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Showing posts with label Careers Tips. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Careers Tips. Show all posts

Monday, December 6, 2010

Use the Personal Touch to Get a Job

A recent study showed that sales people who used their prospects' names generated a 239% increase in sales.
The simple act of using a name can have a dramatic impact on your own ultimate success in landing a new job! 
During your next interview, focus on remembering the names of the interviewers. Find a reason to say their name at least three times during your conversation. Repeat their name at the end of the interview to make a lasting impression. >vacancy
But don't stop at that. Make it a point to remember and use the names of the other people you meet -- the receptionist, the HR person, anyone you speak to during your visit. They'll remember YOU and maybe nudge the boss in your direction when it's time to make the hiring decision!  
Here's a personal step that you must plan ahead for. After the interview, go out to your car and take out the nice notepaper you've brought along for this purpose. Write your thank-you notes while the interview is fresh in your mind.
In today's high-tech world, a handwritten note is becoming a scarce -- and appreciated -- commodity.
Place the note in an envelope and write the name of the interviewer on it (do separate notes and envelopes for each interviewer, if more than one). Go back inside and hand-deliver them to the receptionist... smile and use his/her name when asking that the notes be delivered.
Do you think any other candidate will do this? Heck no! (Not unless he/she reads this article!)
Have an instant advantage by using the personal touches of: (1) remembering and using names; and (2) handwriting and immediately delivering thoughtful thank-you notes! > employee

How To Tap Into the "Invisible" Job Market

Is there a company in your area that you'd love to work for? Do you assume that, because you don't see them advertising in the classifieds or posting jobs on their website, they have no openings? That may or may not be the case. That truth is, only about one-fifth of job openings are actually advertised! 
Here's how to tap into the huge "invisible" job market.
1. Make a list of companies you'd like to work for that are likely to have positions in your field. When composing your list, do some research and take notes about each company. You'll use that later. 
2. Obtain the names of the people in those companies who have the power to offer you a job. Simply call each company’s main number and ask for the name (ask them to spell it) and title of the manager in your field of expertise (or check to see if this information is available on their website). If possible, also get their email address and direct phone number. Don’t let the receptionist give you the name of the Human Resources manager (unless that is the department where you are trying to get a job) because your first point of contact should be with the hiring manager in your field.
3. Write and send a attention-grabbing cover letter with your resume. Address it specifically to the hiring manager in your field. The saluation should include his/her name and title. (Using something like "Dear Hiring Manager" in an unsolicited letter will likely cause it to be tossed in the garbage.) Say something specific about the company (to show you have a genuine interest and did some research) and explain how your skills and qualifications would help them achieve their goals. vacancy
If you can refer to someone the addressee knows, this will give your letter a big boost. For instance, "Jim Jones in your accounting department mentioned that you might have a need for someone with a background in direct marketing" (or whatever your field is). Yes, this is name-dropping, and it works! If you don't yet have a name to drop, do some networking... talk to everyone you know and see if they know anyone who works at that company; join associations that may have members who work for that company; go to trade fairs in which they may participate... and so on and so forth.
Your cover letter is extremely important because it's your first contact with the hiring manager.
4. Follow-up with the people you sent cover letters and resumes to. You can do this through email or by calling them. Here's a general idea of what you want to say (don't use this word for word): “My name is _________. I'm a graphic designer (or whatever your job title is) and I recently sent you a cover letter with my resume. I realize you are very busy, but I would greatly appreciate it if you could verify that you received it. I am very interested in working for your company and am eager to show you how I can be a contributing member of your team. I'd love to speak with you in person (if doing this by email) or come in for an informational interview."
If you're sending them an email or leaving a message on their voicemail, conclude with: "Please contact me at your convenience..." (leave your contact info; 24-hour phone number and email address). Any other steps you take will depend on the success of this one.
You might want to follow-up one more time after about 10 days if you don't get any response to your first contact. But don't continue pursuing it after that. Focus your job search activities elsewhere.
Even if the majority of people you contact say there are no current openings, these are not necessarily wasted steps. You are demonstrating a proactive approach, and employers admire drive and ambition. You may make such a great impression that you'll be remembered as soon as a vacancy opens up! employee

