Strategies
You are currently browsing the articles from Job Search Secrets matching the category Strategies.
You may be trying to get a job as a sales representative or you may be an experienced rep and looking for a new opportunity. You have done your research on the latest industry news, you have had your résumé updated by a professional and you bought a new interview suit. You are ready, right? Wrong. You have forgotten a very important component in your job search. (more…)
Written by Jeff Bosco with no comments.
Read more articles on Job Searching and Career Advices and Strategies and Interview.
The speculative approach of locating vacancies is often overlooked because is appears to be the least productive, however, looks can be deceiving.
The speculative approach is where the job applicant makes applications to companies who are not currently advertising a vacancy. In many ways this is similar to cold calling and like cold calling you can expect a similar number of rejections. Please, please, please realise that this does not mean that the speculative approach is not working, in fact you will find it is working just fine.
(more…)
Written by Jeff Bosco with no comments.
Read more articles on Job Searching and Strategies.
In many countries around the globe, people are born into their station in life and hence their professions. It is unnecessary for them to plan a career as they are expected to perform one specific job their entire lives. These cultures do not consider personal growth or the possibility of choosing one’s profession.
America, on the other hand, was built on self-reinvention, and today’s economy demands it. Those born before 1946 are less likely to have changed careers or even worked for more than one employer during their lifetimes.
Today, many employees outlive the lifespan of the companies they work for, and the average worker can now expect to have at least three or more careers, with up to six different positions within each of those careers.
(more…)
Written by Jeff Bosco with no comments.
Read more articles on Career Advices and Strategies.
In the western world, there is one thing common to many work places. Stress. There are many causes and all of us could spend a lot of time and dollars analyzing our life and situations to eliminate stress.
What may be far more useful however, is to learn the skills of dealing with every day stress to keep the stress levels within a healthy level. These eight points will help you reduce stress as you go about your daily activity.
(more…)
Written by Jeff Bosco with no comments.
Read more articles on Strategies.
All requests are not equal; all customers or clients are not equal; all to-do-list tasks are not equal; all work responsibilities are not equal. You can do fifty things today and get little, if any, return on your investment for having done them. Or you can do one or two things which have a large return.
(more…)
Written by Jeff Bosco with no comments.
Read more articles on Strategies.