Archive for the ‘Business Skills’ Category
Networking Like A Pro
Thursday, December 16th, 2010Did you know than Networking is one of the keys to a successful Job Research?
If you need help with Networking, watch this great interview with Ivan Misner.
Ivan Misner is the Founder of the World’s Largest Business Networking Organization and called the “Father of Modern Networking” by CNN, Dr. Ivan Misner is one of the world’s leading experts on business networking. Ivan Misner is the author of the bestseller Networking Like a Pro.
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130 Time Management Tips
Tuesday, December 14th, 2010One of the most important keys to personal and professional success lies in how you spend your time. Each day contains twenty-four hours, but how we spend those hours is what separates people who enjoy lives of happiness, fulfillment and success from those who experience lives filled with frustration, disappointment, and often failure.
When Olympic athletes train, no detail of their performance is overlooked—from computerized motion studies to the fabric of their clothing and the customization of each shoe. Mastering time management is much the same. In order to work smarter but not harder, you must examine—and be willing to make changes to—everything you do to improve effectiveness, efficiency, and performance.
Todd Smith at Little Things Matters published a special report which outlines 130 simple, easy-to-implement, time-management tips and techniques. Some have universal applicability. Others are specifically related to career, communication, or technology. I encourage you to download the report and print it. As you read it, you may want to highlight the tips that are most relevant to your circumstances and consider developing a personalized list.
Remember that the first step in becoming an effective time manager is to have the desire to be more productive and smarter with how you use your time. It must be something that is important to you or you won’t do what is required to develop solid time-management skills.
Understanding, practicing, and maximizing how your time is spent is a journey. Proficiency won’t happen overnight but, as is the case with all of the Little Things, repeated effort will be rewarded. By becoming more effective and efficient, you’ll take control of your workload rather than your workload taking control of you.
Let’s get started. Read post at Little Things Matters here
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10 Ways To Be A Good Listener
Friday, December 10th, 2010Being a good listener is one of the most important skills you can master if you want to advance your career and build meaningful relationships. When you REALLY listen, you demonstrate your interest in what is being said and you show your respect for the individual saying it. Listening is a magnetic force that draws people to us.
Have you ever talked to someone and noticed he or she wasn’t really listening to you? How did it make you feel? Unimportant? Disrespected? Insulted? Remember those feelings and work diligently to ensure that people never feel the same way when they talk to you.
In this post Todd Smith at Little Things Matter highlights 10 things he has learned throughout his career in addition to some lessons his dad taught me.
Here are some excepts:
1. Make Eye Contact
2. Be Present
3. Give NO Sign You are Ready to Respond
4. Wait Two Seconds to Respond
Read complete article at Little Things Matter.
We’re All Entrepreneurs Now
Thursday, December 9th, 2010The Great Recession has changed many mindsets – and accelerated critical emerging trends.
Do you still believe once you find “just a job” with a solid company, you’ll be okay? That you can then relax for the next decade; life will be fine?
Those days are gone.
Everyone – and I mean everyone – now needs to think of themselves as “talent” to be managed, or as a personal brand to be promoted – either by ourselves, our employers, or our next employer. In other words, we all need to think of ourselves as entrepreneurs.
When do we need to start thinking this way? Now.
Whether you’re in college, already in the workforce, or a Boomer workforce veteran – you MUST be building your personal brand. Your competition is already there – on Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn cultivating their online reputations and networks; building their brand. Read more here
Source: The Savvy Intern
Never Get a “Real” Job
Tuesday, December 7th, 2010After more than a year of work, friend Scott’s new book Never Get a “Real” Job is now available everywhere books are sold! The book teaches young people how to build small businesses–without finances or resources–from the ground up so that they can overcome the devastating epidemics of youth unemployment and underemployment.
Check out my friend Scott’s new book Never Get a “Real” Job. Here is the Amazon link:
6 Ways to Score a Job Through Twitter
Sunday, November 28th, 2010Twitter has become a great resource for just about anything, including jobs. From industry chats to Twitter accounts dedicated to posting vacancies, there are a ton of resources for landing a gig.
