13 Action Steps to Getting Promoted or Getting Hired
13 Action Steps to Getting Promoted or Getting Hired Below are thirteen powerful steps to help you be successful in your current job […]
Every Business Meeting is a Job Interview.
I have written other articles on how to prepare for job interviews and how to prepare for business meetings. The things that […]
Finding New Industries for Your Job Skills
If you find that you have skills that are no longer needed in your current industry, you feel discouraged. The ever-changing employment […]
3 Short, Powerful Meeting Practices
3 Short, Powerful Meeting Practices There are some simple business practices that will make your business meetings more comfortable and more productive. […]
The Types of Recruiters and Agencies
The Types of Recruiters and Agencies There are four types of staffing agencies. Temporary Agencies specialize in referring people for positions that are […]
Should You Work with a Recruiter?
Should You Work with a Recruiter? Whether or not you should work with a recruiter depends upon your personal comfort in working […]
How to Write an Effective Job Description
How to Write an Effective Job Description Job descriptions have multiple purposes. Job descriptions are essential when posting a job. For job […]
How to Conduct an Interview
The purpose of conducting an interview is to decide whether an applicant is a fit for the job (1) from the company’s […]
25 Questions to Help You Find and Land a Job
These 25 questions to help you find and land a job will put you in front of hiring managers and prepare you […]
Will that Professionally Prepared Resume Get You a Job?
Will that Professionally Prepared Resume Get You a Job? Some people spend a lot of money having a resume professionally prepared. The […]
4 Interview Basics
Dress in business attire. Standard business attire includes a dark-gray or navy-blue suit or skirt and jacket, a white shirt or blouse, […]
10 Nifty Search Engine Tools for Business, Career, and College
The following search wording should work on most search engines. Also, except for the math phrases, the job search engine at JayWren.com and […]
The Principles of Business and Career
The principles of business and career are the same. I once had a Polaroid national sales manager say tell me that the […]
Social Media and Your Career: Do These Things.
Social Media and Your Career: Do These Things There are some simple suggestions that can make you social media career campaign easy […]
Desk Jockeys and Exercise
It can be very challenging for people who work long hours at a desk to get enough exercise to stay trim, condition […]
Webcast Your Updates and Discussions from LinkedIn to Twitter to Facebook/Facebook Page.
There are third-party applications that will post your online updates to your accounts at membership sites. However, you can easily connect your […]
Be the Difference Maker in Your Workplace.
Have five things laid out for the day that you can do that will help your team, supervisor, and company be more […]
Learn to Love Your Job.
Until you get the job you love, learn to love the job you have. ~ www.jaywren.com Learn to love your job. If […]
Say Nice Things About Yourself.
Say Nice Things About Yourself. In an earlier post about effective communications, I discussed the importance of positive direction. Only tell people what […]
Prepare for Interview Questions!
The more difficult interview questions are also the more common questions interviewers ask. Preparing for these questions can help you in a […]
How to Receive Job-Winning Reference Checks
Hiring companies will very likely check references as part of your employment process. You can help your references with information that […]
Has a Mouse Taken Over Your Career?
Compulsive mouse-clicking is a powerful, mood-altering method for avoiding work. Clicking around through business folders and business websites feels like work. The […]
Communication that Works: All Do’s, No Don’ts
Communication that Works: All Do’s, No Don’ts Tell people what you want them to do, not what you don’t want them to […]
Is Over Committing Killing Your Career?
I schedule five things to do each day. This habit is one I have used for years but got away from for […]
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 […]
Careers in Millennium 2: From Excess to Less is More
The philosophy towards careers and business has made a tremendous shift in Millennium 2. During the 1980’s and 1990’s, American business and […]
Paint Your Day with Brilliance Through Word Choices
I have a choice today to paint my day and the day of the people I meet by choosing words that go […]
Great Grammar is So Easy to Practice and So Rewarding for Those Who Do
Great Grammar is So Easy to Practice and So Rewarding for Those Who Do. Little grammatical mistakes are so easy to make […]
Simple, Effective Business-Writing and Public-Speaking Principles
ANGLO-SAXON WORDS The basic principles for business writing and public speaking is to get accurate information to reading or listening audience. […]
Resumes for Recent College Graduates
THE BIRTH OF THE CAREER PLAN As you are graduating from college, you will be moving into a new phase of your […]
Creating Connections on Membership Sites: a Professional Network or a Database?
Creating connections on membership sites helps brand and market your career. THE TIME TO SET UP AN ONLINE NETWORK IS BEFORE YOU […]
Be Extraordinary: 3 Ways to Turn Your Day into a Celebration!
