who want to be entrepreneurs Mommies who are entrepreneurs and want to learn more about life-work balance and how to best magnify [...]