Mashable spoke with nine Tweeters who have landed jobs through Twitter to get their top tips for success on the platform. Below you’ll find a guide to their job hunt strategies on the microblogging service.
Here are some excerpts:
1- Tweet Like an Industry Expert
2- Use Twitter Hashtags
3- Connect with Recruiters and Current Employees
Continue here
Where Jobs Are Created and Sustained in the USA?
Monday, November 8th, 2010The Milken Institute released its Best-Performing Cities Index ranks U.S. metropolitan areas by how well they are creating and sustaining jobs and economic growth. The components include job, wage and salary, and technology growth. This report will give you a good indication of the underlying structural performance of regional economics in the United States.
For the second year in a row, Texas metropolitan areas dominated the Milken Institute’s Best-Performing Cities index, with the Killeen-Temple-Fort Hood metropolitan area at No. 1. A business-friendly climate, a vibrant tech industry, and little exposure to the housing bubble and the financial services industry helped keep Texas cities and many of their peers on stable ground during the economic downturn.
The 2010 top performers (with 2009 rankings) among the 200 largest metros are:
Killeen-Temple-Fort Hood, TX (2)
Austin-Round Rock, TX (1)
Huntsville, AL (8)
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX (4)
Kennewick-Richland-Pasco, WA (n.a.)
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV (25)
Raleigh-Cary, NC (10)
Anchorage, AK (40)
El Paso, TX (14)
Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, TX (5)
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Could Polite Manners Score you a Job?
Thursday, November 4th, 2010Patricia Fitzpatrick of the New York School of Etiquette says, “85 percent of success in life, in getting a job is people skills. Fifteen percent is technical skills, or what you know.”
Business has doubled for Fitzpatrick in the past year, whose classes cost $200 for a two-hour group session.
The courses aren’t just for experienced job seekers. A number of recent college graduates are also looking for an edge. It’s all the little things that can show an employer you are the right candidate.
Fitzpatrick says it’s important to make eye contact in an area she calls the triangle, anything lower is too personal.
Anna Post, the great, great-granddaughter of the woman who wrote the book on etiquette, Emily Post says, “this will put you apart from the crowd, there’s so many qualified resumes. This is a way to show that the boss can send you out and have absolute confidence that you won’t embarrass them in front of a client. Bottom line.”
CNN’s Alina Cho reports.
Job Shop: Social networking & jobs
Monday, November 1st, 2010Jobvite.com reports that 73 percent of companies use social networks for their recruitment efforts and more than half of companies have even hired candidates through social networking sites.
In case you didn’t get it, social networking matters when it comes to finding a job.
So how can you find a job through social media outlets?
Dan Schawbel, author of “Me 2.0″ and managing partner of Millennial Branding, has the answers.
Do you know who’s in your social network? – Credit: BigStockPhoto.com
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Foreign Student who became Entrepreneur
Sunday, October 24th, 2010From November 15 to 21, millions of people around the globe will participate in the world’s largest celebration of entrepreneurship. Global Entrepreneurship Week 2010 (GEW). Thousands of events in more than 100 countries will celebrate innovation, entrepreneurship, and creativity.
On November 20, U in the USA will host a special event for college students called a Breakfast with an Entrepreneur.
On this occasion, Jean-Marc Dedeyne, Founder and CEO of U in the USA, will explain how he transitioned from a corporate job at HP France to the status of international student and finally started his own business in Los Angeles. Participants will also learn how to start a foreign business in the United States.
Our objective is to encourage International and American students to unleash their ideas, celebrate global entrepreneurship and bridge the gap between cultures.
During this event, Jean-Marc Dedeyne, Founder and CEO of U in the USA will share his experience as a foreign student who became entrepreneur in the United States.
Agenda:
- Who is Jean-Marc Dedeyne
- Why and how did he start his business in Los Angeles?
- How to start a foreign business in the USA?
- The call of the entrepreneur? (video)
- Questions / Group Discussion
Breakfast will be served.
Early Bird $18 (Sales end on November 5)
General Admission $27
SIGN UP NOW here
See you all on November 20, 2010!
World greetings,
U in the USA Team