Friday, December 3, 2010

How NOT to Write a Resume

You can learn a lot about how to do something right by first learning what NOT to do.
Take resumes, for example.
I review about 200-300 a month, and most have at least 2-3 mistakes. Yet, all those hundreds of mistakes can be grouped into just a handful of categories, which you would do well to avoid.
Read on and learn how to write a better resume by avoiding the mistakes of others, some of them unintentionally hilarious ...
Mistake #1: "Golden Retriever Syndrome"
Never talk about yourself in terms that could also describe a hunting dog, like the following language, which appears in far too many resumes I see:
"Hard-working, self-motivated and dependable individual."
Tired phrases like that mean nothing to employers, because they could apply to almost anyone ... or almost anyone's dog.

Instead, dump the empty assertions and back up the claims in your resume with facts, like this:
"Proven sales skills. Ranked in top 3 among 78 reps for 5 straight years, exceeding sales quotas for 18 of 20 quarters."
See the difference?
Mistake #2: A Verbal Jungle
To improve your resume (or anything you write), read it out loud. Since writing is just words on paper, reading it aloud will help you write as you would speak.
Here's an example of language so dense, you'll need a machete to find any meaning:
"Directed assembly of elements from business units in engineering, development, program management, distribution, and legal to effect market research, proposal responses, and contract management into comprehensive, virtual, successful teams ..."
After reading that three times, I'm still baffled.
Worse, do you think employers have time to read a resume three times to figure it out? No. As a result, that job seeker is still looking for work, I'll wager.
Solution: read your resume out loud before sending it out.
If you find yourself gasping for breath halfway through a sentence, stick a period or dash in there and break it in two.
And if anything you write sounds less than 100% clear when you read it aloud, revise until it would make sense to your mother. Doing so will ensure that your resume resonates with readers at all levels, from HR managers to your future boss.

Friday, October 29, 2010

How To Quit Your Job Fast And Make More Money By Not Working

Job Vacancy Indonesia, Employee, Vacancy 

Imagine not having to wake up every morning to the alarm and rushing to get to work everyday. How nice would it be to quit your job fast and make more money by not having to work?
Did you know there are over 120 people every 15 seconds that quit there job and start working from home? It's very possible and you can experience this satisfaction too...
The easiest way to do this is by taking advantage of all the options and global reach the internet allows us to have.
Just about anything can be sold online for profit, and most of these ventures don't take any money to start:
Here are three online home businesses that will allow you to quit you job fast:
1. Sell how-to information products like ebooks.
This is super easy to do, and everybody has a skill or knows how to do something that someone else would pay money to learn.
Everything from how to sell hot dogs in their local town, how to putt golf better, how to talk to women and everything in between.
People pay to learn, so put your expertise down in ebook version and sell of off a website.
2. Create a blog on a popular topic and sell ads.
This is very easy to do now-a-days because of the Google Advertising network. You sign up for free with them and they give you a piece of code to put on your website.
People then click on the ads and you get paid over half of the profit per every click.
That can be anywhere from .25 cents to $3.00...
Imagine hundreds of clicks everyday? You'll never have to work again.
3. Learn a skill and sell it on a consultative basis.
Marketers and entrepreneurs will pay serious dime for people who know how to do stuff. Anywhere from $6.00 to $400 an hour.
Here are some of the valuable skills that will allow you to command this money hourly:
-Article Marketing
-Video Marketing
-Web Design
-PhotoShop
-Pay Per Click
-Social Media Marketing
-Blogging
-Telemarketing
-Data Entry
Learn one and master it, then find places online for people advertising that they need help in this area and offer your services to them and in no time you can be rolling it in from home without that ugly boss.
Who says quitting your job and making more money by not working is just a dream. Put these simple steps into action and in no time you can have exactly what you want.