TALK HAPPY I worked with a great guy who was always fun to see. He is the only man who ever called […]
The Most Important Interview Question You Will Ever Be Asked
The Most Important Interview Question You Will Ever Be Asked I have read that the most important interview question you will ever […]
The Benefits of Creating Your Own Career Plan
The Benefits of Creating Your Own Career Plan A CAREER PLAN CREATES DIRECTION. In a sense, everyone has a career plan. Some people just […]
Daily Sessions to a More Powerful You
Work breaks are important to your health and to your work performance. If you are unemployed and in a career search, keeping […]
Your Online Profile for Business and Career
Developing your online profile is as important to your career as developing as your reputation at work or developing your resume for your […]
Resumes for Managers
Here is a simple resume format. Your name Street address, City, State Zip Home phone, Cell phone Email address OBJECTIVE AND SUMMARY […]
15 Minutes A Day That Will Enrich Your Life
15 Minutes A Day That Will Enrich Your Life Remain a student for life. One of the most enriching parts of my […]
Common Career Correspondence Mistakes and Steps to Avoid Them
The most common correspondence mistakes result from trying to do too much too quickly. If you are making a career move, you […]
Career Keywords for Resumes and Online Profiles
What are career keywords? Career keywords are names of skills, experience, tools, places, and companies. To find information on the Internet, search […]
Creative Ways to Manage Any Process
After going through a lengthy project that may take several days, I find that the project required so much attention and had […]
Beyond LinkedIn
Beyond LinkedIn Today much focus is on networking through membership sites. Sometimes the most helpful people in your network are your friends […]
Professional Networking: Creating Credible Connection Invitations
LinkedIn is a business and career professional network. Credibility is very important for making connections and building your professional network on […]
Job Opportunity City of the Week: Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA
Find Jobs in Riverside, San Bernardino, Ontario. Census Bureau Quick Facts San Bernardino County Population 2,081,313 Per capita income $21,932<br< p=””> </br<> […]
Community Building: People Create Better Things Together
Medium is a community website that publishes articles from writers who collaborate to help each other create better material before publication. The website […]
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The Best Efficiency Advice in the World: Stop Perfecting and Proceed with Creating.
Stop Perfecting and Proceed with Creating. Not everything that is less than perfect needs to be fixed. Perfectionism as a process: The management […]
Building Professional Relationships at Work and On The Web
The Fundamentals of Building Professional Relationships at Work and On The Web Building a professional database is simple. A database is not […]
7 Simple Steps for Creating a Presentation for Any Situation
When I worked at Procter & Gamble, I took a sales training course that included a presentation model that works for any […]
Job Opportunity City of the Week: Chicago, IL
Find jobs in the Chicago-Joliet-Naperville Metropolitan Area. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, reported, “Total nonfarm employment for the Chicago-Joliet-Naperville Metropolitan Statistical […]
How to Write Anything and Make It Easy to Read
In an earlier post, I wrote about how to write letters that are easy to read. What I wrote in that post applies […]
Writing Letters That are Easy to Read
Writing is a daily part of the job for professionals in all types. Here is an easy format anyone can use. State […]
Time Management | Control the Controllable
Everyone has days or even jobs in which they may not be able to do everything that needs to be done. Additionally […]
Job Opportunity City of the Week: Oklahoma City, OK
Find jobs in Oklahoma City. Job Opportunity City of the Week: Oklahoma City, OK The Department of Labor rates the unemployment in […]
Set a Pace that Enables You To Be More Productive
Performance takes energy. Peak performance takes knowing the pace for the race to use energy most effectively. I ran a 10K run […]
Job Opportunity City of the Week: Minneapolis, MN
Find jobs in Minneapolis and surrounding communities now. CONSUMER PRODUCTS JOBS For the consumer goods industry, the greater Minneapolis area is one […]
Job Opportunity City of the Week: Washington, DC
Find jobs in Washington, DC and surrounding communities today. Jobs are available today in merchandising, sales, advertising, technology, and marketing in the […]
Employment Matters: 4 Things I love About My Job.
Creating a list of things that I love about my work is a great way to enjoy the things I do every […]
Employment Matters: You Matter.
THE FEELINGS OF SUCCESS How you feel about yourself and your world will have a great deal to do with how well […]
Job Opportunity City of the Week: Cincinnati, OH
Find jobs in Cincinnati and other cities today. “Altogether, nine Fortune 500 companies and fifteen Fortune 1000 companies are headquartered in the […]
Job Opportunity City of the Week: Austin, TX
Find jobs in Austin, TX and other cities. Art, culture, and music center. Location of the University of Texas. Capital city of […]
Job Opportunity City of the Week: San Jose, CA
Industry and career focus in finance, technology, health care. See job opportunities in San Jose, CA. The U.S. Dept of Labor ranks […]
Be Extraordinary: Rehearse Spontaneous Answers.
I know that using the word “rehearse” to describe the word “spontaneous” create a bit of an oxymoron. However, I find it […]
Be Extraordinary: When You Don’t Like What You are Saying to Yourself, Change the Subject.
When you don’t like what you are saying to yourself, change the subject. I learned some time back that the quality of […]
Cutting Weak Wording From Your Resume
The people who invite you to an interview want to know what you have done and what happened as the result of […]
Be Extraordinary: Know when to call the boss.
