It happened. You had that important presentation to the big boss, and it went down in flames. You were worried about it, and your worst fears came true.
Yikes!
Okay, now that you’re a little further away from the event, how do you recover? [click to continue…]
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The end of 2009 and into 2010 was proving to be a very difficult year for my company, Taz Solutions, Inc. a web marketing, strategy, PR, and design firm. I discovered that the old ways of doing business were just not working in the “new economy. ” I was used to charging $5000 or more a month on retainer without anyone batting an eye as they saw the massive value we provided. This, however, seemed to turn overnight. $5000 a month turned into $3000 which turned into $2000. [click to continue…]
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Can Twitter help you find a job?
Yes.
But only if you use it right.
It can be a huge challenge sorting the wheat from the chaff on Twitter, where millions of updates appear daily, only a few of which contain useful job-search information. [click to continue…]
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I was deeply affected many years ago by a workshop of Stephen R. Covey, when he explained that trust can be thought of as a bank account. Here’s the concept: [click to continue…]
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You’re probably not old enough to remember, but back in the Seventies there was a very popular book and movie called Love Story. The movie featured Ali McGraw and Ryan O’Neal and did a lot to popularize matching knit hats, scarves and mittens.
It’s also known for the famous line –“Love means never having to say you’re sorry.” [click to continue…]
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Standing out in a crowd is hard. The bigger the crowd, the harder it is to stand out. This job market is begging for your creative genius. How will you stand out in a large crowd of job seekers? One executive told me that in the first hour of a position posting, they had over 300 applicants. How did that happen? The applicants electronically uploaded their resumes online. It was like pouring out a carton of dominos. To him, so many of the resumes looked exactly the same. [click to continue…]
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Top sports players get championship rings. The inner circles of winning candidates get big jobs. Rock bands that really connect sell lots of records and get to live like rock stars.
But there are benefits to being on a great team, even if most people will never know about what you do.
Perhaps the most important is also the most obvious – I think it’s a deep-seated human urge to enjoy doing things at the same time. [click to continue…]
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Success doesn’t occur without intimate knowledge of what ‘success’ looks like for your company. Most organizations post publicly within the company the annual goals and the objectives by which they will accomplish these goals. Each of those objectives is ‘assigned’ to an executive in your organization. They are ultimately responsible for carrying through that initiative and therefore ensuring the company’s success. Even if you work in the mail room, you need to understand these initiatives. No job within the company, if you are REALLY looking to advance, is capable of avoiding this responsibility. Every position in the company is there to ultimately pursue the objectives set by senior leadership. Knowledge of these initiatives will be crucial as you move forward in your career. Consider printing them out and taping them up on your desk. These will be helpful to you as you work with the VPs and leaders in your organization to accomplish initiatives. [click to continue…]
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If you have a job, you’re probably very busy. You’re now doing the work of three people, struggling to catch your breath.
The difficult part is to think about the long term. You not only need to be valued as a productive worker today, but also five years from now. Or ten.
Are you building that foundation for your future career? [click to continue…]
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One of my favorite computer vices is online Solitaire.
Perhaps that seems pretty tame for a vice, but when you’re juggling multiplying demands and shrinking hours to meet them, taking any time to click and flip computer cards seems the height of wickedness – the time management equivalent of dumping gallons of milk down the drain. [click to continue…]
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