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Actual for You - Take the First Step Toward Finding Your Ideal Job
If you have tried to search for an honest work at home job and you still don't know where to look or what job to choose you are not alone, thousands of people are coming online with the hope to find work at home jobs online and business opportunities. Many of those people fall for a scam or a ground breaking impossible opportunity.The first thing you have to understand if you want to find honest work at home jobs is, making money online takes work, many people have come to believe that on the internet apply different rules, but that's nonsense and if you follow that path you will get frustrated. Set your Goals and take action.If you see any type of web
18. How will you know when you are successful? How will success be measured?
19. What are you recognized for?
20. What other benefits (financial and non-financial) are you receiving? i.e., Vacation, holidays, discounts, services, etc.
Bottom line: take the time to be singularly focused and clear in your job search. You can run two (maybe three, but it’s a stretch) simultaneous job searches. You’ll need to do some of the exercises in "The Ultimate Guide to Landing Your Ideal Job" twice and prepare a job search campaign for each type of job. But if you really are equally interested in two different fields or types of positions, then create a clear and focused plan for both, rather than diluting both by trying to combine them into a general search.
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I have done my penance in the advertising industry. You might even call me an “ad-man.” I have engaged advertising’s rude and unwanted impressions. I have penetrated the unaware with my client’s messages. Oh, yes, I have been apart of the creation and distribution of junk mail and newspaper inserts. I have sold obnoxiously intrusive radio spots to car dealers. I have seen the glory of toll free numbers on television infomercials. However, never in my most effective advertising moments have I subjected human beings to the equivalent of the unbridled invasion of SPAM!It was 1937, in the sleepy town of Austin, Minnesota, when the Hormel Company introduced a new
Finding your Ideal Job requires a unique job search strategy. Focus and clarity are the first, and MOST IMPORTANT, pieces of this job search strategy. And, in my 15 years of experience (as an HR Manager, Hiring Manager, and Career Coach), most people get stuck here. The fact is, a clearly focused job search is much more successful than a broad one. Having a clear plan for the job you are after will result in a job weeks to months sooner than casting a ‘broad net’.
Yet, many people still fear that by being clear and focused they are excluding themselves from other possibilities. The “but” I hear on a regular basis is “I don’t want to limit myself”. However, by being general and ‘open’ you create a problem for hiring managers: They Don’t Know What You Want From Them and They Don’t Know How They Could Use You!
And, as a result, you create a problem for yourself: you don’t get interviews and you don’t get hired! As a job seeker, your ‘job’ is not to ‘find work’. Your job is to make it easy for work to find you! The easier you make it for a hiring manager to hire you, the better things will go. It’s that simple. Hiring managers are busy. If you make their job easy in the interview process, they’ll want you—yesterday!
As I’ve emphasized, the first step is to get clear. Get clear on what you want, what you won’t live with out (non-negotiables), and what you bring to the table. You must also get clear of your self-limiting beliefs, thoughts, and actions. Let’s start with 20 questions to get you clear on what your ideal job looks like.
WORK CONTENT: Describe work that excites, engages, and inspires you
1. What is the nature of your work?
2. What kinds of people, products, or services are you involved with?
3. What knowledge, skills, and experiences are you using regularly on the job?
4. In what ways are you growing, learning new knowledge, skills or abilities as a professional in your field?
5. What percentage of your work is new, challenging, energizing versus routine, boring, or “old hat”?
WORK RELATIONSHIPS: Describe the kinds of work relationships that motivate you, stretch you and bring out your best
6. What kinds of customers or clients do you serve?
7. What do you do in addition to serving customers or clients?
8. What is the leadership style of your direct boss?
9. What kinds of leadership or management activities are you involved in?
10. What type of co-workers are you working with? A team? Are you autonomous? Interdependent? Job sharing?
WORK ENVIRONMENT: Describe those work settings where you see yourself motivated, satisfied and performing at your best
11. What are the working days and hours?
12. Where are you working? Office, home, on the road, offsite, etc...
13. How are you learning and training for your position?
14. What is the career progression you see for yourself?
15. What is the overall mood or tone of the workplace?
REWARDS & RECOGNITION: Describe what makes you feel valued, keeps you contributing and confident
16. What income are you earning?
17. What kind of pay plan are you on? Salary? Hourly? Commission? Combination? Bonus?
18. How will you know when you are successful? How will success be measured?
19. What are you recognized for?
20. What other benefits (financial and non-financial) are you receiving? i.e., Vacation, holidays, discounts, services, etc.
Bottom line: take the time to be singularly focused and clear in your job search. You can run two (maybe three, but it’s a stretch) simultaneous job searches. You’ll need to do some of the exercises in "The Ultimate Guide to Landing Your Ideal Job" twice and prepare a job search campaign for each type of job. But if you really are equally interested in two different fields or types of positions, then create a clear and focused plan for both, rather than diluting both by trying to combine them into a general search.
