Creating a Positive Workplace

Focusing on a negative can distract people from the positive side of doing their job. It’s Not about Fruitcake I love fruitcake.  Like everything else, fruitcake has people who love it and people who do not. Nearly two million fruitcakes are sold each year. I doubt that many people eat an entire fruitcake, since most…… Continue reading Creating a Positive Workplace

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Join The Consumer Products Careers Group on LinkedIn

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Virtual Meetings

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Be the Leader

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The Personal Benefits of Helping Others

Helping Others is Rewarding Some of the best things I have done for myself involved helping other people.  Giving my time to help other people in turn benefited me mentally and emotionally. Helping other people increased my self-esteem as a person of value. I had activities to plan and anticipate. I got to know as many…… Continue reading The Personal Benefits of Helping Others

Professional Growth

Professional growth: things change so rapidly that you must develop the skills and learn the information that will continue to make you an asset to your customers or clients. Success Stories Learn from success stories. Learn about the changes people are making to become successful. Additionally, learn about the needs that people have for new…… Continue reading Professional Growth

People Who Change the World

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Leaders without Titles

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Jobs of Tomorrow

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Career Success

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Strategic Leadership

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Anxiety and Emotional Intelligence

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Making Great Hires

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The Humility to Lead

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Leadership Composure and Poise

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Focus on Happiness

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Feelings and Facts

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Feeling Anxious?

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Managing Frustration

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Say “Thank You”

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Quotes on Hiring Great People

Hiring the Best People and Empowering Them to Excel: How do great leaders build great companies? Here are some of the things great leaders say. Lee Iacocca – Automobile Executive “I hire people brighter than me, and I get out of their way.” Bill Gates – Co-Founder Microsoft “The competition to hire the best will…… Continue reading Quotes on Hiring Great People

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Strategy

Criticism and Aristotle

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Take Breaks

Take breaks: I can become so absorbed in my work that I don’t realize that I am too tired to be effective. However, not stopping to rest is counterproductive. When I am pushing myself mentally and physically, I may complete less work. Moreover, I may deal with situations poorly. Not taking breaks can lead to…… Continue reading Take Breaks

Self Honesty

Self-Honesty: There are two types of honesty. Cash register honesty is one. Certainly, the cash register is important for building trust and staying out of jail. However, self-honesty enables people to see their shortcomings. More importantly, self-honesty enables people to correct their mistakes and strengthen their weaknesses. To have self-honesty, we must be open-minded and have…… Continue reading Self Honesty

“Success usually comes to those who are too busy to be looking for it.” – Henry David Thoreau

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Hanging on to Anger

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Luck and Action

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Worrying is a Waste of Time

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Continuing Professional Development: 5 Elements for Continued Growth

Continuing Professional Development and the 5 Elements of Learning. If you want to become a power performer, you probably have more potential than you realize, and you may underestimate the value of talent. If you are struggling, what may be missing is the opportunity to learn and grow. You are lacking professional development. Advisors Nearly…… Continue reading Continuing Professional Development: 5 Elements for Continued Growth

Freedom from Fear of Failure

Finding Joy in Life

If you don’t like what you are getting, stop doing what you are doing. Maybe you are following the wrong crowd. Maybe, you don’t need to follow any crowd. Meet new people. Try new things. Worry less about mistakes and focus more on doing things that inspire you and bring you joy. ~ www.jaywren.com

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Stick with Winners For Personal and Professional Success

Stick with winners. Surround yourself with people who will make you smarter, healthier, happier, and more successful. Personal and Professional Life In your personal and professional life, surround yourself with winners. Learning how these people have become successful and remain successful can help you learn how to build success in your own personal and professional…… Continue reading Stick with Winners For Personal and Professional Success

Persistence and Resilience: Empowered for Success

Successful people have setbacks. Everyone does. But successful people bounce back. They have persistence. They are resilient. ~ www.jaywren.com Do you have the qualities of persistence and resilience? If not, how can you develop them? With persistence, great sports teams come from behind to win the game. Great inventors with persistence work through research and…… Continue reading Persistence and Resilience: Empowered for Success

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Jay Wren – The World’s Noblest Headhunter

