Have You Ever Been Dumped By A Recruiter [VIDEO]

Have You Ever Been Dumped By A Recruiter [VIDEO] Have you ever been addicted to a certain recruiter (who gives you a pen)? Are you a recruiter working on  commission  who has picked up a candidate who doesnt want to leave their job? This Gotye parody from the Auckland Lawyers Revue may relate to you let us know if it does in the comments below! Sing along: Now and then I think of when you first called my number And when you said you had a job that I should try Asked myself if you were right for me But you said that we should have coffee And from that day you showered me with lots of attention You can get addicted to a certain kind of recruiter Like one who gives you a pen, always a pen I thought it meant it was a sign of lust But you were just trying to gain my trust And then I found that you were working on commission Now and then I think of all the times you strung me on Part of me believing you were just about to leave your job But I dont really work that way If you dont take the job I dont get paid You said that you were ready to go But you never quit, so Im just some recruiter that you used to know (-oh-oh) RELATED: Are Recruiters Really Bad People?

Networking in 2014 How to Increase Your Net Worth - Personal Branding Blog - Stand Out In Your Career

Networking in 2014 How to Increase Your Net Worth - Personal Branding Blog - Stand Out In Your Career Its safe to say 2014 is going to be an even more competitive year for job seekers. Employers aren’t just looking to fill open positions they’re wanting to hire highly skilled and talented candidates who are the best fit for their company. As you’re searching for jobs, you’re probably investing valuable time applying for open positions, searching job boards, and perfecting your resume and cover letter. If youre already investing this time into your job search, why not invest some of it into your network? Your network is the most powerful asset during your job search because its a tool thats going to help you find a job and increase your net worth as a job seeker. Your net worth as a job seeker is how you use your skills, experience, and passions to market yourself as a desirable candidate. Networking is an excellent way to increase your net worth as a job seeker because not only does it help you discover jobs, but also build your personal brand and credibility as a professional. When you leverage your network, you’ll be able to understand your connections and who can help you the best during your job search. Whether its having a connection to someone who can proofread your resume or a friend who knows of a job opening, your network is going to play major role during your job search in 2014. If youre wondering how you can increase your net worth as a job seeker, check out these different ways networking will help you succeed in your 2014 job search. First things first, know your personal brand inside and out. Before you can even start increasing your net worth, you must understand your current assets. Do an inventory of your personal brand’s strengths and the connections you currently have. You should also be prepared to answer any question a recruiter or employer could have about your experience and skills. By knowing your personal brand inside and out, you will feel more confident when networking with peers, experts, and employers and youll also discover more connections that will bring you closer to landing a job. Begin networking with your peers. Before you start worrying about the connections you dont have, focus on the people you already know. Your peers are a great way to help you create new connections without feeling the pressure of having to meet new people immediately. Reach out to your friends, coworkers, alumni, previous bosses, and friends and family. All of these people can serve as a valuable resource during your job search in 2014. Build relationships with the experts. The more experts you connect with, the more value your network will have during your search. These professionals can be experts in your field or those who are knowledgeable in career advice and human resources. Ideally, you should build relationships with professionals in both areas to ensure you receive the advice you need. The connections you build in your field will help you find mentors and discover what it takes to succeed in landing a job in your industry. They can also provide you with the secrets of how they’ve created a successful career and what it takes to impress employers. In addition to having industry connections, your relationships with career experts will provide you with advice on how to improve your networking skills, market yourself as a professional, and guide you through the job search process. Plus, when you have a connection with a career expert, he or she can provide advice on how to stand out as a candidate and help you avoid common job seeker mistakes. Network your way into a company. A sneaky way to help you increase your net worth is by networking with people at companies youd love to work for. You can do this by following these companies on LinkedIn, Twitter, and Facebook, and also by interacting with their brand online. Once you start learning more about a company, the next step is to find out if any of your peers have connections to these companies. If they do, this is the perfect opportunity for you to get your foot in the door. However, if you dont have any connections, then its time to start making them. Reach out to employees and recruiters of those companies and set up informational interviews. This will help you build your network and learn the inside scoop of what it takes to land a job with that employer. Your networking goal for 2014 is to become the first person that comes to mind when recruiters, professionals, and employers are seeking new candidates for their companies. If you want to be that first person people want to hire, youll have to leverage your network first and increase your net worth. Youll never know which one of your connections could lead you in the direction of landing a job in 2014. What ways are you using your network to build your net worth?