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This article may be reproduced, in its entirety, along with the following information:
© 2006, Shawn Driscoll, Succeed Coaching & Development. This article is provided cour
The internet offers you the opportunity to seek out jingle companies and listen to their jingle samples online. Your success depends upon a thorough evaluation of as many companies as possible. You don't need to be a musician to know what you like.There are things to look for in a top jingle company and a few red flags that can help to weed out the bottom feeders.When listening to jingle samples online, here are a few things to look for:1) Look for: Overall quality of the all the samples on the site as a whole. (Red Flag: If one or two samples sound boring, bland or poorly done, why are they being showcased on the site?)2) Look for: Div
Yet, many people still fear that by being clear and focused they are excluding themselves from other possibilities. The “but” I hear on a regular basis is “I don’t want to limit myself”. However, by being general and ‘open’ you create a problem for hiring managers: They Don’t Know What You Want From Them and They Don’t Know How They Could Use You!
And, as a result, you create a problem for yourself: you don’t get interviews and you don’t get hired! As a job seeker, your ‘job’ is not to ‘find work’. Your job is to make it easy for work to find you! The easier you make it for a hiring manager to hire you, the better things will go. It’s that simple. Hiring managers are busy. If you make their job easy in the interview process, they’ll want you—yesterday!
As I’ve emphasized, the first step is to get clear. Get clear on what you want, what you won’t live with out (non-negotiables), and what you bring to the table. You must also get clear of your self-limiting beliefs, thoughts, and actions. Let’s start with 20 questions to get you clear on what your ideal job looks like.
WORK CONTENT: Describe work that excites, engages, and inspires you
1. What is the nature of your work?
2. What kinds of people, products, or services are you involved with?
3. What knowledge, skills, and experiences are you using regularly on the job?
4. In what ways are you growing, learning new knowledge, skills or abilities as a professional in your field?
5. What percentage of your work is new, challenging, energizing versus routine, boring, or “old hat”?
WORK RELATIONSHIPS: Describe the kinds of work relationships that motivate you, stretch you and bring out your best
6. What kinds of customers or clients do you serve?
7. What do you do in addition to serving customers or clients?
8. What is the leadership style of your direct boss?
9. What kinds of leadership or management activities are you involved in?
10. What type of co-workers are you working with? A team? Are you autonomous? Interdependent? Job sharing?
WORK ENVIRONMENT: Describe those work settings where you see yourself motivated, satisfied and performing at your best
11. What are the working days and hours?
12. Where are you working? Office, home, on the road, offsite, etc...
13. How are you learning and training for your position?
14. What is the career progression you see for yourself?
15. What is the overall mood or tone of the workplace?
REWARDS & RECOGNITION: Describe what makes you feel valued, keeps you contributing and confident
16. What income are you earning?
17. What kind of pay plan are you on? Salary? Hourly? Commission? Combination? Bonus?
18. How will you know when you are successful? How will success be measured?
19. What are you recognized for?
20. What other benefits (financial and non-financial) are you receiving? i.e., Vacation, holidays, discounts, services, etc.
Bottom line: take the time to be singularly focused and clear in your job search. You can run two (maybe three, but it’s a stretch) simultaneous job searches. You’ll need to do some of the exercises in "The Ultimate Guide to Landing Your Ideal Job" twice and prepare a job search campaign for each type of job. But if you really are equally interested in two different fields or types of positions, then create a clear and focused plan for both, rather than diluting both by trying to combine them into a general search.
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This article may be reproduced, in its entirety, along with the following information:
© 2006, Shawn Driscoll, Succeed Coaching & Development. This article is provided cou
Binders are found in almost every office. There is a binder for every need and people understand the advantages binders offer over other organizing methods. Loose papers get lost, papers kept in folders get bent and unorganized, but papers in a binder are kept in great shape and in order. Binders also make for a professional appearance when presenting information to a client or business partner. Binders are an office staple that should not be ignored.Binders come in various types and styles. The variations depend on a number of things. The way a binder in bound effects the look of the binder and determine what need it can fill. Understanding the basics
As I’ve emphasized, the first step is to get clear. Get clear on what you want, what you won’t live with out (non-negotiables), and what you bring to the table. You must also get clear of your self-limiting beliefs, thoughts, and actions. Let’s start with 20 questions to get you clear on what your ideal job looks like.
