1074 Posts Found

The best work is not the work that takes the most sacrifices. It’s the work in which you can best succeed.

Content: Quotation | Author: Jean-Paul Sartre | Source: Hold this Thought | Subject: Work

Once a prospective employer starts talking money, as in how much you currently earn, it’s hard not to panic. And while it may seem like the only option is to simply answer the question, this is the time to choose your words carefully. In fact, how you respond to those initial salary questions plays a crucial role in determining whether your final pay package is … [ Read more ]

Content: Career Information | Author: Lee Miller | Source: Monster | Subjects: Benefits / Comp., Interviewing

$100k+ executives must shift how they approach their executive-level job search campaign.

Content: Member-Contributed Content | Author: Karen Armon | Subject: Career

Potential employers enjoy asking MBA applicants some off-the-wall questions. Here’s how to not get rattled.

Content: Career Information | Author: Sara Hennessey | Source: BusinessWeek | Subject: Interviewing

We talk a lot today about the importance of mentoring and coaching, and they can be vital in helping novices learn the rules of the game. But it is very important that men should not always be mentored by men and women by women. Mentoring based on interests, not gender, can help to change the culture because it can lead to greater understanding of the … [ Read more ]

Content: Quotation | Author: Sandra Dawson | Source: McKinsey Quarterly | Subjects: Career, Coaching, Women in Business

What do very successful people really know about this relationship thing that less than successful people don’t know? That 85% of all the joy and satisfaction that you will ever achieve in life will come from your interactions with people and not from your money. We need to spend more time working on, developing, cultivating, and nurturing our relationships.

Content: Quotation | Author: George C. Fraser | Source: Knowledge@Emory | Subjects: Career, Personal Development

Like just about everything else in the workplace, the conventional wisdom about how to manage the boss has evolved considerably in recent years. If you hope to climb the career ladder by impressing your boss, these are the new and revised rules of the road.

Content: Article | Author: Geoffrey James | Source: BNET | Subject: Career

Originally published in 1957 and now back in print to celebrate its fiftieth anniversary, The Hidden Persuaders is Vance Packard’s pioneering and prescient work revealing how advertisers use psychological methods to tap into our unconscious desires in order to “persuade” us to buy the products they are selling.

A classic examination of how our thoughts and feelings are manipulated by business, media and politicians, The Hidden … [ Read more ]

Content: Book | Authors: Mark Crispin Miller, Vance Packard | Subjects: Career, Human Resources, International

In our borderless global economy, companies must ship their executives nearly as far and wide as their products. Whether these far-flung executives soar or land with a thud may make all the difference between a successful international enterprise or a world-class failure-and it is this crucial difference that Developing Global Executives defines.

Based on a wide-ranging study of veteran global executives, leadership development experts Morgan W. … [ Read more ]

Content: Book | Authors: George P. Hollenbeck, Morgan W. McCall, Jr. | Subjects: Career, Human Resources, International

Glassdoor.com, a new job-and-career site from the founder of Zillow.com, lets visitors browse compensation figures for jobs at specific companies, as well as reviews provided anonymously by employees.

Content: Career Information | Source: glassdoor.com | Subject: Benefits / Comp.

For somebody with a valuable skill, it is possible to completely ignore the idea people strewn like beggars around the landscape, and have a good life just working on validated, low-risk mature ideas. The demand for good, big ideas isn’t as high as people think, because of the simple constraint of execution bandwidth. One Einstein (a classic idea person) can occupy a couple of generations … [ Read more ]

Content: Quotation | Author: Venkatesh Rao | Source: ribbonfarm | Subjects: Career, Creativity, Innovation

Marc Cenedella, of TheLadders.com, a recruiting site that specializes in jobs paying $100,000 or more, put together this list of the most popular words recruiters have searched for in the past week. The list is updated regularly, so you can check back regularly to keep on top of trends. Of course, the idea is that by including words from the list on your resume, you’ll … [ Read more ]

Content: Career Information | Source: TheLadders.com | Subject: Resumes

Shawn Graham, an Associate Director with the MBA Career Management Center at UNC’s Kenan-Flagler Business School, offers useful career insights in this blog hosted by Fast Company.

Content: Career Information | Author: Shawn Graham | Source: Fast Company | Subject: Career Info

This chart is meant to help you identify your strengths and weaknesses and give you a better idea of whether you’re ready to become a small business owner. It could also be useful in your career exploration or even in a more conventional SWOT analysis exercise.

Content: Article | Source: MBA in a Day | Subjects: Career, Management, Personal Development

Make Your Contacts Count is a practical, step-by-step guide for creating, cultivating, and capitalizing on networking relationships and opportunities. Packed with valuable tools, the book offers a field-tested “Hello to Goodbye” system that takes readers from entering a room, to making conversations flow, to following up. Updated from its first edition, the book now includes expanded advice on building social capital at work and in … [ Read more ]

Content: Book | Authors: Anne Baber, Lynne Waymon | Subjects: Career, Personal Development

What makes one jobseeker more appealing than another in the eyes of a nonprofit employer? This article explores some proven ways to increase your nonprofit marketability.

Content: Member-Contributed Content | Source: Commongood Careers | Subjects: Career, Nonprofit | Industry: Non-Profit

“Compensation in startups is one of the tougher topics to manage, in large part because there is very little information on the topic…until recently, that is. The best source of compensation info for startups that I have come across is an annual survey conducted by J. Robert Scott, Ernst & Young and WilmerHale. Professor Noam Wasserman at HBS does the analysis for this … [ Read more ]

Content: Online Resource | Source: CompStudy.com | Subjects: Career, Entrepreneurship, Human Resources

Only 6% of MBA graduates plan on pursuing careers in the social sector. What will it take to get more MBAs into the social sector? Is there even a demand for these types of hires? This article describes the success that two organizations have found in hiring MBAs, outlines some of the challenges associated with hiring candidates with MBAs, and provides some suggestions for overcoming … [ Read more ]

Content: Member-Contributed Content | Author: Dana Hagenbuch | Source: Commongood Careers | Subjects: Career, MBA Related, Nonprofit | Industry: Non-Profit

Networking is a strategic component of any job search. Studies have shown that networking can be 12 times more effective than answering job advertisements. This article explores some simple yet effective ways to build a robust and targeted personal network, and then leverage that network in your job search.

Content: Member-Contributed Content | Source: Commongood Careers | Subject: Career

To access the energy of the human spirit, people need to clarify priorities and establish accompanying rituals in three categories: doing what they do best and enjoy most at work; consciously allocating time and energy to the areas of their lives—work, family, health, service to others—they deem most important; and living their core values in their daily behaviors.

Content: Quotation | Authors: Catherine McCarthy, Tony Schwartz | Source: Harvard Business Review | Subjects: Human Resources, Personal Development, Productivity / Work Tips, Time Management, Work