During my career as a corporate recruiter, I conducted recruiting assignments for over one hundred companies. The success of my referrals often established the profile my clients used for future hires. At the same time, I helped thousands of people build more successful careers. “Building a successful career is a lifetime process. My book, “Best…… Continue reading Jay Wren – The World’s Noblest Headhunter

Self-Consciousness

Self-consciousness is an obstacle to confidence. When I lack confidence, I am focusing on myself. Loss of Confidence When I lack confidence, I am focusing on myself. I have a heightened feeling of uncertainty about my abilities and about my acceptability. Confidence, for me, comes from focusing on my activity and my surroundings: the people…… Continue reading Self-Consciousness

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How to Stop Scaring Ourselves with Our Thinking

Things we don’t think about don’t scare us. ~ www.jaywren.com Who doesn’t have days when we worry about things going badly? We want things and worry that we will not get them. Or, we have things and worry that we will lose them. Living in fear of what might happen is pointless and painful. The…… Continue reading How to Stop Scaring Ourselves with Our Thinking

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Creating Relationships with Influencers

Your network is your sphere of influence. ~ www.jaywren.com One powerful way to gain recognition is to have influential people write or talk about you. If you know people in any form of media, consider whether those people might help you gain recognition. A simple technique that I used at one time was to have…… Continue reading Creating Relationships with Influencers

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The Simple Steps to Success in Virtual Interviews

A successful virtual (or phone) interview carries as much weight as an in-person interview. Without success in either one, you cannot move ahead in the interview process.  In any interview, you need to know what to expect and how to prepare for the interview discussion. Additionally, in a virtual phone or virtual interview, you need…… Continue reading The Simple Steps to Success in Virtual Interviews

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Winning Team Members

There are many traits of winning team members. Here are six of the best traits. Mistakes Team members own their mistakes. Everyone makes mistakes. On winning teams, the members admit them and do not repeat them. Additionally, these members immediately correct their mistakes. Without delay, they move the team along successfully. Job Description Winning team members know…… Continue reading Winning Team Members

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Self-comparisons

Self-comparisons are normal, but not always healthy.  For some people, success comes early and appears to be easy. Some tech entrepreneurs become billionaires in their twenties. Often, entertainers become famous and wealthy as children. Athletes become millionaires in their late teens and early twenties.  Measuring our success against the success of these people is flawed.…… Continue reading Self-comparisons

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The Direction of My Day

The direction of my day begins with the thoughts that I reject or embrace as I become awake. From there, the success of my day comes from how I turn these thoughts into actions. Ruminating  There is a difference between planning and ruminating. When I am planning, I am actively engaged in the present moment.…… Continue reading The Direction of My Day

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New Directions: You Got This

New Directions Along the way, my career has taken new directions. As an undergraduate student, I had planned to become a college professor. However, the military obligation I faced required that I serve in the military. Even though I had never been at sea and had no college preparation for Officer Candidate School, I chose…… Continue reading New Directions: You Got This

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A Lifetime of Success

Long-term success comes from a lifetime of repeating daily steps. www.jaywren.com Long-Term Success: What are the things that successful people do to build a long-term career? Can you do these things? Can you repeat them throughout yourcareer? During three decades working as a corporate recruiter, I saw people do many things to create successful careers.…… Continue reading A Lifetime of Success

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Starting Now, Act on Opportunities

Starting Now: Remember, success does not come from trying to change things we can’t control. Success comes from acting on the opportunities in front of us. www.jaywren.com Technology creates changes. Innovation creates changes. Attitudes create changes. Economics creates changes. Mergers, acquisitions, and consolidations create changes. The unknowns will create changes that we can imagine.However, people…… Continue reading Starting Now, Act on Opportunities

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How to Meet Deadlines

A deadline is not a wall for failure. It is the door to success. www.jaywren.com Some projects require months, even years to complete. How do successful people meet deadlines and achieve success with long-term projects? This article lists some ideas that you might find helpful. Daily Reminders, Project Managers, Lists, Clutter, Priorities, One Step Daily Reminders…… Continue reading How to Meet Deadlines

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Overcoming the Fear of Being Wrong

Do you fear being wrong? That fear is normal. With a little understanding and simple habits, you can manage that fear. You can become more confident. Your mind will become clearer. Moreover, you will make better decisions and respond more effectively to the people around you. The Origin of our Fear Conditioned from the crib,…… Continue reading Overcoming the Fear of Being Wrong

