f you want to hire the best candidates, you have to know what the best candidates want for their career. Although every candidate and employee wants to be properly compensated for their skills and talents, money and other compensation is far from what they ultimately desire—and that was proven once again in SimplyHired’s “2011 Today’s […]
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5 Stand Out Qualities That Companies Look for in Candidates
Everybody wants to know what they can do to stand out from the crowd in terms of landing a better job and improving their career. Are skills and talent a big part of standing out? Of course they are. However, they’re not the ONLY components involved in companies’ decision-making process. Here are five more qualities […]
How to Leverage Your Performance Review
How to Leverage Your Performance Review – Your employee evaluation isn’t just an introduction to your raise or an excuse as to why you haven’t received one. Get a copy of your performance reviews, and then leverage them when you’re looking for a new opportunity. How do you get them and what do you do […]
5 Strategies for Building Resiliency Professionally
Let’s be honest—you can’t eliminate stress from your personal or professional life. It’s going to exist, in one form or another, whether good stress or bad stress. Most people don’t think of stress ever being a good thing, but there are many things in life that can still add elements of stress to our every […]
What To Do If You’re Underpaid – 6 Strategic Career Steps
Once you’ve ascertained that you’re being underpaid, your top priority should be to prevent your wages from stagnating even further. This is the prime time for building and developing your career, and you’ll want to cast as wide a net as possible.
What Are You Worth in Today’s Market?
What are you worth in today’s market? A general principle for financial success in the stock market is to buy low and sell high. When that rule of thumb is applied to your career, it means that you should stay put in a poor job market and be open to making a move during a […]
An 11-Letter Word for Building Your Professional Online Identity
Are you an early adopter? This marketing term that defines a set group of individuals that are willing to jump in also applies to job seekers. They’re the people that are shouting from the pool “Come on in, the water’s fine!” Are these thoughts running through your mind?
Branding Your Career: Your Online Identity is Affecting Your Employment
Discussing the link that exits between your online identity and your personal brand, especially as it pertains to your career. But first, a word about your “personal brand” vs. your “professional brand.”
What The Matrix, Your Online Presence, and Your Career Have In Common
You should have more than just an online presence. You should have an online identity. The first place that potential employers often meet you isn’t in the real world . . . it’s in “the Matrix” (i.e., on the Internet).
Is It Time to Audit Your Current Employer?
If you’re not 100% sure that where you are is where you should be, then it might be time to audit your current employer. What does that mean? It means taking a hard look at your current situation and asking questions about your employer that you may not have considered before, questions like the ones […]