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How to Use Your Subconscious Mind Power for Creating Success, Wealth & Health

By John Meaden

Job Vacancy Indonesia, Employee, Vacancy     


The potency of the subconscious mind has become a hot subject in the world of personal achievement for over a hundred years now. But it is only in relatively recent years that we've had proof from a scientific level, including quantum physics, about how the use of our subconscious mind power has a greater influence over how we attract situations into our lives. Increased success, wealth and health can all be experienced by knowing how to fully understand and put to use the power of our thoughts.
When the book and film "The Secret" was launched, and since that time increasing numbers of people have become aware of the power of the subconscious mind and how it is linked to the law of attraction. If you want to discover how this great secret of success and prosperity will allow you to attract your ideal lifestyle, there are a few points you need to understand:
Your subconscious mind power is your greatest gift
Everybody believes that the most significant element which gives power to individuals is the gift of free will. Primarily human beings have the option of totally reinventing their own subconscious conditioning according to the things they choose to think about on a constant basis...and this is the key, as our lives are moulded by our most dominant thoughts. It isn't just a case of 'you are what you eat', it is more importantly 'you become what you think about'.
This concept has essentially been around for thousands of years, as in fact one of the authors of the Old Testament explained the fact that "as a man thinketh in his heart, so he is." However exactly what does this suggest with regards to the power of the Law of attraction together with attracting affluence, health and success?
Just take a look at some of the wealthiest men and women on the planet who have lost their fortunes and consequently managed to completely rebuild them from scratch. Do you think this is just luck?
Is it possible that these people could end up that lucky twice in a lifetime? In spite of the fact that a large number of people have also been researched or have written their own books about precisely how they made it happen, most people are unable to copy their particular accomplishments. That's simply because it isn't the method of principles that is applied which makes someone financially successful, healthy or successful within their relationships...it is actually about the individual applying the principles.
Which means that if you would like develop into the type of person who is able to very easily attract much better health, wealth and success into your life, your primary task is to use your subconscious mind power to reprogram yourself for prosperity.
Once you begin doing this you are going to produce the identical subconscious conditioning which has made other individuals prosperous. It really is just a matter of time before your actions and habits begin providing outcomes which are consistent with that thought process. But there's another side to using the power of the subconscious mind which is even more awe-inspiring and amazing than that.
The Power of the Subconscious Mind and your connection to the Universe
Over the past hundred years, physicists have found that we are located within an enormous energy field and that also everything comprises of energy. The appearance which something is in (solid, liquid or matter) depends on the vibrational condition of this energy.
The intriguing thing about this is that you utilize the power of the subconscious mind to alter your own conditioning, and this starts the process of establishing a different form of vibration on your body. If the different kind of vibration is in sync with the energy of precisely what you really want, you will end up drawn to the things that you desire.
You are going to see them more regularly and you will be presented with flashes of inspiration from your subconscious mind which will enable you to take the appropriate action that will attract these things to you
Recently, this way of thinking has become more mainstream thanks to films like 'the secret' and is more commonly known as the "law of attraction".
The law of attraction claims that the things that you possess in your life are caused by your current subconscious programming developing a vibration inside you that automatically attracts the things that you desire.
One thing is certain here, and that is the fact that learning to understand and harness your subconscious mind power is vitally important in achieving anything in your life. You become successful, wealthy and healthy 'first' in your mind, and then it comes to pass in your physical reality. It is that simple.

What Is Behind the Fear of Success?