WORK CONTENT: Describe work that excites, engages, and inspires you
1. What is the nature of your work?
2. What kinds of people, products, or services are you involved with?
3. What knowledge, skills, and experiences are you using regularly on the job?
4. In what ways are you growing, learning new knowledge, skills or abilities as a professional in your field?
5. What percentage of your work is new, challenging, energizing versus routine, boring, or “old hat”?
WORK RELATIONSHIPS: Describe the kinds of work relationships that motivate you, stretch you and bring out your best
6. What kinds of customers or clients do you serve?
7. What do you do in addition to serving customers or clients?
8. What is the leadership style of your direct boss?
9. What kinds of leadership or management activities are you involved in?
10. What type of co-workers are you working with? A team? Are you autonomous? Interdependent? Job sharing?
WORK ENVIRONMENT: Describe those work settings where you see yourself motivated, satisfied and performing at your best
11. What are the working days and hours?
12. Where are you working? Office, home, on the road, offsite, etc...
13. How are you learning and training for your position?
14. What is the career progression you see for yourself?
15. What is the overall mood or tone of the workplace?
REWARDS & RECOGNITION: Describe what makes you feel valued, keeps you contributing and confident
16. What income are you earning?
17. What kind of pay plan are you on? Salary? Hourly? Commission? Combination? Bonus?
18. How will you know when you are successful? How will success be measured?
19. What are you recognized for?
20. What other benefits (financial and non-financial) are you receiving? i.e., Vacation, holidays, discounts, services, etc.
Bottom line: take the time to be singularly focused and clear in your job search. You can run two (maybe three, but it’s a stretch) simultaneous job searches. You’ll need to do some of the exercises in "The Ultimate Guide to Landing Your Ideal Job" twice and prepare a job search campaign for each type of job. But if you really are equally interested in two different fields or types of positions, then create a clear and focused plan for both, rather than diluting both by trying to combine them into a general search.
~~~~~
This article may be reproduced, in its entirety, along with the following information:
© 2006, Shawn Driscoll, Succeed Coaching & Development. This article is provided cou
Since profit is what you are left with after you have paid your business costs, it stands to reason that one of the ways you can increase your profit is by reducing your overheads. In this article we will share some key strategies to help you reduce your overheads and grow your business.Reducing OverheadsWhilst a quick fix solution to the issue of reducing overheads is always possible, businesses need to adopt a long term approach.The challenge is to considerably reduce overheads without damaging the business’ development and ability to deliver to its customers.This means that companies should avoid cutting overheads to
7. What do you do in addition to serving customers or clients?
8. What is the leadership style of your direct boss?
9. What kinds of leadership or management activities are you involved in?
10. What type of co-workers are you working with? A team? Are you autonomous? Interdependent? Job sharing?
WORK ENVIRONMENT: Describe those work settings where you see yourself motivated, satisfied and performing at your best
11. What are the working days and hours?
12. Where are you working? Office, home, on the road, offsite, etc...
13. How are you learning and training for your position?
14. What is the career progression you see for yourself?
15. What is the overall mood or tone of the workplace?
REWARDS & RECOGNITION: Describe what makes you feel valued, keeps you contributing and confident
16. What income are you earning?
17. What kind of pay plan are you on? Salary? Hourly? Commission? Combination? Bonus?
18. How will you know when you are successful? How will success be measured?
19. What are you recognized for?
20. What other benefits (financial and non-financial) are you receiving? i.e., Vacation, holidays, discounts, services, etc.
Bottom line: take the time to be singularly focused and clear in your job search. You can run two (maybe three, but it’s a stretch) simultaneous job searches. You’ll need to do some of the exercises in "The Ultimate Guide to Landing Your Ideal Job" twice and prepare a job search campaign for each type of job. But if you really are equally interested in two different fields or types of positions, then create a clear and focused plan for both, rather than diluting both by trying to combine them into a general search.
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This article may be reproduced, in its entirety, along with the following information:
© 2006, Shawn Driscoll, Succeed Coaching & Development. This article is provided cou
People naturally include trust and respect in their list of important values. Yet so often, at all levels, people complain that they are missing.Every human is a sovereign entity and is owned by nobody. Nothing but force can change that. Therefore people will choose to follow only those whom they trust and respect.Trust and Respect are earned by the consistent correct practice of value-based behaviour, including: -Treating all others as if they would wish to be treated. Being the behaviour they seek from others. Listening to what others have to say. Honouring others right to an opinion. Honouring all agreements whether written or spoken. Encour
18. How will you know when you are successful? How will success be measured?
19. What are you recognized for?
20. What other benefits (financial and non-financial) are you receiving? i.e., Vacation, holidays, discounts, services, etc.
Bottom line: take the time to be singularly focused and clear in your job search. You can run two (maybe three, but it’s a stretch) simultaneous job searches. You’ll need to do some of the exercises in "The Ultimate Guide to Landing Your Ideal Job" twice and prepare a job search campaign for each type of job. But if you really are equally interested in two different fields or types of positions, then create a clear and focused plan for both, rather than diluting both by trying to combine them into a general search.
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