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What Colour Are You? | BTalk Australia: (10min 43) Click on "Play" above to hear the podcast. Psychometric tests can evaluate your personality in the workplace. Does this make it a useful tool for recruiting the right sort of person for your business? A very fiery red Phil Dobbie talks to...; Tags: Podcasts, Recruitment & Selection, Professional Development, Productivity, Internet, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Career, Phil Dobbie; Blog posts 2008-07-21
Can This Sales Career Be Saved?: A reader writes: I'm a 41 year old female with experience in different fields from retail to medical office manager to account executive for a local newspaper but have no idea what I want to do. Everyone says I'm terrific at sales, have a great personality BUT I've had...; Tags: Professional development, Recruitment & Selection, Geoffrey James, Alice, job, Cheshire Cat, career, sales; Blog posts 2008-07-21
How to Close the Deal -- Perfectly: The ability to close -- easily, quickly and consistently -- is the single most valuable skill that any sales professional can have. And as with any great art, it's important to remember, and practice, the basics. by Geoffrey James; Tags: Sales strategy, E-mail, Sales force management, Geoffrey James; Blog posts 2008-07-17
How to Get the Truth From References: The Find: Surprising questions to ask a candidate's references to get the real scoop on a potential new hire. The Source: The Business Pundit blog. The Takeaway: You think you've found the right candidate to fill a vacancy, so you wearily pick up the...; Tags: Blogging, Jessica Stillman, Business Pundit; Blog posts 2008-07-14
21 Ways to Make Yourself More Likeable: Now that you know how to tank your career and make your office life miserable, it's time for some damage control. Start by making yourself more likeable, which you can do by following the 21 steps outlined at Marc and Angel Hack Life. My favorite steps are the first two:...; Tags: Rick Broida; Blog posts 2008-07-09

Why Are You Complaining?: A reader writes: Help! My boss is a complete idiot! He doesn't bother to get into the details of my reports or work assignments. He just makes motherhood statements and when asked for details, he turns to his staff. He delegates everything, even assignments that should be done by...; Tags: Recruitment & Selection, Geoffrey James; Blog posts 2008-07-01
Job-Hungry Journalists Turning to PR: There has always been a steady stream of media people making the career transition into PR. But with the serious financial and business model problems plaguing most major media, journalists who once looked down their noses at what they call "the dark side" are starting to think that things might...; Tags: Jon Greer, public relations; Blog posts 2008-06-24
Jobseekers Suffer From 'Achievement Amnesia': Apparently, something called ‘achievement amnesia' is blighting jobseekers' chances of getting an interview. Research by iProfile has found a mis-match between what employers look for on a CV and what job applicants deliver. Employers consider work-based achievements essential to a good CV. But job...; Tags: Job, Job Applicant, Achievement, iProfile, Recruitment & Selection, Professional Development, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Career, BNET UK Staff; Blog posts 2008-06-24
Ten Tips on Career Advancement: Many career experts agree that the best time to look for a new job is while comfortably in the old one. If a person is starting to feel unchallenged in the present position, the person may be ready for a promotion to the next level. If there aren't many career...; Tags: Professional development, training and certification, AllBusiness.com, career advancement, career, job; White papers
Inevitable Disclosure: Dealing With Trade Secret Issues When Hiring a New Employee: When an employee's career hangs in the balance, a person can expect a court to give very careful scrutiny to any claims of inevitable disclosure - and to be reluctant to act without substantial probability that an employee will not be able to function in a new job without making...; Tags: Recruitment & Selection, Strategy, hiring, career, knowledge, job; White papers
Pricing Methods and How to Use Them: One of the first sales jobs the author held, early in his career, was selling furniture in a small town mom-and-pop retail store. At the time he was hired, the author was sharing my very first bachelor pad with a friend. They had elegantly furnished their domain with their respective...; Tags: career, pricing strategy, sales; White papers
CEO Isolation: People at all stages of professional development need coaches to help them. Chief executives frequently use coaches to bounce ideas around; entrepreneurs use their coach to help them think strategically about the business, and coaches help others sort out career decisions. A Coach can be one's sounding board, support system,...; Tags: training and certification, coach, professional development, CEO, career, board; White papers
Re-Examining Current Career Development Experiences of Non-Euro-American Male Aspirants Toward the Academy: Current research and scholarship asserts inevitable projected trends of highly diverse student population demographics within the landscape of post-secondary institutions over the next decade while simultaneously forecasting a paradoxical ebbing of non-minority faculty members from that same landscape in academe. Such portrays current and future hiring trends of minority or...; Tags: Professional development, AllBusiness.com, career development, forecasting, career; White papers
The Impact of Vocational and Social Efficacy on Job Performance and Career Satisfaction: In this paper, research is presented that examined the impact of social efficacy on the relationship between vocational efficacy beliefs and various job performance dimensions as well as career satisfaction. Results indicated respondents who held low social efficacy beliefs reported higher performance scores than individuals who reported high social efficacy...; Tags: Professional development, Recruitment & Selection, AllBusiness.com, efficacy, career, job, performance; White papers
Climb the Management Ladder to Success: An individual will have worked his or her way up to management through a combination of drive, determination, and a lot of hard work. Congratulations. But the person will not just want to stop there. Chances are that the person would like to keep learning and developing his or her...; Tags: Professional development, AllBusiness.com, career, leader; White papers
Ten Tips for Conducting Employee Performance Reviews: No company can function for very long without a team of productive employees supporting it. It's important not only that employees' feel appreciated, but that they also feel they are progressing steadily in their careers. One of the best ways to ensure this level of job satisfaction is by holding...; Tags: Recruitment & Selection, AllBusiness.com, career, team, job; White papers
Ten Tips on Making a Successful Career Change: If a person is looking for more than just a better job perhaps the person is looking for a more rewarding profession, one that better aligns with skills, interests, values, and plans for the future. But exactly how does a person go about making a career change? It's important to...; Tags: Professional development, AllBusiness.com, career, job; White papers
Laid Off: How to Make Losing Your Job a Winning Venture: The turbulent winds of a stormy job market are here, and if the winds should blow in one's direction, there is a way to handle things. Nobody likes drastic change when it comes to careers. Americans, on average, spend 70% of their waking hours, Monday through Friday, on work-related activities....; Tags: Recruitment & Selection, Professional development, AllBusiness.com, career, job; White papers
Top Career Advice ... More Choices and a Better Way of Life: Knowing career goals can provide a person with valuable guidance. The person needs to remember that career planning and goal setting is an on-going process, changing as the person continues on his or her career. The web can be a great source to find valuable career advice. It can provide...; Tags: Professional development, career, career planning, goal-setting, environment, job, Web; White papers
Goal Setting - Road Map to Success: A person can only set informed career goals if the person acquires plenty of information about the career choices open. This will require research which can be conducted online or through a local library. The person can also visit professional career planning offices to find out about the services they...; Tags: Professional development, Operational planning, training and certification, career planning, goal-setting, career; White papers