Career ManagementTips On Building A Successful Career
5 Tips to Building an Inside Sales Force
Years ago sales professionals started their careers at companies that required them to pound the pavement and knock on doors. Those who had the fortitude and competitive entrepreneurial attitude worked hard to convince corporations to give them a chance to prove their worth. Many failed and decided that sales was not the right career for them. The few that survived found great success and continued to accelerate their career to climb above the tree line. These top performers had the work ethic, tenacity, and resiliency to survive and are now the present vice presidents of sales at many well known and rapidly growing companies.
Freelance Writing Jobs for May 8, 2013
Every time I hear of the experiences of people commuting to their offices daily, gratitude fills me – gratitude for the opportunity to make a living doing what I love without having to go out of the house. W
Don’t Use Pay as Your Babysitter
Have you ever used a babysitter? This is when you have someone else assume your responsibilities while you take a break and focus on something else. The babysitter stands in for you, becomes you during the period of your absence. Someone else does your job.
Typically we think of babysitting when there’s actually a dependent child involved, but it’s not uncommon for ineffective managers in the workplace to use the same concept when dealing with their employees. The
Why Have Women In Power? They’re less corrupt
Only when jobs involved making ethical compromises did women report less interest in the jobs than men.
That’s one finding from a series of recently released studies titled: “Who Is Willing to Sacrifice Ethical Values for Money and Social Status? Gender Differences in Reactions to Ethical Compromises.”
More from the studies conducted by Jessica Kennedy of Wharton and Laura Kray of Berkeley:
* Study 1, when reading decisions that compromised ethical values for social status and monetary gains, women reported feeling more moral outrage and perceived less business sense in the decisions than men.
Finding a career that reflects who you are
Watch my latest YouTube video as I discuss what it means to find a career thats a reflection of you, and why its important. Take the time to really think about who you are as a person. You want to go through this process to identify a career path that fits who you are as a person. Start with you your values, your priorities, and your lifestyle to help you find a career path that is right for you.
How to Deal with “To Do” List Overwhelm
Most of you know I was laid off from day job in 2011 and been helping small business owners develop their core values, improve their sales pages and create amazing product launches. The business has been going well, but there are struggles too. Last week my son was sick and I had to keep him home with me. Every hour of work time is precious to me, but like any family man with strong family values my son comes first.
He stayed home with me last Tuesday and Wednesday. He broke his fever on Tuesday and Wednesday afternoon he was back to his happy self.
On Wednesday night I looked at my “to do” list that had piled up. I felt behind. Overwhelmed. I f
Why ‘Source of Hire’ Should Drive a Company’s Talent Acquisition Strategy
I decided to ask 1,582 U.S. company employees how they go their last job. I gave them four choices:
- Internal move or promotion
- Some type of proactive networking activity, or referred by someone within the company
- Contacted by a recruiter or hiring manager who found their resume or LinkedIn profile
- Responded to a job posting
I also asked if they were actively looking for a job at the time, or not. The results of this survey are shown in the graphic. Here’s a link to the survey itself if you’d like to take it and/or pass it on, and the preliminary analysis. Eve