By Ann Vertel

Job Vacancy Indonesia, Employee, Vacancy  

What do you suppose will happen when you finally achieve all you've dreamed of? Aside from the expected upticks in your income and the ability to buy more things, travel more, invest more, and do more of what you really enjoy, what else could happen?
If you're like a lot of people, you haven't really looked at the downside to achieving all that success. You may have some vague notion that things will change, and they most certainly will, but you may also have assumed that all those changes will be good ones.
At least that's what your conscience thinks. If you have a fear of success, your subconscious has been actively engaged in ensuring that none of those things happen by working diligently to keep you comfortably at status quo.
Fear of success is a hidden, subconscious belief that if you actually become successful, dire consequences will ensue. It means that no matter how badly you want to achieve success, no matter how hard you work for it, and no matter how strong your will is to achieve it, your subconscious will do everything in its power to prevent it. And trust me, the subconscious is far more powerful than you might expect.
If you have a fear of success, you may experience one of five anxieties when you think about your goal. Simply anticipating your success can trigger these subconscious anxieties and lead to the complete opposite of your intended outcome. I'll talk about two of those anxieties here.
The first is a fear that if you become successful other people, those most important to you in particular, will love you less. That you will lose their affection and they will think less of you. If as a child you were criticized or belittled - if your parents held little hope that you would ever achieve anything significant - validating that opinion by complying with it ensures that you do not defy or disagree with their judgment. It keeps you in their good graces. Remaining average confirms for them what they suspected all along. You don't make them angry by defying their opinion and they reward you by continuing to approve of your current potential.
You can work for their approval or work for results, but you can't do both.
The second anxiety is a fear that you will not be able to handle an increase in status. It is a fear of increased responsibility. Naturally as you become more successful you will gain more responsibility. The benefits of achieving success might be appealing, but the change to who you will become and the responsibility that goes along with it, might feel unnerving. Perhaps we're just not up to taking on that type of significance - we'll feel like a fraud or we'll feel embarrassed. Maybe we'll be expected to say and do and be things that just don't feel comfortable. Maybe we'll humiliate ourselves by trying to do more than we think we are capable. Seeing who we could be and actually stepping into that role require different sets of skills.
There is good news. These subconscious anxieties aren't real, they are phantom thoughts that take up residence in our underlying beliefs to keep us from stepping up and stepping out so we don't hurt ourselves. They're just beliefs. And beliefs can be changed.

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Thursday, October 28, 2010

Business Coach Certification - The Need for Business Certification

By Rafael Tassini

Job Vacancy Indonesia, Employee, Vacancy

There is a growing need for business coaches these days. Even though one might think that business owners would be reluctant to spend the money to hire a business coach in the current economic slump, many are consulting help because they do not want to go under as so many other companies have. Coaching, then, can be a lucrative career where you are able to help others. There are coaches by the dozen online, but few hold a business coaching certification or credential. The certification for coaches in business is gained through a challenging course and qualifying exam.
This credential sets you apart from those who merely want to give their opinion over and over. Certified business coaches have the tools needed to assess a business and recommend actions that will improve the efficiency of the company. Training and certification help to teach and train coaches looking to do so in business, but it also helps business owners understand how to raise business capital. The honor of helping businesses thrive and expand is a mission that is strengthening the national and global economy. It is a part of enabling business owners to develop companies that run basically on their own.
A coaching certification course is one which teaches the tools of the trade of modern business. Knowing how to assess a business from the inside out requires looking at the company as a big picture made up of smaller parts. What parts are clogging the wheels of productivity? A coach can see more effective methods of running the business as a whole, as well as within a single part. They also help business owners move into the age of technology, with mobile data interfaces, company internet presence, and more. The fresh eyes of a business coach can see the areas that have been overlooked by a busy business owner.
While many former business owners might have great advice about what they did, business coaches who have been through rigorous training to earn a coaching certification in business have the knowledge and skills to help a wide variety of businesses and situations. They can effectively use their knowledge of models and processes to assess and improve the current business model. The certification credential can be added to a business card, resume, website, and more. Choosing a certification course includes selecting curriculum and instructor that you respect. An instructor with a successful background in business coaching is essential. This way students get an overall view from curriculum paired with the practical advice of a person who has been there before.