Personal Brands Hate and Disorder - Personal Branding Blog - Stand Out In Your Career

Personal Brands Hate and Disorder - Personal Branding Blog - Stand Out In Your Career How are you doing amidst the piles you’ve created? You know, the piles of old bills, dirty clothes, and detritus of your hobbies (like your carnival stuffed animal collection or unusable swag from less than stellar events)? Maybe it’s not your clutter. Maybe it’s your roommate’s mess, or your office mate’s. Maybe you inherited it from a well-meaning relative who filled up your place with her old furniture or your work ancestor: the person who sat at your desk or cubicle before you arrived. Are you worn down, filled with disgust, and furious while living in the small margins of space that aren’t covered with dust or mold or worse? Have you come to hate the space you occupy? We know if you have, even if we haven’t seen the place you’re at. Hating disorder and not taking action to clean it up is fomenting a negative attitude toward the world, and making a marked, negative impression of your personal brand on us. Marked as negative Things that would be trash often surround us in life. Why does this make us mad â€" either crazy or crazy plus angry? Because it is irrational to be burdened by garbage you must face or sift though in order to do something rational: like live well or work smart. Don’t kid yourself that someone in Haiti might need a pair of running shoes that are stained from two years of roadwork, accompanied by the molting socks you left in them. Anyway, stashing them in a pile in the corner is not serving the needy, who are not so needy that they want to wear your garbage. Maybe your space is clean but your mind holds toxic waste Some of us enjoy near pristine physical environments while surrounded by virtual trash: like brain litter born of mean-spirited emails and IMs. Our minds are juiced with the debris of unfair accusations about our talents or intellect. Our honest accomplishments are stacked up on a musty, dusty foundation of “you are less and I am more” reviews of bad bosses, jealous colleagues, dysfunctional family members, and BFFs who have breached what you deserve: a sarcophagus of self-worth. It is my experience that people who come from clutter: space wise or brain wise, speak the angriest and ugliest words. It’s like a haze of brown and grey smog infects them and thwarts oxygen or common courtesy from entering their brains. And, we all have experienced GIGO: garbage in and garbage out. Garbage doesn’t require a fancy algorithm to display results. Garbage is a pretty straight-forward producer of more garbage. So, how are you doing, as we turn the corner on the second half of this year? It is too late for Spring-cleaning, but you can still lose weight for summer. That is: take the time to toss the stuff that is weighing you down before the days get shorter on their own. Unburden yourself Personal brands: unburden yourself now and let the sunny side of life lift you up and past your old behavior or the behavior of people who should be dropped off in the don’t recycle bin of “toxic people I used to put up with.” Go through your so-called friends or followers and hold onto the real, good ones: the nourishing, wise, and in-your-corner ones. With the spaciousness you create in your real, psychological, and social media space you’ll re-gain the ability to map out what you really want in your life. If you got a holiday day off or two, come back into our lives free of the clutter that’s made you mad. Infuse and surround your personal brand with the best stuff: inside and out. Author: Nance Rosen is the author of Speak Up! Succeed. She speaks to business audiences around the world and is a resource for press, including print, broadcast and online journalists and bloggers covering social media and careers. Read more at NanceRosenBlog. Twitter name: nancerosen.

