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Job Interview - 5 Fears All Hiring Managers Have

June 30, 2007

Job Interview - 5 Fears All Hiring Managers Have

Job Interview - 5 Fears All Hiring Managers Have
By Jeremiah Kalb

It is quite common for managers to have anxieties affecting their hiring decisions. If you want to quickly earn the interest and trust of every hiring manager you interview with, you must soften his or her fears. Best of all, you’ll increase the number of job offers once you learn to become sensitive to these fears and lead the manager to the conclusion that you are the best candidate for the job.

1. Fear of new hire remorse

You’ve...

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Art Teacher Interview Questions

June 30, 2007

Art Teacher Interview Questions

Art Teacher Interview Questions
By Tim W

When interview committees and principals interview art teachers, they're looking for someone who can connect with the entire culture of the school. They're looking for a person who empowers students to create beautiful artwork, has a presence in extra-curricular activities, and can effectively manage students in a classroom full of messy, sloppy supplies. An art program is often the proud centerpiece of a school's curriculum and schools want to fill that position with the most competent art teacher available.

Interviewing is stressful for any candidate. My best advice is...

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Free Cover Letter Samples

June 30, 2007

Free Cover Letter Samples

Free Cover Letter Samples
By Scott Kintraw

Are there any good cover letter samples available online? Yes there are, and we list some of the best places to find them below.

Before you look at these, it will pay you in the long run if you understand how a cover letter can work, along with your resume, to get you the job interview that you want.

A job application is either speculative – you want to work for a company, but they are not advertising; or it is an application for an advertised job.

The key...

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When An Interviewer Asks - "What Are Your Salary Expectations?"

June 30, 2007

When An Interviewer Asks - "What Are Your Salary Expectations?"

When An Interviewer Asks - "What Are Your Salary Expectations?"
By John Dir

If you are in a hurry to end an interview quickly, and this question is one of the first ones to be asked, you can eliminate yourself quickly by giving an unrealistic answer to this question. This should be one of the most thoughtful answers you can give in the process of being hired. You should defer this question until the company has told you they want to hire you for the job.

The interview is where...

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Career Authenticity - Step 8 - Create a Strategy for Handling Obstacles

June 30, 2007

Career Authenticity - Step 8 - Create a Strategy for Handling Obstacles

Career Authenticity - Step 8 - Create a Strategy for Handling Obstacles
By Melani Ward

Now that you have defined where you are and where you want to be as well as what you are willing to do to get there, you now have to get real about things that might hold you back from getting what you want and create a strategy for handling them.

Zig Ziglar, a well known speaker and wildly successful businessman, has spoken to thousands of people about goals and how to clarify...

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Fashion Design Degrees Create a Pattern for Success

June 30, 2007

Fashion Design Degrees Create a Pattern for Success

Fashion Design Degrees Create a Pattern for Success
By Elise Zito

Abbey Swisher didn't necessarily want to become a fashion designer or consider fashion design degrees to be her forte in college until she was studying interior design and took an elective in fashion. "I just started to sew, and kept sewing and sewing," she recalls. "I'd come into class with outfits I had made, and people would be like, 'Abbey, why don't you become a fashion designer?'"

She took the hint, switched majors from interior design, and began taking fashion design...

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Mystery Shopping Helps Quality Management Improve

June 30, 2007

Mystery Shopping Helps Quality Management Improve

Mystery Shopping Helps Quality Management Improve
By Mik Smith

Mystery shopping is an exciting opportunity for hundreds of thousands of consumers to earn some cash and freebies while helping quality customer service improve. Mystery shoppers do not simply go around shopping malls and gas stations to earn cash or get free services. Their job has much deeper long-term consequences, because mystery shopping helps companies enhance their customer service or deliver better products to clients.

Mystery shopping provides very diverse opportunities to secret shoppers to perform varying tasks for cash payment or for discounted merchandise...

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Getting Through The Phone Interview and Winning The Face To Face One

June 30, 2007

Getting Through The Phone Interview and Winning The Face To Face One

Getting Through The Phone Interview and Winning The Face To Face One
By Catherine Z Jones

More and more companies use phone interviews these days to reduce the pool of applicants to a manageable size for interview, especially for national recruitment campaigns like graduate or trainee schemes, or for mass recruitment required with the opening of a new company - store and the like.

