Network at Your New Job
After you’ve successfully completed a job search, shouldn’t networking be the last thing on your mind? Not so, say networking experts. In fact, internal networking, right from the beginning, is key to maintaining the upward trajectory of your career. Here’s how to successfully launch your networking campaign at a new job. h4. Why Network from the Start? “When you start in ...
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Hot Sales Sectors: Medical & Pharma
Q. I am considering a career in pharmaceutical or medical sales. What can you tell me about the medical industry? A. First of all there is a vast difference between pharmaceutical sales and medical sales. Most professional sales recruiters know that both the skill sets and the day-to-day routine of the sales representatives in these two disciplines are very different. In ... -
The Grass is Greener
The world of business might be talking about the 'green shoots of recovery', but for actual employees it is more a case of the 'grass is greener', with high levels of job dissatisfaction and a desire to move elsewhere when the economy recovers. A desertion time bomb is the headline finding of research conducted exclusively for HR magazine by recruitment consultancy ... -
Look Before You Leap into Career Changes
David Boulos went from repairing computer hardware to planting radishes. After six years repairing computers for a Monroeville company, he now tills the fields on a tractor at Blackberry Meadows Organic Farm in Fawn. Boulos, 32, says a lots of people ask: Weren't you scared about losing the security of a paycheck and health care? Not really, he says, reached by ... -
Secrets Buried In a Sales Person's Resume
The vehicle that introduces sales people to companies is a resume, but there are secrets hidden in the resume that hiring managers should know before they interview a candidate. In my sales management career, I would bet that I've seen about 5,000 resumes for sales people. Yet, I still haven't seen one that shows someone who has achieved 40% of quota. ... -
How to Get That Great Sales Job...
I get asked a lot of questions as a sales speaker and sales training consultant and this week I was asked a question by several salespeople and a magazine about how to position yourself to get that sales job in today’s market so I thought that I would jot down my thoughts… 2009 has been a tough year. For many, a ...