Play to Boost Your Career - Personal Branding Blog - Stand Out In Your Career

Play to Boost Your Career - Personal Branding Blog - Stand Out In Your Career Americans are notorious for their worth ethic. According to a 2015 Huffington Post article, 47 percent of Americans did NOT take a single paid-leave vacation day in 2014. While this is good news for employers who are getting free labor, it’s bad news for the travel industry and more importantly for American workers who already have less paid leave than many other nations. For many people, not taking a vacation isn’t so much about the desire to work hard, but instead it’s because they don’t think they can afford it. Fortunately, you don’t have to take a vacation to achieve benefits that comes from time off. Play plays significant role in child development. Through play, children learn and discover, they play out ideas and theories and have fun. Many of the perks that comes from play in children, can benefit adults as well. Unfortunately, as we get older, society puts the kibosh on play to the point that if we’re not working, we feel like we’re wasting time. The benefits of play for adults include: Relieve stress: Despite the focus on all work and no play in American culture, people who don’t take time off to relax and enjoy life have increased stress, which is proven to lead to emotional and physical health problems. Play releases endorphins, which can relieve pain and promotes well-being. Work through problems and boost creativity: Have you ever had a problem you couldn’t solve and the minute you engaged in a completely separate activity, the solution popped in your head? Just like children test out the world through play, so can you. Learn new things easier: Let’s face it, you’re more likely to retain new knowledge or skills if it’s fun. It’s fun: For some reason, fun seems to be a dirty word in American society. It’s okay to have fun and enjoy life. Many work places have added resources that allow their workers to play to boost creativity and productivity. Some have parks and daycare centers on site. If you work in a place like that, take advantage of it. Play, go to the park, and spend your break engaged in a game with your child in daycare. If you don’t work at place that encourages play, you can still fit in playfulness at work. During your breaks you can play chess with a co-worker or draw artwork. At lunch you can go to the park and throw a Frisbee or fly a kite. If any onsite play is frowned upon, find fun outside of work. If you have kids, spend time playing with them. Join a recreation sports league or take an adult education class just for fun, such as dance or beer making. Reactivate or find a new hobby. Bernard Shaw said, “We don’t stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing.” Play is as essential as a good night’s sleep. So take time every day to have fun.

How to Hire and Build the Best Possible Team - CareerMetis.com

How to Hire and Build the Best Possible Team A team is only as strong as its weakest player, and the same can be said of your business. Building a strong team of high-quality employees is every business owner’s priority, whether you’re hiring your first employees or adding to an existing team.To ensure your organization is operating to its full potential, it’s important to cultivate a strong team of like-minded individuals ready to offer their strengths to benefit the group as a whole.Use these strategies to build the team you need to make your business successful. We’ve split up our tips into two sections: the hiring process, and the onboarding process. Let’s delve in!evalTips during the Hiring Processeval1. Let’s start with the basics: your job listing. If you want to attract someone well-suited to the position, be sure you’re describing it in greatest detail possible.List out any necessary specifications, explain your expectations, and define the role clearly. It’s also a good idea to explain what your compan y brings to the table for top talent; detail benefits, office perks, and culture to show candidates what they can expect if they work for your company.2. After you’ve received applications, screen the applicants you’re interested in with a phone call. If the conversation goes well and you’re still interested in the applicant, bring them in for an in-person interview.This simple step will ensure you don’t waste time on an hour-long, in-office interview with a person that isn’t the right fit.3. To attract high-quality job applicants, it’s important to cast your net as far as possible during the search period.To get the word out about any open position, be sure you’re using all channels available to you, including college listing sites, social media, and professional job listing sites like Monster.com and Indeed.com.eval4.Don’t forget to utilize the most valuable resource you haveâ€"your current employees. These individuals already know what it takes to excel in your co mpany, and will be working side-by-side with any new hire.Ask for referrals and consider offering incentives for recommendations. If you’re just starting to build your team and don’t yet have employees on your roster, use referrals from industry peers and colleagues.5. Don’t skip the background checks. While it can be tempting to trust a candidate at their word, it’s important to do your research and take preventive measures to ensure you don’t end up with a bad hire.Take advantage of a service like Shareable for Hires; this background check can be completed online, making it one of the easiest ways to perform a credit or criminal history check.evalTips during the Onboarding ProcessYou’ve hired a great individual, or perhaps several great individualsâ€"now’s the time to meld them into a productive team.1.When it comes to onboarding, many business owners mistakenly believe the first day (or first few days) should revolve around paperwork and administrative tasks.Instead , try giving your new employee a task right awayâ€"have them hit the ground running. Getting them engaged from the get-go will help further highlight your expectations for the role, and help them get up to speed.2.Give each new hire a mentor, whether that’s you personally or another member of your team. The more you mentor, the sooner your team will start to take shape.3.Give your new team the chance to connect and build relationships outside of the office with team-building exercises. It could be something as simple as a happy hour after the first work week, or you could take it up a notch and take the entire crew go-karting, laser-tagging, or even paintballing!4.Show your newly cultivated team how important they are to the success of your business. Ask about their families, their lives outside of work. Show a true interest in their wellbeing, and foster communication through respectful and courteous interactions with every member of the team.5.Invest in your team by helping them foster personal growth. Offer to pay for courses, relevant conferences, or webinars that may help them improve in their role. Provide them with the tools and support they need to truly be successful in your company and in your industry as a whole.Building a successful team takes a lot of hard work and determination, but the rewards are great for business owners who crack the code. Keep these tips in mind as you search for new employees and create a team you can be proud of.