You can be 'phone-interviewed' in two ways:

  • By invitation, when you are given a time to call or a time to receive a...
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Should You Use Resume Distribution Services To Get Sales Jobs?

June 30, 2007

Should You Use Resume Distribution Services To Get Sales Jobs?

Should You Use Resume Distribution Services To Get Sales Jobs?
By Clint Cora

The best targets for a professional sales job search will always be the people who make final hiring decisions, i.e., the direct supervising sales managers. The further removed the targets are from the sales managers such as recruiters, headhunters and human resources staff, the more distant targets become for individuals hoping to get corporate sales jobs.

There are numerous resume distribution services to shotgun resumes to all sorts of recruiters, human resources people and other targets that...

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The Most Effective Way To Secure A Sales Job

June 30, 2007

The Most Effective Way To Secure A Sales Job

The Most Effective Way To Secure A Sales Job
By Ambar Hamid

What you are about to learn is going to be different than you are used to when looking for a sales job.

You are not going to learn how to submit your sales jobs on job sites or replying to job ads on the newspaper. We all know how to do all that.

Instead, we are going to discover some of the sure fire techniques used by sales recruiters.

Let's have a closer look,

1.Research your industry

Most experienced...

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Eye Opening Job Interview Techniques - Discover How A Touch of Emotions Can Lead to Better Interview

June 30, 2007

Eye Opening Job Interview Techniques - Discover How A Touch of Emotions Can Lead to Better Interview

Eye Opening Job Interview Techniques - Discover How A Touch of Emotions Can Lead to Better Interview
By Charles Ethos

How many times have you search for job interview tips only to discover oodles of interview material so structured that it felt detached and not very user friendly? You know the stuff - facts, facts, facts, do this, go there, or follow some list. Useful, yes, yet...

If over 90% of personal interaction during your interview can be nonverbal, can a factual preparation...

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Job Interview - How to Use an Elevator Speech to Make a Lasting First Impression

June 30, 2007

Job Interview - How to Use an Elevator Speech to Make a Lasting First Impression

Job Interview - How to Use an Elevator Speech to Make a Lasting First Impression
By Jeremiah Kalb

First impressions matter and one of the best ways to introduce yourself is by using the elevator speech technique. This technique is colorful, memorable and is guaranteed to grab the attention of your interviewer.

Elevator speeches are primarily crafted for very, brief chance encounters in an elevator. This is why they are only about 30-60 seconds long. Business people use them everyday to acquire new clients. Successful...

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Create Your Own Self-Brand For More Success

June 30, 2007

Create Your Own Self-Brand For More Success

Create Your Own Self-Brand For More Success
By Glory Borgeson

When I originally published this article, there was a picture next to it of three well-known name brand products. There was Tide laundry Heinz ketchup, and Pepsi cola. Even though the pictures of the ketchup and cola bottles were small, you could still easily determine their brands from the colors of the packaging and the shapes of the bottles.

The managers who manage those brands at their respective companies have worked very hard over many years to make certain that you (in the...

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Why Free Paid Surveys Are A Bigger Risks Than Paid Sites

June 30, 2007

Why Free Paid Surveys Are A Bigger Risks Than Paid Sites

Why Free Paid Surveys Are A Bigger Risks Than Paid Sites
By Adam Bradley

If you've spent anytime time at all looking up ways to make money from your home computer you will have come across paid surveys. Although the site sounds promising they are charging a fee for their client list. So do you become a member? in most cases the answer will be no, but why?

It is possible to make a very good source of extra income through doing paid surveys and they are extremely quick...

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Career Authenticity - Step 7 - What are You Willing to Do to Achieve Career Success?

June 30, 2007

Career Authenticity - Step 7 - What are You Willing to Do to Achieve Career Success?

Career Authenticity - Step 7 - What are You Willing to Do to Achieve Career Success?
By Melani Ward

Step 7 – Determine what you are willing to do and what changes you are willing to make to make your dream career your reality.