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For Successful People, School is Never Over

For successful people, school is never over. They learn as if they will live forever. Developing new skills will increase your potential for success. You will be able to contribute more greatly at your current job. Additionally, new skills can increase your value when you start to look for a job. Staying current on changes…… Continue reading For Successful People, School is Never Over

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6 Tips for a Gold Medal Performance Review

Your performance review affects your promotions, your pay raises, and your job security. Go for a gold medal review. www.jaywren.com Management Changes As managers come and go or as you move to different responsibilities in your company, the things in your performance review are the documentation that you need to keep your career on track…… Continue reading 6 Tips for a Gold Medal Performance Review

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Great Direction Focuses on Solutions

The Best Direction Tells People What to Do A guest lecturer at one of my undergraduate classes put a note on the chalkboard and quickly erased the note and posted a different note. Then she apologized. She said that she had just broken a basic principle of teaching. That is, only show people the information…… Continue reading Great Direction Focuses on Solutions

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Lifetime Career Success Requires the Power to Grow

Lifetime Career Success: Building a successful career is a continual process of expanding your skills and your network. Don’t fear change. Embrace it. Move beyond your comfort zone. Self-doubt is a sign that I am growing. With growth, I gain greater confidence and marketability. The Texas Ice Houses At one time, ice houses sold one…… Continue reading Lifetime Career Success Requires the Power to Grow

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How to Turn Down A Job Offer

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How to Turn Down A Job Offer

Job offers: There are many things that you need to know to get a job offer. For some people, turning down a job offer is unpleasant. Handling the situation with confidence is often difficult. Learning to say no to other people is critical to creating healthy relationships. www.jaywren.com How you turn down a job offer is important…… Continue reading How to Turn Down A Job Offer

Building a Powerhouse Reference List

Build a Powerhouse Reference List as Part of Building Your Professional Network. It seems that most people think of creating a reference list when a hiring manager requests to see one. Another approach is to mention to people with whom you seem to bond that at some point you, should you need a reference, you…… Continue reading Building a Powerhouse Reference List

5 Things Not to Discuss in Your New Workplace

If we say things that offend people at work or in our businesses, we hurt our co-workers, our employees, our employers, and ourselves. The things you say are things that show commitment, loyalty, and enthusiasm. They create esprit de corps. The purpose of the workplace is to work. When team members talk about the job…… Continue reading 5 Things Not to Discuss in Your New Workplace

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Expand Your Qualifications with New Skills

Is there a job you would like to have but do not have the skills for that job? Perhaps there is even a job in your current company that you would like to do if you were qualified. Find ways to develop those skills. First, Find the Skills that You Need. Online Job Descriptions People…… Continue reading Expand Your Qualifications with New Skills

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Identify Your Career Options

Identify your career options. Develop a refined list of options by examining your interests, skills, and values through self-assessment, researching companies, and talking to experienced professionals. You can further narrow your list when you take part in experiences such as shadowing or working alongside a company employee, volunteering, or internships. Next, list all the things…… Continue reading Identify Your Career Options

The Stress of a Job Change

Just the process of seeking a new job requires effort and creates stress. Meeting new people in networking and interviewing is stressful for most people. If you have a job, making interviews with another company creates the stress of getting away from your work without being discovered.  Along with normal life experiences of getting married,…… Continue reading The Stress of a Job Change

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Income and Job Changes

If a hiring manager or recruiter calls you and you have no interest in making a job change but would like to begin to develop a relationship so that you can have people to contact for future needs, you are smart to avoid a discussion of income. These people have no need to know your income…… Continue reading Income and Job Changes

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Decisions and Teams

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Job Offer Questions: 6 Questions to Ask before Accepting a Job Offer

Offer Questions: Mutual understanding starts with great questions. Here are questions you should ask before accepting a job offer. When a company makes offers you a job, you have done a lot of work. Writing your resume, scheduling interviews, company research, job interviews, follow up, and other steps along the way. Now you are in…… Continue reading Job Offer Questions: 6 Questions to Ask before Accepting a Job Offer

Salary Increases: Changing Jobs for More Money

Salary Increases: Some people recommend changing jobs every few years solely for an increase in base pay. The benefits could make a difference of tens of thousands of dollars. Most companies give pay raises of three percent. On the other hand, in changing jobs, you could see salary increases of 10 to 15 percent. Additionally,…… Continue reading Salary Increases: Changing Jobs for More Money

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Counteroffers: Should You Stay or Should You Go?

