We’ve all seen them: shirts, pants, dresses and hats boasting the promise that “one size fits all. ” The more people a product relates to, the more who will be inclined to buy it, right? Yet, I wonder how true this concept is in the job world.   Various resume templates exist and most people use them as a starting point. View Details

Wondering if the job you have now is “the one”—or just another stop on the way to something more fulfilling? Check out this list to know whether it’s time to settle in or keep moving.   This month marks the nine-month anniversary of the most natural and obvious, most joyful and energizing decision of my life: to fully commit 100% to my life’s work. View Details

Many new hires are so anxious to make friends and a good impression that they often make mistakes that will leave them with neither. To ensure this isn’t you, check out the list below of 10 things you should be cautious of when you’re the new kid on the block:  1. Don’t tell your new manager how your old manager did things. View Details

Don’t panic.   If you hear the words “you’re fired,” stay calm. You’ll be better able to take the following 10 steps for getting back on your feet.   Don’t freak out.   Prevent your emotions from getting the best of you. The calmer you stay, the faster you’ll get past this crisis.   Don’t do anything rash. View Details

Social Media and social networking is no new concept in the job search space. Depending on who you ask – you’ll receive varying tips to build your network and possibly land a job.   Some of the advice is good, but as one Recruiter shared, “Don’t listen to all the bad advice out there – if it seems crazy it’s because it is”. View Details

Okay. So you lost your job and are looking for a new one. According to the career coaching industry, it can take at least one month of job search for every $10,000 you want to make annually. So, if you were making $50K and are hoping to make that again, you should plan on at least a five-month job search.   Do you have enough in savings to cover that? View Details

Dress the part  In some fields this tip is completely obvious. If you’re going to work at a law firm, you need to wear a suit regardless of whether you’re male or female. But what if the office is more laidback? Typically, you still want to dress well. That means slacks and a button-down shirt for guys and a dress or blouse and slacks or skirt for women. View Details

In a time when social media encourages us to share details of our life to strangers, there is the tendency to over share everywhere – including the work place. Many conversation topics really should be avoided in the office, however, no matter how tempting and intriguing they may be.   The Presidential Election  Political conversations easily lead to raised tempers. View Details

After surveying tens of thousands of professionals and doing statistical analysis on the Spencer Stuart database of millions of the world’s most accomplished executives, we have come to recognize that the majority of professional careers can be broken into three discrete phases: the “Promise Phase,” the “Momentum Phase,” and the “Harvest Phase. View Details

Email is a crucial communication tool, both at work and during job search. Unfortunately, it is all too easy to make a detrimental email mistake that has the potential to kill your career or bring your job search to a halt. Don’t let these happen to you.   1. Unprofessional email address. No, HotMama@gmail. com is not an appropriate address to use to send your job search correspondence. In fact, it’s probably dead-ending possible opportunities. View Details

Most cold-calling scripts include dated lines that can scare off potential customers. There are better ways to make the same points.   Over the years, I’ve read dozens of cold-calling scripts. Most of them contain old, tired phrases that annoy customers and immediately put them on the defensive.   Here are six of the worst offenders—along with my suggestions for turning the cold call into a real, live conversation.   1. View Details

Sometimes the route to happiness depends more on what you don’t do.   Happiness—in your business life and your personal life—is often a matter of subtraction, not addition.   Consider, for example, what happens when you stop doing the following 10 things:  1. Blaming.   People make mistakes. Employees don’t meet your expectations. Vendors don’t deliver on time.   So you blame them for your problems. View Details

There’s more to an interview than just answering questions. In fact, often the answers you give are less important than the inferences that an interviewer makes from them. If you understand this, you can demonstrate that you have the strong communications skills that so many people claim, but far fewer actually possess.   A good interviewer is trained to get to know a candidate’s personality, temperament, self-confidence, overall maturity, and more. View Details

If you want prospective customers to open your emails, you need to pique their interest. Here are seven techniques that will make your emails stand out. It’s pointless to send emails to prospective customers if your emails never get opened. Here are seven techniques to ensure that your emails are read rather than deleted or ignored: 1. Send it through a referral. View Details

Everybody who sells should be able to master these five classic ways to ask for the business.   Many sellers are afraid to ask potential customers whether they’re going to buy. The reason is simple : They’re secretly worried the answer will be no, and that all their hard work developing the opportunity will turn out to be wasted. View Details