Now comes the hard part. You have spent a large part of your time in this process determining what you have and what you want but the greatest challenge now comes in deciding what you are willing to do to...

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A Cosmopolitan Job Search

June 30, 2007

A Cosmopolitan Job Search

A Cosmopolitan Job Search
By Rachel Gordon

With increased globalization and cosmopolitan approaches to life, the job hunting process is also undergoing changes. People are increasingly looking for jobs outside the borders or their countries, in various fields regardless of their education, and in a more competitive world then ever. While the companies from developed countries are struggling to hire the most qualified work force, it is becoming more likely that this work force will be coming from countries in transition or developing states. As an example, Eastern Europe was able to supply the EU labor...

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Doing Business in Morocco, Investing in Moroccan Properties and Retirement Homes

June 30, 2007

Doing Business in Morocco, Investing in Moroccan Properties and Retirement Homes

Doing Business in Morocco, Investing in Moroccan Properties and Retirement Homes
By Nicolas Mekchoudi

Strategically situated with both Atlantic and Mediterranean coastlines, Morocco stayed independent for centuries while developing a rich culture blended from Arab, Berber, European and African influences. Today one of the fastest growing economy in Africa, in 2005, the Moroccan GDP grew 7 %, 6.7 % in 2006, Morocco is also Europe’s nearest exotic location and has new free trade agreements with the USA. The U.S.-Moroccan Free Trade Agreement (FTA). Morocco was the top market reformer...

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Communication Skills - Say What You Mean and Mean What You Say

June 30, 2007

Communication Skills - Say What You Mean and Mean What You Say

Communication Skills - Say What You Mean and Mean What You Say
By Regina Schwartz

In using our communication skills and abilities how we say something is just as important as what we say. Body language plays an extremely important part of our communication. In fact studies have been done showing that when we interact in a communication process the receiver actually receives 7% of the message verbally. The other 93% is received based on the non-verbal aspects of the message.

How we dress, our gestures, facial expressions,...

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Meditation Brings Business Renewal

June 30, 2007

Meditation Brings Business Renewal

Meditation Brings Business Renewal
By Elizabeth W. Gordon

As a seeker of solitude in my busy entrepreneurial workday, I use yoga, Pilates, a good old-fashioned run in the park, and anything else I can think of to calm my nerves and keep my head clear and focused. I have worked hard to keep my body fit and my business running smoothly. I have also found that the same principles used in the meditation practiced during yoga can be used to strengthen my business.

While meditating during a yoga class several years ago, the instructor told us...

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What It Takes To Start And Run A Home Based Business Online

June 30, 2007

What It Takes To Start And Run A Home Based Business Online

What It Takes To Start And Run A Home Based Business Online
By Corey Hoffman

People start a start a home based business online but 95% don't brake even and 3% of them brake even and the other 2% actually make a few bucks.

Why are the numbers spread apart so far. There are several reasons. It could be the company that you are with. It could be your online marketing skills. But what it really boils done to is you. Are you discipline enough to do the...

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Government Business Grants Are Within Your Reach!

June 30, 2007

Government Business Grants Are Within Your Reach!

Government Business Grants Are Within Your Reach!
By Nick Burton

Do government business grants really mean free money? The simple answer is yes. However, there are many qualifying factors that you should be aware of.In any event, if you are an entrepreneur or an individual in search of the most advantageous sources of financing in order to start a business, then you might be interested in hearing and learning more about government business grants.

In a world where everything evolves around money and financial improvements or financial stability, finding that affordable and guaranteed...

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Business Grants Can Make You A More Effective Entrepreneur

June 30, 2007

Business Grants Can Make You A More Effective Entrepreneur

Business Grants Can Make You A More Effective Entrepreneur
By Sam Butler

The world rotates around money, we all know that. We all want to find affordable ways of starting or improving our businesses, but money always seem to be an issue. So then, why don’t we direct our attention towards business grants? Think about it: we are talking about advantageous financial offers coming from the government – tempting, right? But before you make any decision, you might want to ask yourself: “How do I find the right business grants?” Should...

