Job Seekers Strategy: Make the Hiring Manager Happy
Silicon Valley star Guy Kawasaki did not intend for his chapter “The Art of Driving Your Competition Crazy” in Reality Check to be job seeker’s advice; yet the main theme is vital for any job seeker’s success. The chapter outlines 8 steps to drive your competition crazy aimed at helping entrepreneurs and corporations understand how to win at the art of business.The most valuable theme and step is “Focus on the customer.” Guy outlines the irony that...
Read MoreCNN and Careerbuilder.com: “13 Companies Hiring This Year”
Good news does still happen. A very good article by CNN’s new partner CareerBuilder.com just came to my attention through my social media “broadcasting and research” tool Twitter.com. The CNN article is titled “13 companies hiring this year” by Careerbuilder.com’s Rachel Zupek. I am going to provide the highlights of what each company is looking for in human capital along with the list of the 13 companies. Tip: Go to Google and input each company name along...
Read MoreJob Seekers: Utilize 6 Ingredients of Influence
A vital factor in any business from the one-off entrepreneur to the largest global corporations is the ability to influence people’s attitudes, perceptions, and ultimately their behavior. Before you can practice your abilities to influence people, you must understand the power of influence and persuasion. The first step in the process is to understand the definition of influence. The best definition is offered by one of the world’s leading experts on influence, persuasion, and...
Read MoreJob Seekers Must Understand the Role of Influence in Finding a Job
What is influence and how does it pertain to your job search? If you are looking for ways to stand apart from the over crowded human capital pool, consider your abilities to influence others. In today’s job market, winning that coveted interview leading to a job requires the job seeker to become a target marketer. But even with the best research, including desired companies and hiring managers, job seekers must be able to influence people in order to capture the interview leading to that...
Read More10 New Year’s Career Resolutions For Job Seekers
The Web 2.0 Revolution, blogging, and social media tools like Linkedin and Twitter allow all of us to become our own marketing machine, brand identity, and valuable resource. The following are 10 New Year’s Resolutions and steps any job seeker can take to begin to differentiate themselves and stand apart from the rest of their competition. 10 New Year’s Career Resolutions for Job Seekers 1. Direction: You can not begin a job search with passion and intention if you do not know what...
Read MoreJob Seeker’s #1 Mistake in Finding a Job: Ignoring Step 1
What do you want to be when you grow up? That is a question that I asked myself many times–in my adulthood. Throughout my adult worklife, I held onto the notion that I understood the focus and direction in my business development career. I thought I understood my sales career path, I thought I was following the correct course of action, and yet I felt unsettled. What was wrong with me? Nothing was wrong with me but something was definitely wrong with my thinking. I was not on a career...
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