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Business Coaching Certification - Joining the Business Coaching Field

By Rafael Tassini

Job Vacancy Indonesia, Employee, Vacancy


Business coaching is a growing industry that provides the service of consulting or coaching for business owners and CEO's. The leaders who run companies sometimes need an outside perspective to survey the operations and assess where productivity is being slowed. These coaches can provide analysis, advice, support, and new knowledge, especially in the areas of ways to raise capital or business use of technology. The best coaches have earned their coaching certification credentials and are fully qualified to do these jobs. However, there are some coaches out there who have little to no experience or training in the field.
Business leaders seeking the services of a business coach should check to see if they have their coaching certification. This is gained through a strenuous training class that focuses on the practical application of business coaching principles followed by a rigorous qualifying exam to earn the certification. These courses provide students with study guides and memorization tools to help them learn the tools, processes, and formulas that have worked in the field of business as well items specific to coaching in business. These include learning how to acquire clients and lead business leaders. The clients of coaches in business are not used to being in the role of a follower, so there are special techniques and interpersonal skills that can increase the success of the business coach and the business leader with whom they are working.
Coaching certification courses teach students how to be effective and efficient in their own businesses to make profits soar. It would not speak well of the doctor is he was continually sick, right? Obviously the business coach must use their own expertise in their own business as well. The courses also train students in the best practices of business coaching. Students also learn how to structure a relationship with the client to be most effective at improving the productivity of their business.
So, who becomes a coach in business? Well, those that have had successful careers in business leadership and want a change of scene or pace might gain their business coaching certification. A person who has great analytical, problem-solving, and interpersonal skills might seek it as a career from the beginning. Much like a sports coach, it does help if the business coach has been in business at least a little. Sometimes a role like this opens up in a corporation and people need training so they take the course to qualify.

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Tuesday, October 26, 2010

Distributing Business Gifts is Not a New Trend

By Gareth Parkin

Job Vacancy Indonesia, Employee, Vacancy    


Business organisations have experimented with different modes of advertising with the gradual change of time. To carry out brand publicity in the earlier days, various forms of print media were used. The focus shifted with the introduction of electronic means. The off late development is that of the internet. During all these three distinct era, business promotional gifts were always present as a mode of brand promotion. All of us must have noticed that advertisement in publications reduced due to the increased efficiency of air time and similarly online has outshone the previous link. Here, we see a decrease in the importance of the former with the involvement of the later conduits of advertisement. But promotional gifts had a consistent presence during all the phases. Distributing business gifts is thus not a new trend. However, their use has witnessed a spur in the contemporary times.
There are certain reasons that account for the increased application of corporate gifts. They can be categorised under the following headings:-
Cost-Effective: Business promo gifts are comparatively less costly than the conventional channels of advertisement. They also enjoy a reduced cost than the web media. Financial resources can be better utilised with investment on promotional items. More numbers can be procured within the restrained budget amount. The profit earned in this process leads to undertaking of numerous such promotional campaigns over large geographical areas. This surely encourages an efficient media planning, ultimately resulting in a greater brand exposure.
Competitive Edge: Competition in business has increased manifold in just matters of few decades. In the rush to score high on the other, competitive edge is a prerequisite. In this scenario, where all the other mediums are not that effective, promotional gifts have made their way to the fore due to their efficacy. They showed the prowess of rendering distinctness to a particular brand over the other.
Appealing: Where all the outlets of propagating the brand message are visual, promotional products have their tangibility to harp on. Here lies their factor of appeal. The print ads are flipped over, the TVCs vanish with the blink of an eye and ads on websites are non-existent once you shut down your computer. We can now very well realise that the persistent presence of promotional business gifts before the eyes, their regular and frequent use gets the brand image embedded in the memory of the audience.
Durability: The longevity of the business gifts also accounts for their increased usage as promotional materials. The extended period of presence results in stressing the brand identity in the current consumers. Moreover, brand exposure to those in close interaction with the core recipients makes for a large base of potential customers too.

