#CareerAdvice : #BestofFSCBlog -The Simple Trick that has Helped me #LandJobs Without Having to Apply….Must REad!
Author Anna Davies hasn’t applied for a job through a portal in over a decade. Instead, every few years, she sends our her a “hire me” email and sends it to her contacts — including old coworkers, bosses, neighbors, landlords, people she trained with for a marathon, and more — via BCC. To keep up […]
#Leadership : #Presentations – These 7 Common #SpeakingHabits Undercut Your Credibility …These Simple Behaviors are Easy to Fall into When you’re Nervous, But they Can make Listeners Think Twice About Taking you Seriously.
Every speaker needs to be credible. If your audience spends the duration of your talk mulling over whether or not to take you seriously, you can kiss goodbye to any chance of your message resonating. Sometimes your credibility has as much to do with your behavior as it does with the message itself. Here are […]
#Leadership : #WorkSmart – 5 Ways To Reset An #Unproductive Afternoon…One or Two Hours of Lost #Productivity Shouldn’t Ruin your Whole Workday. Here are Some Ideas to Reset your Brain & Start Fresh.
We live in a world surrounded by distractions. If you work in an open office, chances are, you have to fight them on a daily basis–whether it’s your coworker who talks loudly on the phone, or that little notification box at the bottom of your screen. Sometimes you’ve just had a rough morning, and doing anything […]
#Leadership : Why You Should #Recruit #OlderWorkers …Many Older Workers are Just as Tech-Savvy and Eager to Learn New Skills as their Younger Peers.
As labor markets tighten, finding qualified workers is becoming more of a challenge for many companies. And recruitment missteps may be making it harder to reach older workers. Carl Dorvil, CEO and president of GEX Management, Inc., a management and professional services company based in Dallas, says there’s good reason to invest in “mentor capitalists” who […]
#Leadership : What’s on Your Mind? #Bosses Are Using #ArtificialIntelligence to Find Out…. AI Tools Give Companies Instant Insights from Employee Surveys that Once Took Months to Process.
Human-resource departments are becoming a bit less human as companies turn to artificial intelligence for help with hiring and firing—and to learn how employees really feel about their bosses. Every year at SPS Companies Inc., most of the steel processor’s 600 employees, from warehouse staffers to top executives, fill out a 30-minute confidential survey that […]
#CareerAdvice : #JobSearch -How To Impress #HiringManagers During A #PhoneInterview . #MustRead !
Companies are increasingly using phone interviews at the early stages of screening candidates, before inviting them on-site for in-person interviews. This is a way to efficiently screen through large candidate pools, as the average job has over 250 applicants. Moreover, the phone screen is typically conducted by recruiters, many of whom may be remote so the phone-screen […]
Your #Career : 8 Companies That’ll Take You to Exotic Locations… #TravelPerks & #InternationalTravel are Offered by #Companies in Nearly Every Industry Enabling #Employees to Fill their Passport while Being #Productive .
Why work in a bland cubicle when you can work in Cancun, Punta Cana or Hanoi? Travel perks and international travel are offered by companies in nearly every industry enabling employees to fill their passport while being productive. Whether you want to work in hospitality, communications, the armed services or sales, here are 8 cool […]
#BestofFSCBlog : Sixteen(16) #InterviewQuestions that are Designed to Trick You. Here are a Few Particularly Thorny Questions — and Some Suggestions on How to Answer Them.
#JobSearch : 16 #InterviewQuestions that are Designed to Trick You. Here are a Few Particularly Thorny Questions — and Some Suggestions on how to Answer Them.
Your #Career : How To Tell The Difference Between A Career Pivot And A Distraction…When you’re Unhappy at Work, Quitting for Something Else can be Tempting. But here’s How to Tell If you’re Chasing a Rabbit or Heading Down the Right Path.
Grace Chon was working as an art director in Los Angeles with clients such as the California Avocado Commission, Japan Airlines, and Domaine Chandon, but she felt like something was missing. “It was a stressful environment, and it got to the point where it didn’t make me happy anymore,” she says. Rather than look for a […]
Your #Career : On Thin Ice ( #JobTermination) ? …. Have you Ever Wondered If you Were on Thin Ice at Work? You are Doing your Job, Contributing to the Company and Even get Good #PerformanceReviews . But Something is Different.
Have you ever wondered if you were on thin ice at work? You are doing your job, contributing to the company and even get good performance reviews. But something is different. You can feel it, but you can’t quite pinpoint it. Maybe you were left out of a meeting. Or someone made an odd remark […]