Job counteroffers are ways companies avoid losing employees at the wrong time. ~ www.jaywren.com Counteroffers When you resign, should you consider a counteroffer? You have packed your bags. You are ready to walk out the door. Then, your boss tries to convince stay. Before you resign, prepare to deal with a counteroffer. You may never…… Continue reading Counteroffers: Should You Stay or Should You Go?

Resigning Gracefully: The Do’s and Don’ts of Leaving a Company

A former employer is a future reference. Leave them with a smile. www.jaywren.com Resigning Gracefully: When you’re leaving a company, knowing how to say goodbye gracefully is important. Using the following steps will reduce the stress for you and avoid burning bridges with the company you are leaving. Review You Decision Before resigning, once again…… Continue reading Resigning Gracefully: The Do’s and Don’ts of Leaving a Company

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Wrongful Termination: You’re Fired. Now What?

Wrongful termination is a legal issue. I am not a lawyer (IANAL). I read questions on Internet forums every day. Often these questions are about handling termination situations. A Company fires a person. The person goes on the Internet to get advice on suing the company that fired them. The people responding with advice don’t always give…… Continue reading Wrongful Termination: You’re Fired. Now What?

8 Priorities for Starting a New Job

Starting a New Job The first few weeks in starting a new job are critical. You must establish yourself as a great hire. Moreover, while people are forming impressions of you as a new hire, you are faced with many challenges. To deal with the challenges, the first step is learning what to expect. The…… Continue reading 8 Priorities for Starting a New Job

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Job Search Keywords and Refinements

Keywords and Refinements: Search engines are like people in that they are more effective when they can understand what you are asking them to do. ~ www.jaywren.com Making your job search more effective, using search engines.  Search engines return resumes based on keywords. Keywords and Refinements Start your internet search with job title, company, or other…… Continue reading Job Search Keywords and Refinements

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Lifetime Career Success Requires the Power to Grow

Lifetime Career Success: Building a successful career is a continual process of expanding your skills and your network. Don’t fear change. Embrace it. Move beyond your comfort zone. Self-doubt is a sign that I am growing. With growth, I gain greater confidence and marketability. The Texas Ice Houses At one time, ice houses sold one…… Continue reading Lifetime Career Success Requires the Power to Grow

Mental Strengths: Aligning Your Career to the Way You Think

Mental Strengths: Some people are stronger at solving problems with one correct answer. They are convergent thinkers. Other people are stronger at solving problems with multiple solutions. They are divergent thinkers. Aligning your career with the way your brain works will increase your ability to excel in the workplace. How can you shape your career around…… Continue reading Mental Strengths: Aligning Your Career to the Way You Think

7 Steps to Starting a New Job

Starting a new job:  The first few weeks in starting a new job are critical. You must establish yourself as a great hire. Moreover, while people are forming impressions of you as a new hire, you are faced with many challenges. To deal with the challenges, the first step is learning what to expect. The…… Continue reading 7 Steps to Starting a New Job

Synergy versus Silos: Increasing Your Company’s Success

Synergy versus Silos: Synergy is the process of combining the efforts of individuals or organizations to operate at level greater than the combined talent of the individual members. The whole is greater than the sum of its parts.  Said another way, in this process, teams produce greater results together than the total combined results of…… Continue reading Synergy versus Silos: Increasing Your Company’s Success

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Happiness and Joy: Steps for Finding Happiness Now

Don’t Wait for Success to Find Happiness. Happiness and Joy don’t happen in the past or the future.  Everything can only exist here and now.  Becoming happy and finding joy today gives us energy and brings joy to our lives. The past and the future are just thoughts. They are only as real as we…… Continue reading Happiness and Joy: Steps for Finding Happiness Now

Education and Your Job Search

Education requirements vary. The requirements vary by the job type. Additionally, education requirements vary from job sector and from one employer to the next. This article shows you how to prepare for presenting your education to get the maximum interviews. Understanding Education Requirements Knowing the education requirements of any job is important. Before going to…… Continue reading Education and Your Job Search