Monday, October 25, 2010

Recruiting Network Marketing Leaders

By Richard Dennis

Job Vacancy Indonesia, Employee, Vacancy

I'll bet that the first time you ever heard of an MLM home business opportunity presentation, the word "duplication" wasn't far behind. It's long been accepted as gospel that for memorable network marketing career success and royalty profits, you must have duplication. And to effectively recruit network marketing leaders, you must be able to present them with a turnkey system that works.
Back in 1989, I was reading the business opportunity ads in the weekend edition of USA Today. I circled a few ads and called the most inviting one. An enthusiastic voice mail message asked for my contact information. The message offered me a free audiotape loaded with profitable MLM secrets.
The mail came. I listened to the tape, by a fellow by a heavy hitter named Dayle Maloney. You may well know Dayle, an old-time MLMer, very successful.
I admit, residual income sounded great. But I wanted nothing to do with downlines, compensation plans, endless in-home meetings, listing my warm market, prelaunches, or sales presentations.
I had been there and done that and had been killed off a few times in MLM. But Dayle had some fresh strategies about how to attract targeted reps from a cold market. One distributor training point in particular stuck with me. Dayle said that if you are ever going to make a big paycheck in network marketing, if you are ever going to kiss your boss goodbye and retire from your job, you've got to do your own recruiting audiotape. No argument - you just have to.
And that thought stuck with me. A few years later, I found a life-changing MLM nutritional product. I figured if there was ever any product I could sell, it would be that one. I remembered what Dayle said. So I wrote a script and then rented studio time and recorded a 90-minute promotional audiotape. It set me apart from the masses. I had good success with it.
Over the next few years, I did 6 or 8 different motivational audiotape sponsoring presentations. And every one of them built a profitable business. Most were scripted. Some, I recorded with company owners, doctors, marketing experts, and others. The technology has changed today, though. No more audiotapes - it's all online audio and video.
To Have Major Long-Term Network Marketing Success, You Need To Brand Yourself
That first prospecting audiotape differentiated me from my MLM competition. And as I built my networking business, my people had an exclusive recruiting tool. (THAT is where the duplication comes in!) In MLM, you are always talking about how important duplication is. And it definitely is important. You've got to have a lead generation and training system that other people can get quick results with.
But if you are ever going to be the big guru leader with the huge success and big monthly paycheck who can effectively recruit network marketing leaders, you also have to brand yourself as a specialist, an expert. Figure out a unique message and a unique way to deliver it ... video, podcast, email, conference call ... figure out a solution, online and offline, that makes you different. That's when network marketing becomes a REALLY interesting and fun game.
 

Friday, October 22, 2010

Using Online Jobs Search Engines To Find Employment

By James R

Job Vacancy Indonesia, Employee, Vacancy 


If you currently find yourself un-employed as a result of the current economic situation then you may Want to read further. There have been a number of new websites started with the express purpose to help people who are looking for jobs connect with companies that are offering them. The only thing it requires from you is an Internet connection. If you don't currently have one you can always visit the public library. There are at least three things you can benefit from using an online jobs website. These three things include finding companies looking for at home workers, unadvertised IT positions, little known career banks and etc. The rest of this write-up will take a look at the advantages of using a job search engine website.
Work From Home Jobs
We know that a lot of these advertisements are scammy in nature. However, that doesn't take away from the fact that a lot of these are real positions that are being filled and worked each and every day. Why not throw your hat in the ring?
Unadvertised IT Positions
By having access to the right online job search engines you can get access to otherwise unpublished IT positions. These usually include entry level through mid level programming and help desk positions. If this fits what you you are looking for then you have given yourself another avenue to get work.
Seldom Advertised Career Banks
These search engines allow you access to job search engines that are not among the most popular. What that means for you is that when you remove redundancy from what they are offering and say a site like career builder what is left over are jobs that you wouldn't have otherwise found.
In case you are wondering whose community is served by these online job search engines they are country wide in nature. These means chances are there is something located near you that you are eligible for. And besides the list of open positions is growing bigger everyday.
In this article we have looked at some of the additional ways you can fuse job search engines in your favor. These included work from home jobs, unadvertised IT jobs and little known career banks. Of course there are a number of other benefits that are associated with job search engines that are not mentioned here. By being aware of these benefits you can make a better decision on using one or not.