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20 questions to ask in a job interview What’s an interview about? It sure feels like it’s about you, but it’s really not. An interview is actually about how you can help your future boss and future employer succeed. It’s about finding out what their requirements and hopes are and matching up your background and experience with what they need.
How to Read Body Language Body language accounts for up to 55% of how we communicate. Learn how to interpret body language more accurately so that you can read between the lines when detecting lies, going on a date and interviewing for a job.
The Best Career Strategy Ever Stuck in your career? Still looking for that dream job, dream company, or dream career? Haven’t found your passion yet … or it hasn’t found you? Then you absolutely need to check out the One Thing Leads to Another career strategy.
Top 8 Reasons You're Failing At Your Job Conventional wisdom is people fail (in business and in life) because they lack the skills make themselves succeed. That’s usually not the case, though. In my experience, failure in business is almost always the result of one or more of the following eight reasons:
Adjusting Your Job Search Strategy Conducting a job search can be a daunting and bewildering challenge. If you have been searching for employment for weeks (or months in some cases) without an interview call, you’re likely to be thinking, “What could I be doing wrong?”
Why I have the best job in the world – and you can too! This could be the most valuable post I will ever write. It might shape your career, or change your path forever. It will help tell you whether you have, or could make your current job, the best job in the world. Or if it's time to move on. It's a must read, and please- pass it on to those you care about.
Tips to stay on top of your inbox Nowadays, having a few hundred emails in your inbox awaiting action is not uncommon, but it's how we deal with it that makes a difference… Here are 5 top tips on how to stay on top of your email:
Helping hands: Our volunteers For thousands of New Zealanders, the weekend is not a time of unadulterated leisure. For them it's a time to turn their attention to other priorities, activities which both replenish their energy - and give them and their communities a good feeling. According to Nielsen Research, 30 per cent of the population volunteered in the March 2010 quarter.
Wardrobe Hell: What to wear to work The business of dressing for work can be a style battlefield, with some companies offering vague dress codes and others leaving them unspoken, leaving employees to fend for themselves as they stand in front of their wardrobe each morning. This article looks at how to make a personal style statement while staying professional.
By Stephanie Zillman, HR Online 26/07/2011 LinkedIn have today released their new ‘apply with LinkedIn button’ which will be displayed on employer websites. LinkedIn’s corporate vision is for this ‘one click’ approach to be the replacement for the traditional CV. Have you updated your LinkedIn profile recently? What do our email names say about us?
The convention of using an email address that did not include one's real name seems to have grown out of the early days of internet correspondence for leisure, but a silly email address is unlikely to persuade a prospective employer to take you seriously.
By Frog Recruitment, published in M2 Magazine From Freelancers to Telecommuters
By Knowledge@Wharton, 29 June 2011 In Her Shoes by the Australian Businesswomen's Network Cindy Luken is an entrepreneur, modern mum, food lover and former biscuit baker, who you may recognise from her biscuit brand Luken & May, which she sold in 2003. She's currently on a new undertaking with her latest business, luk beautifood. In this In Her Shoes interview, Cindy discusses how blogging and social media are great marketing tools for your business, communication tips and the importance of personal involvement in PR for small business owners and strategies for creating a business that is salable. How to make work-life balance work By Nigel Marsh: TED.com Filmed May 2010 Posted Feb 2011 Work-life balance, says Nigel Marsh, is too important to be left in the hands of your employer. At TEDxSydney, Marsh lays out an ideal day balanced between family time, personal time and productivity -- and offers some stirring encouragement to make it happen. Few companies hiring, despite increasing workload By Susie Nordqvist, NZH Friday Jul 8, 2011 Confidence is returning to the New Zealand business market, but hiring intentions remain modest, despite a spike in employees reporting a bigger workload. Nine out of 10 hiring managers surveyed said they were confident in their company's growth prospects in the next year, but just four per cent plan to increase the number of full time staff across finance, accounting and banking roles. Linda Coles, Social Media Guru and recent speaker at the Frog Contingent Workforce Conference 2011, is a frequent poster on the very informative blog page Social Media examiner. Her articles include:
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Money might not always buy happiness but it does help buy everything How to Survive In the New World of Work By Mike Howie, Frog Recruitment
Hello, My Name Is… The most committed networker on the planet is one Scott Ginsberg.
