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Communication is a Leading Indicator of Financial Performance by Suzanne Bates - Dec, 2009 I’m often asked how you measure the impact of better communication on your company’s success. Watson Wyatt recently published a 2009-2010 survey that shows communication is a leading indicator of financial performance and a driver of employee engagement. According to the survey, companies that have highly effecctive communicators had 47% higher total returns to shareholders over the last five years compared to firms that are t... |
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The Hidden Benefit of Employee Empowerment by David Lee - Dec, 2009 First off...sorry for the BusinessSpeak cliche "empowerment", but it's the quickest way to get the point across... In searching through my notes for an upcoming seminar on how to boost morale and lower stress, I came across an article from Inside 1to1 - the marketing folks - that had a great reminder of what happens when you enable your employees to: Feel the thrill of victory, rather than the agony of defeat Here's a... |
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Jobless During The Holidays? There Is Hope. by Mary Sherwood Sevinsky - Dec, 2009 How do you cope with unemployment a during the holidays? Like any loss, a job loss results in grief. Inevitably you must mourn the loss of the job and all that it provided: Security, money, self-esteem, status, identity, etc. I like this model for dealing with loss that is similar to the traditional Kubler-Ross Model, but provides 7 stages for moving BEYOND the grief. In Part I an overview of the grieving process as it relates... |
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Brand It, Sell It, and Win It - What Makes You Different? by Jessica Holbrook Hernandez - Dec, 2009 I have heard this statement over and over again “Find a need and fill it.” Mostly people use it to describe opening their own business, creating a product or service, or selling something. Today I’m applying it to your job search and your resume. Find what the employer needs and sell them on how you can fill it. Specifically how you can do it, how much better you can do it than everyone else, and why they should give you a cha... |
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Ever Been Asked: ‘Have You Ever Done (Fill In The Blank)?' What To Say When You haven’t! by Jessica Holbrook Hernandez - Dec, 2009 Countless interviews that I've conducted or participated in have all had tragic endings because of the inability of the interviewee to answer the tough questions the right way. One of the most important questions you'll be asked in an interview is "Have you ever done...?" What we're looking for is real-world experience. We don't ask you have you ever done something not directly related to the position or critical to its succes... |
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How *Not* To Start Your Cover Letter by Jessica Holbrook Hernandez - Dec, 2009 On a weekly basis any hiring manager probably receives between 50 to well probably hundreds of resumes and cover letters. The key is to catch their attention from the start and the best place to do that is in your cover letter. So I am going to tell you what the worst possible way is to start your cover letter and then give you some creative alternatives to use instead. This is the most boring intro line because everyone us... |
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Interview Basics – Secure the Offer by Jessica Holbrook Hernandez - Dec, 2009 It astonishes me how many job seekers in today’s day and age are held back because they lack the information and skills necessary to interview well. I have developed a simple list of basic interview skills every job seeker should posses before stepping foot in the door of an interview. You may be amazed by what you don’t know. 1. Prepare a resume that sells. Is your resume a timeline, historical document, or a sophisticated... |
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Interview Killers – A Top Ten List of What Not To Do by Jessica Holbrook Hernandez - Dec, 2009 Over the years I have interviewed hundreds of candidates. I have seen and heard things that would shock you and that you would never expect during an interview. So I have compiled a list of the top ten things not to do during an interview. 10. Do not bring your boyfriend, best friend or children to an interview. This is horrible interview behavior. I once had a candidate bring her entire family – there were seven very rowdy... |
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Posting Your Resume On Craigslist – What You Need to Know! by Jessica Holbrook Hernandez - Dec, 2009 Recently I was scanning through the resumes listed on craigslist and noticed something very surprising. Most of the listings weren’t resumes at all. They were job seekers begging and pleading for a job. Once I pulled myself up off the floor from falling out of my chair in disbelief I said something has to be done! So here is a brief list of rules to remember when posting your resume (or anything for that matter) to the resumes... |
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Seven Tips for Surviving A Layoff by Jessica Holbrook Hernandez - Dec, 2009 1. Ask for more projects. I know this may sound like a crazy idea, and you might already be overloaded, but I knew a colleague in IT that had asked for additional projects and she survived three rounds of layoffs and still is working at her company. 2. Don’t have the “It won’t happen to me mentality”. I’m not suggesting that you walk around scared that you have no job stability but take the boy scout motto to heart. Always ... |
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