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How to Find the Best Merchant Account Provider for Your Business

June 30, 2007

How to Find the Best Merchant Account Provider for Your Business

How to Find the Best Merchant Account Provider for Your Business
By Ritas Ziupsnys

You know - the decision you make when selecting a Merchant Account provider may be much more important than you think. Why? Because you will rely on their service many times a day, as you take in credit card payments for your business.

The fees your merchant account provider charges, as a percentage of sales, will add up to tens of thousands, even hundreds of thousands of dollars, over the course of a few years!...

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Philosophies for Business Success

June 30, 2007

Philosophies for Business Success

Philosophies for Business Success
By Kenneth Elliott

I have always been intrigued at how much some prominent business people have accomplished in their lifetime. From rags to riches these people overcame the odds to be powerhouse individuals. Society will line up to meet and listen to these individuals. And what they talk about seems to be like gold. But what got these people to the statute. What philosophies do these people live by that has held strong to carry them into the success that they enjoy? Well, I was able to find the philosophy that Corey...

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Finding the Right Office Space for Your Business

June 30, 2007

Finding the Right Office Space for Your Business

Finding the Right Office Space for Your Business
By Anna Woodward

Every successful office manager knows that the office, furniture or equipment is not necessarily the key to prosperity in the workplace, but the people working with them are more important. That is why many office suppliers are now aiming to provide much more than a nicely furnished office space, they also aim to provide the necessary services to accommodate and maintain office space.

Many companies now offer full service and affordable solutions for different businesses. In addition, they may provide space...

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Selecting Concession Equipment, Restaurant Equipment and Kitchen Equipment

June 30, 2007

Selecting Concession Equipment, Restaurant Equipment and Kitchen Equipment

Selecting Concession Equipment, Restaurant Equipment and Kitchen Equipment
By Anna Woodward

The food services industry has developed a lot during these past years, mainly because it is essential for restaurants to work proficiently by stocking restaurant equipment and supplies to meet every possible customer demand. Restaurant equipment is indispensable when it comes to preparing, storing and serving food and beverages therefore good management and suitable supplies and equipment are required to allow for a perfectly working restaurant.

Appliances such as refrigerators, food processors, dishwashers and cutlery need to be constantly maintained and...

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Business Coaching - Creating Success

June 30, 2007

Business Coaching - Creating Success

Business Coaching - Creating Success
By Lesley Moore

Your business is up and running and all the pieces appear to be falling into their place. You’ve got clients, a schedule that works and an organized system in place as well. Yet there is a small voice inside of you that keeps questioning if this will work. Do you really know this business will work? Can you really be sure that it won’t come to a crashing halt, leaving you with an empty organizer, a lack of clients and no money in the bank?

Well, it...

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Businesses Become More Socially Concious

June 30, 2007

Businesses Become More Socially Concious

Businesses Become More Socially Concious
By Tom Baker

It's a brave new world. Effective management now means more than how you handle your staff. Management also includes how you manage your social reproducibility to others in your community. "There is no way to avoid paying serious attention to corporate citizenship: the costs of failing are simply too high. There are countless win-win opportunities waiting to be discovered: every activity in a firm's value chain overlaps in some way with social factors - everything from how you buy or procure to how you do your research...

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Opening a Dollar Store - How does Higher Fuel Cost Affect Your Store

June 30, 2007

Opening a Dollar Store - How does Higher Fuel Cost Affect Your Store

Opening a Dollar Store - How does Higher Fuel Cost Affect Your Store
By Bob Hamilton

If you are like everyone else then increasing fuel prices are probably affecting you personally. Yet if you are opening a dollar store there are others things to examine other than the personal impact that higher fuel prices put on you and your lifestyle. You also need to consider the impact that higher fuel prices are having or will have on your customers and your business.

As fuel prices continue to...

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Online Business Copyrights and Disciplines

June 30, 2007

Online Business Copyrights and Disciplines

Online Business Copyrights and Disciplines
By Justin Boyce

Online businesses do best with online marketing. Online opportunity and online work is, at the moment, at its zenith. Online communities help me connect Defining Collaboration Communities and Collaboration Web 2. Perhaps a better way of stating the issue is: What should you do to make online work successful in your work area. Most people manage by deadlines, and making decisions based on the online input keeps it real. People need to know what they are expected to do when they come to the online work area....

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