With LinkedIn now boasting in excess of 100m users, the importance of using this fantastic resource for professionals is becoming more and more obvious. LinkedIn is essentially one great big networking event, and one which you can’t afford not to attend.
A winning LinkedIn Profile
The first thing most people do when they join LinkedIn is build a profile. It is so easy to overlook the importance of a good profile. This is not the place to re-write your CV, this is a place to sell yourself, and make an impact. …[Read more...]
We hope that since reading our last blog post on goal setting you will have been inspired to set your own goals for the year. We have developed some pointers to help you to achieve your goals through taking a consistent approach to them, and also some ideas for broadening your outlook which may feed into future goals. …[Read more...]
It is said to be the most depressing day of the year…. so why should this particular date be so depressing? By the 3rd Monday in January most people will have failed at their New Year’s resolutions, will be fed up by the dismal, cold January weather and all the credit cards which were used with great abandon before Christmas will be due for payment….
Doesn’t sound too inspiring does it?? So, let’s not use this as a self fulfilling prophecy and instead why not treat the day as an opportunity to take stock of what you achieved in 2011, and consider what would make 2012 your best year yet!
I would like to share with you how to ensure that your always make the right career move and a rethink about the value you add to a business. You are a unique individual and you bring unique experience, value and a unique take on the field you are in. People who are highly paid in any industry have earned that right because they take on more responsibility, duties and added value. They have also learnt to influence and ‘position’ themselves effectively. …[Read more...]
Having been responsible for many senior appointments. I have been able to observe at firsthand how recruitment decisions are made and how board level identify and distinguish the skills of high potential employees from those of good functional employees. One of those standout skills is influence.
Why is the skill of influence so highly sought after?
At the most basic level influence can be viewed as having the ear of decision makers, …[Read more...]
In this video I share with you a successful formula of how to ask your way to career success, develop relationships with key mentors and open your mind up to new career possibilities.
The next step:
If you have found these insights useful, then you should look at a free video series that I have created to make this year the most transformational and successful in your career. In this free video series, I demonstrate:
How to access the ‘hidden job’ market to transform your career prospects…
How to be positioned as a Premium Priced Employee and be able to command an appropriate salary
What employers are really looking for from high performing employees (it’s not what you think)
Go to www.beajobmagnet.co.uk to get access to your free videos now.
I was recently asked to present at an IOD- Institute of Directors seminar on “How to Recruit Effectively”. Recruitment is a definite process which in order to be successful for both the company and the candidate must be carefully considered and have the correct and necessary time and personnel devoted to it, much like any other professional project.
“Invest in your people and that investment starts with the recruitment process not after it has been completed” …[Read more...]
Have you ever wondered how to get headhunted? That great feeling when you receive a call from out of the blue and you are offered a new career possibility – it gives you a true sense of self worth.
The answer is to create of course to be excellent at your chosen field of expertise and then to amplify your message by becoming a ‘Brand’ in your own right. Brand YOU! …[Read more...]
Steve Jobs ex CEO of Apple is widely regarded as the best communicator in business. He uses the annual Macworld event to spread the word to excite the Apple customers/’raving fans’ on the latest Apple product launches.During the video below Steve Jobs demonstrates how Apple reinvents the phone -- the iphone is born.
So how does he achieve such excitement, interest and marketing success?
Steve Jobs uses:
1) Images and music to bring the demonstrations to life for the audience.
2) He tells great stories that take his audience on an engaging, fun and aspirational journey.
3) He uses uses a ‘WOW’ moment to leave a lastly positive impression on his audience.
How could you use these methods to make your next presentation for a career move, promotion, product/service launch?
The next step:
If you have found these insights useful, then you should look at a free video series that I have created to make this year the most transformational and successful in your career. In this free video series, I demonstrate:
How to access the ‘hidden job’ market to transform your career prospects…
How to be positioned as a Premium Priced Employee and be able to command an appropriate salary
What employers are really looking for from high performing employees (it’s not what you think)
Go to www.beajobmagnet.co.uk to get access to your free videos now.
We live in the innovation economy where breakthroughs ideas are highly prized; one only has to think of the leading companies in the world like Apple, Google and Facebook who are constantly re-inventing themselves. Imagine if you were able to have a flow of ideas every day by tapping into a creative system already available to you.
In the video below Steven Johnson (who has studied the history of innovation over the last 500 years) discusses where good ideas come from. …[Read more...]
