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Regardless of what type of organisation you work for and what type of role you have, the ability to use Microsoft Excel well makes a huge difference to both the ease and proficiency with which you are able to perform. Excel mastery comes with months if not years of daily interaction that, admittedly, may not be the norm in many jobs. However, the 80-20 rule … [ Read more ]

Content: Member-Contributed Content | Author: Hugh Karseras | Subjects: Career, Personal Development

Marketing professionals widely use the 4 Ps for marketing a product. But how do you market yourself when YOU are the product? How do you make your own accomplishments believable?

Content: Article | Author: Abhay Padgaonkar | Source: MarketingProfs | Subject: Career

Most senior managers will step into a new job at some point within the next five years. Many will be recruited or promoted to the top post in their companies. A strong report card during the first 100 days can set the tone for the next 1,000. We asked 20 CEOs to come up with the agenda they would follow if they could start over … [ Read more ]

Content: Article | Authors: Patrick Ducasse, Tom Lutz | Source: Boston Consulting Group (BCG) | Subjects: Career, Leadership

Research now shows that the lack of natural talent is irrelevant to great success. The secret? Painful and demanding practice and hard work.

Content: Article | Author: Geoffrey Colvin | Source: FORTUNE | Subjects: Career, Personal Development

Want a great job? Cut out the middleman and go straight to the players themselves. Here’s how.

Content: Career Information | Source: MBA Jungle | Subject: Job Search

Russell Hochschild shows that for many professionals, “home” and “work” have reversed roles. Home is the source of stress and guilt, while work has become the “haven in a heartless world”–the place where successful professionals get strokes, admiration, and respect.

Content: Quotation | Source: Harvard Business Review | Subjects: Career, Organizational Behavior

The JASPER test is the new standard in career testing and assesment.

Based on over 60 years of research, this fun and enlightening test will uncover your job strengths and preferences and help you use them to your advantage.

* Discover your work and leadership style
* Gain confidence in your job related skills
* Enhance your ability to work with others
* Improve your resume, … [ Read more ]

Content: Online Resource | Source: Monster | Subjects: Career, Personal Development

Research confirms that a person’s network is crucial to his or her ability to get work done successfully. But many people don’t understand that networks require conscious attention and investment of time to be effective, and others make the mistake of thinking that the only thing that matters is size. This research report demonstrates that the best networks are strong on three dimensions: structural, relational … [ Read more ]

Content: Article | Authors: David A. Light, Rob Cross, Robert J. Thomas | Source: Accenture | Subjects: Career, Organizational Behavior

Raises often are tied to performance, so it pays to prepare for your annual appraisal. Here’s how.

Content: Career Information | Author: Marshall Loeb | Source: CareerJournal (WSJ) | Subject: Career Info

Learn how to get better results when seeking opportunities online. A roundup of some lesser-known, but effective techniques.

Content: Career Information | Author: Sarah E. Needleman | Source: CareerJournal (WSJ) | Subject: Job Search

Getting a good job often requires a bit of gamesmanship. But for some M.B.A. students, landing a new position is all about playing games.

Content: Article | Author: Ron Alsop | Source: CareerJournal (WSJ) | Subjects: Career, MBA Related

Recruiters are urging students to curb their egos in job interviews.

Content: Article | Author: Ron Alsop | Source: CareerJournal (WSJ) | Subjects: Career, MBA Related

How does responsibility constrain you? The worst thing is that it allows you not to focus on real work. Just as the most dangerous forms of procrastination are those that seem like work, the danger of responsibilities is not just that they can consume a whole day, but that they can do it without setting off the kind of alarms you’d set off if you … [ Read more ]

Content: Quotation | Source: ChangeThis | Subjects: Productivity / Work Tips, Work

Don’t be rattled by your next job interview. It’s possible to answer any question that comes your way. How? By preparing and knowing how to direct the conversation to the topics you want to cover.

Content: Career Information | Author: Perri Capell | Source: CareerJournal (WSJ) | Subject: Interviewing

When you walk into your first job as an MBA, whether it’s as a seasonal associate or as a full-time employee, all eyes will be on you. Here, corner-office types reveal a portfolio of secrets for brandishing the confidence, wisdom, and polish of someone who has worked at the company for three years-even when you’ve only been there three weeks. Secret number one: The thing … [ Read more ]

Content: Article | Authors: Anne Dunham, David Blend, Dirk Standen, Jacob Kalish, Maria Spinella | Source: MBA Jungle | Subject: Career

Bureaucracies tend to promote people who know how to do a job; infocracies will promote people who have a thirst for learning and are willing to let go of yesterday’s “knowledge” in the fact of today’s data.

Content: Quotation | Source: Ivey Business Journal | Subjects: Career, Knowledge

You may need to update your resume but don’t know where to begin. After you’ve distilled your qualifications and experience to the essentials, there’s an array of ways to present them.

Various resume-writing conventions — chronological, functional and hybrid, to name a few — have evolved over the years to support different job-seeker goals. You might, for example, need to change careers or downplay an employment … [ Read more ]

Content: Career Information | Author: Perri Capell | Source: CareerJournal (WSJ) | Subject: Resumes

There are four critical times to update your resume.

Content: Member-Contributed Content | Author: Deborah Walker | Subject: Career

Lucrative opportunities for short-term rewards in the corporate world are tempting managers to forgo crucial development experiences, suggest the results of Business Finance’s annual Finance Executive Career & Compensation Survey.

Content: Career Information | Author: Eric Krell | Source: Business Finance Magazine | Subject: Benefits / Comp.

Are you a purple squirrel? Decoding search executives’ lingo can be key to your interview success.

Content: Career Information | Author: Sarah E. Needleman | Source: CareerJournal (WSJ) | Subject: Jobs – Recruiting / Staffing