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Interview Mistakes to Avoid
December 27, 2012 by William Frierson
Making a good impression in an interview is a big step in landing a new job. In order for veterans (and other job seekers) to achieve this goal, it is important not to make the mistakes mentioned in the following post.Interviews are a time of excitement , anticipation, and anxiety for many job seekers. A good interview is the key to a new career. For this reason, it’s not always the most qualified person who gets an offer; it’s frequently the person who has the best interview. Here are some interview mistakes to avoid, so that you can put your best foot forward:
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Strategies to Maximize Your Opportunities in Today’s Job Market
December 21, 2012 by William FriersonAs a job seeker, you want to put yourself in the best position to get a job. The following post has steps to help you on your way to achieving this goal.5 Steps to Reach Your Career and Life Goals
Step 1. Know What You Bring to the Table and What Drives You!
In order to bridge the gap from college to your first career you need to know yourself; what do you bring to the table and what drives you, what you value and what you can do that adds value. All of this should be succinctly crafted into a personal mission statement. I’d like to quote Eric Hellweg who writes for the Harvard Business Review. He asserts that most companies, regardless of their sectors, have a mission statement. And most are awash in jargon and marble-mouthed pronouncements. Worse still, these gobbledy-gook statements are often forgotten by, misremembered, or flatly ignored by frontline employees.
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Strategies to Maximize Your Opportunities in Today’s Job Market
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Five questions to ask yourself before meeting with your federal employees
December 14, 2012 by William FriersonBefore evaluating their employees, federal employers need to know they can offer them valuable feedback. The following post has some questions they should ask themselves in preparing for these meetings.
With the new fiscal year just beginning, now is the perfect time for federal leaders to have one-on-one conversations with their employees about expectations, performance and results, as well as offer feedback and coaching to help them continuously improve and succeed.Original article:
Five questions to ask yourself before meeting with your federal employees
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Top 5 Unique Military Careers You Didn’t Know About
December 04, 2012 by William FriersonAre you looking for a career in the military? Check out some unique opportunities in the following post.Doctors, lawyers, infantry, and cooks: when it comes to careers, the military has it all. Most of these jobs you’ve probably heard of, but we took the time to find some very unique ones. These careers might not be the first thing that comes to mind when you think of the military, but our years of experience offering loans has taught us that every soldier plays a critical and important role through their service.
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“Integrators” Get Ahead: Skillfully blending your online personal image and professional life
by William FriersonSocial media can play a positive role in both enhancing your image personally and professionally. In the following post, learn some tips that can help you achieve this goal.You’ve surely heard the ominous and endless warnings about how reckless social media activity can jeopardize your job or throw a wrench into your career search. And, indeed, unflattering pictures from a late-night binge, profanity laced-tirades and off-color jokes can earn you a pink slip or rejection letter.
Yet more social media researchers and experts are beginning to emphasize the upside of a savvy and well-managed online image that complements your professional life, potentially strengthening your value as an employee and your marketability as a job candidate.
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“Integrators” Get Ahead: Skillfully blending your online personal image and professional life
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New Grad: Why should they hire you?
November 21, 2012 by William FriersonBefore applying for jobs, recent college graduates should know what they have to offer. In the following post, learn how graduates can show their value to potential employers.If you can learn how to state your value proposition to find a job, you stand a better chance of being picked as the perfect candidate. Get the No More Back to School Audio Series. Click here to download.(It’s FREE!) I worked recently with a very accomplished Division
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Top Employers for Business and Engineering Students
September 21, 2012 by Steven Rothberg
Which are the world’s best employers according to Universum’s 2012 survey of 144,000 business and engineering students from the world’s 12 largest economies?In business, Google placed as the most attractive employer in the world for the fourth consecutive year. KPMG maintained its 2011 second place finish, while Procter & Gamble reached a new high as the third most attractive employer in the world in 2012. “The Google fever is still hot!” comments Universum’s CEO Petter Nylander. “Students are still attracted to Google’s relaxed and creative work environment, international atmosphere and innovative products. Google lets the students know that they offer great benefits that are hard for other companies to match.” In engineering, Google takes first place for the fourth consecutive year in a row. IBM and Microsoft nabbed second and third place, respectively. “The giants in the software industry are seen as great places for the launch of an engineering or IT career,” said Nylander. “They offer training, networking and future career possibilities.”
The rankings reveal dramatic trends: Continue Reading
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How Employers can Add Value to Career Development
August 21, 2012 by William Frierson
Beverly Kaye (on the left) and Julie Winkle Giulioni (on the right)
Employees may one day hope to advance in their careers, by having the right attitude and working hard. So, how can employers demonstrate an interest in career development while getting their employees’ best efforts on the job?
The success of every business is based on the people that work there. And one of the most costly impacts is the loss of key people.
Growing your business means growing your people. Research consistently underscores the link between employee engagement and critical business priorities like innovation, productivity, efficiency and results. Yet too many organizations fail to see the connection between talent and the bottom line. Continue Reading
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Building a Successful Team
July 27, 2012 by William Frierson
J. Allan McCarthy
Great coaches take into consideration an athlete’s talent and heart when they’re building a team, but they consider group dynamics, too, says entrepreneur J. Allan McCarthy.
“It’s not just a matter of getting the fastest, strongest and smartest players on your side,” says McCarthy, an international scaling expert and author of Beyond Genius, Innovation & Luck: The ‘Rocket Science’ of Building High-Performance Corporations.
“If you’re building a championship team, you’re gauging how the individual athletes fit together; how their personalities, talents, drive and abilities will mesh to meet the team’s goals. It’s exactly what you need to do to build a winning corporate team. As Michael Jordan, put it, ‘Talent wins games, but teamwork and intelligence win championships.’ ” Continue Reading
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The 5 C’s of Fostering Strong Working Relationships
July 24, 2012 by William FriersonTeamwork provides a foundation for business success. Teams, when managed properly, maximize each individual’s strong points while minimizing weaknesses. Of course, creating productive teams isn’t as easy as it sounds. Strong working relationships need five basic ingredients for success: Communication, Collaboration, Culture, Creativity and Commitment. Each of the five Cs builds on the previous one, to form a complete structure which fosters teamwork and relationship building. Continue Reading