Career Strategy: Creating a Powerful Plan for Your Success

Career Strategy: Where do you start in creating a strategic plan that is tailored for you? What do you need to know about adjusting your plan to an ever-changing job market? Check-off List A career plan creates a check-off list. Through this check-off list, you will create focus and direction. Your intuition can emerge to…… Continue reading Career Strategy: Creating a Powerful Plan for Your Success

Thinking: Learning how to Manage the Pain Between our Ears

Thinking: Happiness is easy when everything is going our way. However, we can suffer, even when have everything we want. By managing our thinking, we can find joy from learning how to think about our world. Thinking: Learning how to Manage the Pain Between our Ears Being happy is a normal. Staying unhappy is not.…… Continue reading Thinking: Learning how to Manage the Pain Between our Ears

Career Plan Benefits: Understanding the Process

Career Plan Benefits: a great career plan is an opportunity map. As your career advances, industry will change. Your career plan must be flexible to adjust to changes in industry. With an updated plan, you will discover new roads for opportunities to success. Great career plans not only define where you want to go. The…… Continue reading Career Plan Benefits: Understanding the Process

Leadership Development: A Four-Step Process for Success

Leadership Development:  How can companies hire and train people to become leaders? Here are four steps to effective leadership development. Companies that produce great leaders become greater companies. ~ www.jaywren.com Leadership Development — Four Steps Creating future leaders is critical to the long-term growth of a company. An element in succession planning, creating leaders from…… Continue reading Leadership Development: A Four-Step Process for Success

At Your New Job, Treat Every Meeting as a Job Interview

At Your New Job, Treat Every Meeting as a Job Interview Once you land a job, you are competing with other people inside and outside your company to keep your job and to progress in your career. If you want job security and, especially if you want to get promoted, treat each day as a…… Continue reading At Your New Job, Treat Every Meeting as a Job Interview

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How to Lose Friends and Followers on the Internet

Losing friends and followers on the Internet is much easier to do than increasing friends and followers. Here are things I try to do to build my network. Trolling and Trolls I love Internet forums.  I read forums for fun and for information. But forums have a sneaky way of getting readers into a blind…… Continue reading How to Lose Friends and Followers on the Internet

Unemployed Job Seekers: How to be Competitive

Unemployed Job Seekers: How unemployed job seekers become more competitive against the employed job seekers. Unemployed Job Seekers People without a job face additional pressure. Loss of income during unemployment can create anxiety.  To an employer, a person being unemployed creates the perception of instability. This perception can weaken an applicant’s ability to get interviews.…… Continue reading Unemployed Job Seekers: How to be Competitive

Thank You Letters When You Get Rejected

Sending a thank you letter after a job rejection offers several benefits. Here are three. You not only reinforce your interest in the job, but also create positive relationships with the people you met in the interviews. Some of the people you met may think of you for future opportunities at the same or other…… Continue reading Thank You Letters When You Get Rejected

Interview Pitfalls: Why Did You Leave Your Last Job?

Interview Pitfalls: If you are unemployed, the reason you left your last job may be important to the hiring company. The interview pitfalls are creating impressions that you have done something wrong. Your answers can help the interviewer learn several important things about you. Therefore, create your answers based on what you believe the interviewer…… Continue reading Interview Pitfalls: Why Did You Leave Your Last Job?

How to Handle Hard Interview Questions

Hard interview questions: The most difficult interview questions are open-ended. These questions require a discussion to answer. They give the interviewers more detailed, meaningful answers. Additionally, open-ended questions display your ability to think and to express yourself effectively.  By contrast, the easier questions are closed-ended questions. These questions have yes-no or simple fact answers. Examples:…… Continue reading How to Handle Hard Interview Questions

Why Should We Hire You?

Knowing how to show why the company should hire you is simply to succeeding in an interview. Furthermore, preparing to answer this question creates a framework to help you prepare to interview for any job. This question challenges you to think about your qualifications as they offer value to the hiring company. The Competition You…… Continue reading Why Should We Hire You?

