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Genis Z Laborde takes an unconventional view of communication and negotiation. The road to mastery of communication begins with knowing what you want and to achieve this you need to possess sensory acuity, flexibility and congruence skills. The book highlights examples that will help you to develop these skills.

Laborde progresses the debate on influencing with integrity versus manipulation through teaching the reader key points such … [ Read more ]

Content: Book | Author: Genie Z. Laborde | Subjects: Career, Personal Development

In 1969, in his book, The Peter Principle, Laurence Peter warned us that if we followed this path without question, we would wind up promoting each person to his level of incompetence. It was true then. It is true now. But, unfortunately, in the intervening years, we haven’t succeeded in changing very much. We still think that the most creative way to reward excellence in … [ Read more ]

Content: Quotation | Source: Gallup Management Journal | Subjects: Career, Human Resources

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The youngest partner in Deloitte Consulting’s history and founder of the consulting company Ferrazzi Greenlight, the author quickly aims in this useful volume to distinguish his networking techniques from generic handshakes and business cards tossed like confetti. At conferences, Ferrazzi practices what he calls the “deep bump” – a “fast and meaningful” slice of intimacy that reveals his uniqueness to interlocutors and quickly forges the … [ Read more ]

Content: Book | Authors: Keith Ferrazzi, Tahl Raz | Subjects: Career, Personal Development

How can you make sure your cover letters to recruiters stand out? Get tips straight from those who read them.

Content: Career Information | Author: Kim Isaacs | Source: Monster | Subject: Cover Letters

Employees who aren’t engaged in their jobs are more likely to be unhappy in their personal lives too, according to a new Gallup study.

Content: Article | Author: Steve Crabtree | Source: Gallup Management Journal | Subject: Career

A little modesty can go a long way with interviewers. Five tips on how to put your best foot forward without stepping over the line.

Content: Career Information | Author: Eileen P. Gunn | Source: CareerJournal (WSJ) | Subject: Interviewing

MarketingHire.com is a one-stop shop for marketing, PR and sales job leads and career-building tools and resources. As a division of marketing portal Marketing Today, it also offers access to the latest news on marketing issues, strategies, tactics and trends. And as part of the Marketing Career Network (an alliance that includes the American Marketing Association, Business Marketing Association, American Advertising Federation and Promotion Marketing … [ Read more ]

Content: Career Information | Source: Marketing Today | Subjects: Jobs – Industry Specific, Jobs – Listing Services

Edward Lazear, an economist here at Stanford, came up with the [tournament model of careers]. If you think about a typical tennis or golf tournament, it begins with a bunch of people in the first round, whose winners then advance to the second round, etc. until you finally get to the end. In the initial rounds, you’ve got some people who are really good and … [ Read more ]

Content: Quotation | Source: Fast Company | Subject: Career

Most people focus on their weaknesses, not necessarily because they’re puritanical, but really because they’re optimistic. They are naively well-intentioned. I think the basic assumption that we’re challenging…is that anyone can learn to be anything they want to be. What we can help people …to know, is that you can’t be anything you want to be. We can help people to know that there’s a … [ Read more ]

Content: Quotation | Source: Gallup Management Journal | Subjects: Career, Personal Development

For over a dozen years, Carnegie Mellon University instructor and corporate consultant Robert Kelley has studied the difference between superior workplace performers and their average peers. After determining that such stars are made, not born, he identified the game plan many use to secure better jobs, higher pay, and top career opportunities. How to Be a Star at Work: Nine Breakthrough Strategies You Need to … [ Read more ]

Content: Book | Author: Robert Kelley | Subjects: Career, Personal Development

TheLadders.com posts only jobs with annual base salaries of $100,000 or more. To search the listings, you must sign up for membership, which starts at $25 a month and includes a weekly e-newsletter on job hunting. Annual subscribers also receive a 15-minute resume consultation by phone. About 5,000 new positions are listed every Monday, and there are about 40,000 jobs in all, says Marc Cenedella, … [ Read more ]

Content: Career Information | Source: TheLadders.com | Subjects: Jobs – Listing Services, Jobs – Recruiting / Staffing

Netshare.com, an executive-networking organization based in Novato, Calif., also sets a $100,000 minimum base salary on the jobs it will publish. Membership in Netshare, which is a business partner of CareerJournal.com, runs from $37.50 a month to $395 annually. Members also have access to networking forums, in which job leads and other tips are swapped via list serve. The site adds about 75 to 100 … [ Read more ]

Content: Career Information | Source: Netshare.com | Subjects: Jobs – Listing Services, Jobs – Recruiting / Staffing

For jobs in the $70,000-plus annual base salary range, check out ExecutivesOnly.com, a job board published in Warwick, R.I. Choose from subscription rates ranging from $160 for three months to $290 for a year. Most deals include a resume critique and career analysis by phone. Annual subscribers also can have their resumes distributed to up to 100 executive-search firms that post jobs on the site. … [ Read more ]

Content: Career Information | Source: ExecutivesOnly.com | Subjects: Jobs – Listing Services, Jobs – Recruiting / Staffing

A collection of CareerJournal.com (WSJ) articles focusing on topics such as signing bonuses, evaluating pay packages, negotiating skills, recommended readings and what recruiters look for.

Content: Career Information | Source: CareerJournal (WSJ) | Subject: MBA-Specific Resources

A business degree is the best investment when it comes to an IT executive’s salary.

Content: Article | Author: Martin J. Garvey | Source: InformationWeek | Subjects: Career, MBA Related

A short list of past job titles may not be effective for senior-level candidates with diverse skills and experience. Here’s how to use a longer form to maximize impact.

Content: Career Information | Author: Douglas B. Richardson | Source: CareerJournal (WSJ) | Subject: Resumes

114 professionally developed and validated psychological tests, 111 Just-for-Fun tests, 230 mind games and quizzes … Queendom has it all! A pioneer and leader in online testing, Queendom has served more than 400 million tests in nine different languages to help you grow, jump-start your career and improve your relationships.

HR professionals or entrepreneurs may want to check out the ARCH … [ Read more ]

Content: Article | Author: Plumeus | Source: Queendom | Subjects: Career, Human Resources

Work banishes the three great evils – boredom, vice and poverty.

Content: Quotation | Source: Candide | Subjects: Personality / Behavior, Work

Think you’re ready to step up to the top job? Get in line-there’s plenty of competition. Here’s advice for ascension from top recruiter Gerry Roche, of the executive search firm Heidrick & Struggles.

Content: Article | Author: Lauren Keller Johnson | Source: Harvard Business School (HBS) Working Knowledge | Subject: Career