There are times when the boss needs to know. Extraordinary people know when they should call the boss. At sea as a […]
Be Extraordinary: Practice the Power of Humility
I once heard a guy say that he got the humility button, but he had to give it back because he wore […]
Be Extraordinary: Eat Your Leafy Greens
For me, green vegetables are the best weight-loss food and the best way to bypass the cookie jar. Greens are interesting too! […]
Be Extraordinary: Start with Simple Steps
I am more successful when I start with simple steps. For me, motivation is not the key. Consciously in the present moment, […]
Be Extraordinary: Become a Better Writer.
When writing for your job or your career, you can become a powerful writer. The principles of great business writing are simple. […]
Be Extraordinary: Understanding Organizational Fit
Do employers hire you for who are you or for what you know? Obviously, most employers are looking for both traits. So […]
Be Extraordinary: Moving beyond Resolutions to Lifestyles Changes
It is about this time of year that I have forgotten about New Year’s resolutions or given up on them and feel […]
Is Your Resume a Mere List of Responsibilities?
Is Your Resume a Mere List of Responsibilities? Take your resume to the next level by turning a list of responsibilities into a list […]
When It’s Okay to Be Wrong
It seems as though all my life I have held to the idea that I was right. It is not so much […]
Be Extraordinary: Do One Thing at a Time.
Today I am going to do one thing at a time. I will start the day by going over my plan for […]
Be Extraordinary: Build Something with a Hammer and Saw.
Last July, I wrote an article on getting back to the home gym by following the methods used in the movie “Karate […]
Be Extraordinary: Make Plans.
Every day at 8:00 AM, I go over my plans for the day. I establish the status of my business with existing […]
Be Extraordinary: Keep it positive!
I love fruitcake. Like everything else, fruitcake has people who love it and people who do not. Nearly two million fruitcakes are […]
Be Extraordinary: Be Grateful
I am going to be extraordinary today by appreciating that I have the present moment to be effective at my job, love […]
Be Extraordinary. Take Breaks.
Today to be extraordinary, I am going to take breaks. I know when I need a break. There are signals. When I […]
Be Extraordinary. It’s Still Okay.
William Shakespeare wrote 37 plays and 154 sonnets. At the same time he was running a theater, where he also acted. Shakespeare, […]
“You Are Hired!” How to Interview to Get the Job Offer!
“You Are Hired!” Start the interview by showing an interest in the job. Why? Because you are sending out buying signals which are attractive to […]
Your Known Network
Today I so instinctively take the easy way to finding information and contacts. I go to LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook, Job Boards, Business […]
Career Tip of the Day: Name, City, State, Zip, Phone, Email on all Correspondence
I get a ton of email. By clicking the reply button, I can reply to that email. However, some of this email […]
The Seven Decisions in Making a Great Hire: Skills
Skills Talent Experience Personality Knowledge Personal Goals Potential for Long-Term Success The purpose of this series of articles is to enable employers […]
The Seven Decisions in Making a Great Hire: Talent Assessment
In the article I posted on September 27, 2012, I discussed talent as a quality in making a hiring decision. In talent assessment, […]
The Seven Decisions in Making a Great Hire: Talent
Different companies emphasize different qualities when making a hire. Many companies have job descriptions to serve as a template for the experiences, […]
The Seven Decisions in Making a Great Hire: Personality
The Seven Decisions in Making a Great Hire: Personality Because of the importance of relationships within a company as well as the […]
The Seven Decisions in Making a Great Hire: Knowledge
Knowledgeable retail buyers are gauging how much to buy based on the quantity that will sell through to the consumer and still keep the […]
The Seven Decisions in Making a Great Hire: Personal Goals
The Seven Decisions in Making a Great Hire: Personal Goals Once a hiring manager extends an offer, an applicant may know on […]
The Seven Decisions in Making a Great Hire: Potential for Long-Term Success
On the surface, it would appear that a person who has tremendous talent, skills, knowledge, and personality, and has everything to ensure long-term success. These […]
The Seven Decisions in Making a Great Hire: Experience
The Seven Decisions in Making a Great Hire: Experience I once heard a person say that they do not know how a […]
Best Job Interview Questions
Why are you leaving your current job? What is your greatest achievement? Who was the best supervisor you have ever had? Who was the worst supervisor […]
As the Millennial generation ages, will print media disappear?
I do not think that I have ever seen an article that did not have the word technology and the word millennial […]
Rub Some Dirt on It and Get Back in the Game
Rub Some Dirt on It and Get Back in the Game A high school football coach viewed being hurt and being injured […]
The Happiness Habit
I have heard that it is impossible to smile and be sad. I can never remember to test the idea when I […]
Lists: Putting the Focus on Success
Some people are great lists makers. Whether shopping, going to a business meeting, planning an event, tracking their expenses, setting priorities for […]
Should You Discuss Compensation on the First Interview? Yes!
Conventional practice and advice is that discussing compensation on the first interview is in bad form and can cost an applicant future […]
Formatting Your Resume for the Internet
When sending a resume in an email or uploading your resume to a website, you want your resume to look as beautiful […]