Job Interview Agenda: A Powerful Tool for Job Seekers

Job interview agenda: a list of topics to be introduced during an interview. Bringing an agenda to an interview gives you several advantages. First, the agenda provides you with a reference sheet. With your resume and your agenda, you will have the facts in front of you. Furthermore, having an agenda will help you stand…… Continue reading Job Interview Agenda: A Powerful Tool for Job Seekers

How to Turn Job Interview Jitters into Poise and Confidence

Job Interview Jitters: At a time when you want to feel confident, you are tense and uncomfortable. Believe in yourself.  Take these simple steps to create poise and confidence. Believing in Ourselves is the First Step to Poise and Confidence. ~ www.jaywren.com Job Interview Jitters and Stage Fright Stage fright comes from thinking about ourselves. However,…… Continue reading How to Turn Job Interview Jitters into Poise and Confidence

Interview Attire: Dressing to Get the Job

Interview Attire: Different companies have different dress codes. Nonetheless, each company has attire that is standard in their workplace. Moreover, making a point to understand the hiring company’s dress codes will help you feel more comfortable when you walk in the door for a successful interview. Dress at or Above the Company Dress Standards Sometimes,…… Continue reading Interview Attire: Dressing to Get the Job

Job Interview Preparation: The 3 Things You Need to Know

Job Interview Preparation: Are you frustrated with rejection when you have the qualifications for the job? Understanding these three elements will help you understand what happens in an interview. Moreover, these steps will help you prepare for a successful meeting with a future employer. There are three distinct elements in preparing for an interview. Everything…… Continue reading Job Interview Preparation: The 3 Things You Need to Know

Creating Leaders: 4 Elements of Leadership Development

Creating Leaders:  How can companies hire and train people to become leaders? Here are four steps to effective leadership development. Companies that produce great leaders become greater companies. ~ www.jaywren.com Creating Leaders — Four Steps Creating future leaders is critical to the long-term growth of a company. An element in succession planning, creating leaders from…… Continue reading Creating Leaders: 4 Elements of Leadership Development

Interview Safety: 4 Steps to Avoiding Risks

Jay Wren The Moveable Career ~ Interview Safety: when you feel safe and comfortable, you will have a better interview. Avoid the risks. Plan for your safety. Here are 4 steps that many job seekers find effective. Location The safety of the interview location is important. Most interviewers will meet with applicants in public locations…… Continue reading Interview Safety: 4 Steps to Avoiding Risks

Elevator Pitch: Bad Presentations Don’t Solve Problems

Elevator Pitch: before you go to an interview, rehearse a short pitch to show how you can create success for the hiring company. Some people call this short pitch, “The Elevator Pitch.” The purpose of an elevator pitch is to persuade a person to accept your proposal in a brief presentation. The best elevator pitches…… Continue reading Elevator Pitch: Bad Presentations Don’t Solve Problems

Warning Signs: Are You Interviewing with the Wrong Company?

Warning signs: What should you look for when you are interviewing for a job? Should you be interviewing with a better company? As the owner of a recruiting firm, I worked with applicants who dealt with troubling issues during the interview process.  Here are some of the things I learned from my experience in helping…… Continue reading Warning Signs: Are You Interviewing with the Wrong Company?

Toxic Personalities: A Poison in the Workplace

Toxic personalities create stress that spreads throughout an organization.  What are the skills that you can develop to survive and even change toxic people? Know What You Can Control If you have the authority to act on the people with toxic personalities, it is your responsibility to change the behavior of these people or remove…… Continue reading Toxic Personalities: A Poison in the Workplace

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Getting Discovered: How Powerful People Find Great Jobs

Getting Discovered: You have all the skills, the talent, intelligence, charisma, and emotional intelligence for success.  But what does it matter if no one knows? Spread the Word Retailers, manufacturers, and service providers have resources for putting their name out there.  They run ads in print, radio, television, social media, and billboards. Furthermore, they sponsor…… Continue reading Getting Discovered: How Powerful People Find Great Jobs

Habits: Giving Up the Behavior that Weakens Our Careers

Habits: The things we don’t do are as important as the things we do to be a winner in the workplace. Here are eight things to avoid as you work to build a successful career and become a leader among your peers. Often, it’s the things that we don’t do that count the most. ~…… Continue reading Habits: Giving Up the Behavior that Weakens Our Careers

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