#CareerAdvice : #JobSearch – Why Most Hiring Managers Can’t Just “Take A Chance On You” …Are you Considering a #CareerChange ? We feel for you! This will Help & Get your Head Together.
It can be tough to realize that the role or field you’ve dedicated years of your life to isn’t working out. So tough that you start wondering how you’ll ever make a change and maybe even develop the discouraging sense that you can’t make the change yourself — that if you’re going to have any […]
#CareerAdvice : Include These Things in your #Resume to Get the #Recruiter’s Attention…Don’t Give Them a Reason to Say No. Instead, Wow Them with Reasons to Advance your Application.
Did you know that–on average–recruiters and hiring managers spend only seven seconds reading your resume before signing you up for an interview–or tossing that precious piece of paper in the trash? That’s not a lot of time to impress a potential employer. But the slush pile doesn’t have to be your job-search fate. Dawn Rasmussen, certified resume […]
#CareerAdvice : Use this 15-Minute Checklist to Prepare for a #JobInterview …In Just a Few Minutes you can Make Sure that you’ll Nail your First Impression.
Your job interview is just days away and you’re feeling unprepared. You’ve reread the job posting about 67 times and you’re pretty clear on the role itself–but you can’t really think of much else to do to brush up. Don’t sweat it. In fact, you may only need another 15 minutes or so in order […]
#Leadership : #ProductivePeople – Three Hacks to Help your Brain Learn Stuff Faster…Getting to Know your Basal Ganglia can Help you Waste Less Time Cramming (and forgetting what you’ve learned later on).
Trying to learn some new skills and improve your current ones? Join the club. Unfortunately, many of us find the learning process slow, tedious, and painful. But the good news is that there are a few brain science–backed techniques to help you acquire and master new skills a bit more speedily. Here’s a look at […]
#Leadership : #EmployeeRetention – Plan your New Hire’s Next Job from the Moment they Start… Here’s how Here are Three Ways to Start Preparing your #TeamMembers for New and Different Roles Inside the Company (before they find other opportunities outside it).
Remember when staying in a job for less than a few years was considered a stain on your resume? That’s no longer the case. By one recent estimate, the average length of time people now spend in a given role is just a little over two years among workers ages 25–39. And who can blame them? […]
#CareerAdvice : #JobSearch – Give your #LinkedInProfile a Complete Makeover in Under an Hour…Need to Spruce Up your LinkedIn Profile Fast? Focus on These Seven Areas.
LinkedIn can be a powerful and convenient hub for your job search. The company says that more than 20,000 companies in the U.S. use the platform to recruit, posting more than 3 million jobs every month. A good profile can potentially put you in front of those companies and give them a sense of whether […]
#Leadership : #SuccessfulHabits – 14 Habits of #SuccessfulPeople to Make Your Own… #Success isn’t Something that Happens to Us, it’s Something we Make Happen. Here are Fourteen Habits that Successful People Embrace.
Success isn’t something that happens to us, it’s something we make happen. Here are fourteen habits that successful people embrace. 1. They Build Habits to Meet Their Goals Having life goals is great, but those goals alone won’t carry you anywhere unless you create habits that help you make them reality. If your goal is to […]
#Leadership : #Negotiating – How to #Negotiate Anything–From People Who have Done It ….From Asking for a #Raise to Getting to a #FlexibleWorkSchedule or a #Sabbatical , we Got Advice from People Who Have Successfully Gotten What they Asked For.
Part of business–no matter what type you’re in–is bargaining and asking for what you want, deserve, and need. From going after opportunities to making a case for a raise–or requesting the ability to work from Bali–in a fierce, competitive landscape, standing up for yourself is an often undermined soft skill. If there’s a part of […]
#BestofFSCBlog : #SalaryNegotiations – How Much Money to Ask for During your Next Salary Negotiations. How Much Money Should you Ask for in a Salary Negotiation? It’s a Tricky Question.
How much money should you ask for in a salary negotiation? It’s a tricky question. The fact that salary negotiations can be extremely stressful doesn’t help matters, either. When you’re finally down to the wire on your impending job offer, there will come a time to talk numbers, Lynn Taylor, national workplace expert and author of […]
#CareerAdvice : #JobInterview – How to Practice for an #Interview in 5 Steps…Ready to Learn How to Walk into an Interview with Confidence, and Knock It Out of the Park? Follow these Five Steps.
What if I run into traffic on my way to the interview and get there late? What if I mess up one of my answers? What if I draw a total blank when my interviewer asks me if I have any questions for them? If you’ve ever been up for a position you really wanted […]