Account Based Selling And Sales Incentive

Account Based Selling And Sales Incentive Marketing and sales are not one in the same but they operate in complete tandem. Or so you would think so. The general thinking behind the marketing tactics was to get to the customer first, bombard them with as many things they might like as possible, all running on the keywords they searched for. Now fast forward to the modern era in 2018, you now have to make the customer feel like what they really are, an individual. How do you expect to grab their attention when they can easily sense that the advertisement and sales pitch they experience is basically a copy and paste? And here lies the ultimate battle that businesses have to fight non-stop, how can you reach out and make an impact in the quickest and most efficient way possible? Technology has risen to a point where account based selling is now more effective than ever. Its by no means a new concept, but since more B2B customers are willing to share their information, sales teams can better target individuals that present a high er chance of responding more positively. Selecting the right leads Account based selling is all about personalizing the approach to the accounts that you have. For a business to intrigue another business, its no good relying on the overall big machine to respond so effectively. Rather than target leads that apparently show no interest in your business, reach out to the staff who run the business and who do offer you their interest. The issue for B2B marketing and sales is that even though you have the right kind of people in your database, they won’t all be interested in you. Selectively targeting leads by using specific linguistic knowledge about their industry and aims of their company, is how you convert them to customers. Picking the right accounts is what account based marketing is all about. Don’t waste time and resources with a broad approach, personalize the experience and target customers on your database that crop up in your analytics the most often. The incentive of compensation Accounts based marketing is always going to require more effort on your part. The rewards are great so its worth the effort and plus, you’ll be laying down the foundation for a much stronger B2B relationship. However, give your sales team an incentive such as seller’s compensation. As Jozef Opdeweegh explains, “The success of the sales team should not only be measured in terms of new revenue but should also hinge on the profitability of the sale, the overall customer retention levels, and the Net Promoter Score.” The retention of the customer is almost always pegged to who they speak to and how well their conversation went. Top sales teams need to be given a push to go the extra mile, log more data, speak to more customers for longer and gather as many good leads from the ever-growing database as possible. And what better way to motivate someone than paying them more for going above and beyond their set targets? Some of the best techniques in the B2B marketing world are ones that treat the person of the account like a human being and not a profile on the database. Target leads through a personalized approach and use the linguistics of their industry to understand their company determinations.

Free Resume Template Downloads

Free Resume Template DownloadsWith a massive number of free resume template downloads that are available in the internet these days, many people are discovering a lot of benefits in using such files. For example, people can save time and get the best and the most professional looking resume that is easy to edit. With some free resume templates, you can use them to create your very own resume which will automatically update itself on a daily basis. These kinds of templates are more than just useful; they are actually sought after because they offer a sense of fulfillment to the people who use them.Resume creators are able to include the most important information on the resume. These files are usually equipped with all the necessary information on the key topics that a job seeker must know. They also help in showing relevant skills and achievements that a person has to do. Some even help the job seeker to make an outline about the history of the job that they want to do. This is why i t is important for job seekers to take advantage of some of the free resume template downloads available on the internet.Making a resume that is different from others is a job that requires skills, education and knowledge that are all good quality. These types of files can help to identify the tasks that a person must do. Many people find it easy to use the free resume templates online. The files are user friendly and anyone can create a resume that will attract the attention of employers.Another reason why people are using the free resume templates is that they are used as reference for the better. A resume that has all the right information can sometimes be used as reference. This is why it is very important for job seekers to understand that their resume has to match the type of work that they want to do. Using the right formats for the resume allows them to showcase their good qualities and potential.Every resume creator has its own advantage. However, some of the job seekers ha ve found that they are able to save time when they know how to use the information that they have received. The other option that a person can take advantage of when he or she is not sure about the content that needs to be included on the resume is to choose what is a more comprehensive format. These kinds of formats include the MS Word or excel documents that allows a person to edit it easily and is a bit easier to use than the plain text format.A resume creator can help a person to accomplish the job faster. It gives a job seeker a step by step guide on how to create the resume. With some tutorials on creating an effective resume, job seekers will be able to achieve the desired results in less time. However, a person should understand that the task is to create a resume that is attractive and appropriate for the job that is being done. Creating a resume that is very unique and special will not help him or her in the end.While choosing a job creator, job seekers should be aware of how he or she can benefit from his work. The job creator should make sure that the information that he or she provides is useful and accurate to the job that is being done.