Entries by First Sun Team

Your Career: How to Optimize your LinkedIn Profile so Recruiters Come to You…Recruiting is What sets Linkedin apart as a Business, So it’s What Users Should Focus on, Too

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As a business, LinkedIn relies on Talent Solutions, the professional social network’s influential recruitment product.  In the fourth quarter of 2014, Talent Solutions brought in nearly $369 million in revenue on its own — accounting for 57% of LinkedIn’s overall revenue, according to reports. LinkedIn CEO Jeff Weiner. As Harvard Business School professor Mikolaj Piskorski […]

Got Kids? The 25 Best Companies for Internships Right Now…Only the Savvy Students Know This is the Time to Start Applying for Summer Internships

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It’s only February —but only the savvy students know this is the time to start applying for summer internships. According to Glassdoor, there are more than 27,500 open positions in the US right now.  According to Glassdoor, there are more than 27,500 open positions in the US right now. So to help internship-seekers find the very best ones, Glassdoor […]

Leadership: What Being a Navy SEAL Sniper Taught Me About Good Business…As a Navy SEAL & Entrepreneur/Manager the Word NO Doesn’t Exist for Me & my Fellow EO’ers.

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I spent over a decade as a Navy SEAL. I was deployed five times to not very pleasant countries, I was in Afghanistan in 2001 when my first child was born, and finished up my last tour as the head instructor for the U.S. Navy SEAL sniper program, one of the best sniper courses in […]

Strategy: The Key To Office Productivity- Get Out Of The Office… I get More Work Done on a 2 Hour Flight than I Do All Day at the Office, Because I’m Not being Interrupted

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Productivity is a big topic these days. In an era of always-on technology and constant interruptions, getting more done in less time is the holy grail. Evidently, the answer is simple: Get out of the office. Don’t panic! There are ways to cut down on interruptions when you’re on deadline. (Photo credit: star5112) Of employees […]

Strategy: 11 lessons from ‘The Art of War’ on Getting Ahead at Work…Who Survives? Those Best Able to Adapt to the Changing Circumstances

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Visualized,” cartoonist Jessica Hagy brings the ancient wisdom of Sun Tzu to a new generation.  The creator of Indexed has updated Tzu’s famous Chinese military book “The Art of War” with original illustrations to explain how to apply his advice to the modern business world. [fusion_builder_container hundred_percent=”yes” overflow=”visible”][fusion_builder_row][fusion_builder_column type=”1_1″ background_position=”left top” background_color=”” border_size=”” border_color=”” border_style=”solid” spacing=”yes” background_image=”” background_repeat=”no-repeat” padding=”” […]

Leadership: Less Is More: Why You Don’t Need To Network To Get Big Things Done…The Key to Getting Big Things Done is Not Contacts, it is Connection

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We’ve all heard it a thousand times: when it comes to getting ahead professionally, what matters is “who you know.” This phrase might be helpful to many, but I find it discouraging at best and paralyzing at worst. Having 10,000 contacts in my rolodex will not make me “go viral,” nor will it make me […]

Leadership: 6 Ways Vision Will Inspire Your Employees & Culture…Today, Vision’s has Become a ‘Buzzword’, to the Point Where a Leader with a Real vision can Simply mean Nice Marketing Strategy

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Even as kids, we developed radar on leadership. Consider the classic schoolyard game, Follow the Leader. Everyone has to do exactly what the leader does, or they’re out. Growing up, I remember watching that game dissolve time after time. The leader would start doing scary climbs or huge leaps, and the followers felt put at […]

Leadership: How To Deliver Persuasive Presentations…At least 75% of Your Presentation Should be Dedicated to Developing Your 3 Main Points

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When it comes to persuasive communication, if you wander, you are lost. Too often, presentations fail to deliver results because they don’t follow a clear path to a concrete call to action. [fusion_builder_container hundred_percent=”yes” overflow=”visible”][fusion_builder_row][fusion_builder_column type=”1_1″ background_position=”left top” background_color=”” border_size=”” border_color=”” border_style=”solid” spacing=”yes” background_image=”” background_repeat=”no-repeat” padding=”” margin_top=”0px” margin_bottom=”0px” class=”” id=”” animation_type=”” animation_speed=”0.3″ animation_direction=”left” hide_on_mobile=”no” center_content=”no” […]