Six Rules For Networking at Work By Sarah Green, based on Collaboration by Morten Hansen. When we talk about networking, we often focus on connecting with people outside our organizations. But networking with colleagues is just as crucial. Well-networked people bridge the organizational silos that plague all organizations, and make their firms more collaborative and effective. But networking for the sake of networking? Adding as many contacts as humanly possible? That’s a time-sink and a distraction. In this slideshow, we’ll review the rules of being an effective organizational networker, a lynchpin of productivity. Leon Gettler, 13 June 2011 If you are fed up with your job, want a pay rise, or an exciting new career, it might be time to rethink your personal brand. Personal branding is a way of getting your name mentioned and people knowing what you're about. A brand is a unique package that defines who you are. It's all about generating a cohesive representation of you, primarily on-line.
Starting to Forget Things? Some exciting new research is unravelling how your brain remembers and what happens to it when it ages. The research is focusing on the differences in how young people and older folks create new memories.
How to Be Rejection Proof When it comes to careers, little risk usual means little reward. Stay safe and don’t speak up, meet people or put your ideas out there and you’re unlikely to progress very quickly. So why aren’t we all busy venturing our opinions and displaying out capabilities all the time? Fear of rejection, of course
How to Build Confidence Very few people succeed in business without a degree of confidence. Yet everyone, from young people in their first real jobs to seasoned leaders in the upper ranks of organizations, have moments — or days, months, or even years — when they are unsure of their ability to tackle challenges. No one is immune to these bouts of insecurity at work, but they don't have to hold you back.
8.5% increase in jobs “While the unemployment figures measure performance retrospectively, the SEEK New Job Ad Index looks at the number of new jobs right now. This month’s increase is particularly welcome as it’s the fifth consecutive month of growth suggesting sustained improvement and stabilisation,” says Janet Faulding, General Manager of SEEK New Zealand.
The Gender Agenda at Work Differences between men and women are often exaggerated, but if you believe new research released earlier this month, men and women in the workplace aren't just different; they're opposites. Australian recruitment firm Randstad surveyed 7000 job seekers. The respondents were given a list of 18 factors, and asked to select those they considered the most important when choosing an employer. The top five chosen by men were totally different from the top five chosen by women.
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Job Satisfaction, Does it Exist? A US survey reports that 18% of the fully-employed professional workforce are actively looking and applying for other jobs. Another 44% are open to considering a new position, but need to be approached by a recruiter to discuss career opportunities. A further 16% says they are not actively looking, but are reaching out to close associates to see if anything is available. Only 22% of the survey’s 5,500 respondents claim they are not open to learning about new career opportunities.
What is the Optimal Number of LinkedIn Connections? Whenever I receive a friend request on Facebook or Linkedin from someone with 2,000 contacts, I eye it with a certain degree of suspicion. Social anthropologists, for about the last 20 years, have adhered to the idea that average human beings are capable of only maintaining 150 meaningful social relationships at any one time, also known as ‘Dunbar’s Number’.
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Changes on Employment Laws
There are now new changes to the Employment Relations and Holiday Acts which are coming into effect from 1 April. Information about cashing up one week’s annual leave, the extension of the 90 day employee trial period and transferring public holidays are all touched on. If you’re like most professionals, you’re probably very skilled at setting goals–but not quite so adept at achieving them. Why? And what stands in the way of achieving goals? Here are five common mistakes.
What is a dream job? A dream job is a common expression...but do we all have the same definition for this? Since I've made it my mission to help others improve their lives, I wanted to make sure that we defined it clearly so I can serve others to the maximum potential in discovering their dream jobs.
How to write clearly at work Writing is an essential skill in business, but are we as good at it as we think we are? David Silverman, author of “Typo: The Last American Typesetter or How I Made and Lost 4 Million Dollars” and blogger for HarvardBusiness.org, discusses writing in the workplace, and offers advice on how to make your writing stand out. |
