Why Won’t They Call Me Back?
Follow up is both an art and a science. Jobseekers who want to get hired work hard at following up on leads and interviews. Here are some tips for effective phone follow up.
Category: Professional Development
Building skills on the job
Dress for Confidence
After you’ve been job searching for a while, your confidence takes a beating. You may feel invisible; especially if your job search is mostly online, you may feel like no one knows you’re there. It may be tempting to go for comfort over style when you do venture out. After all, who cares what you wear to the grocery store, right?
Shy? Here’s How to Get Over It.
One of the keys to a successful job search is networking, which can be defined as meeting people you don’t know to ask for something you don’t have. If you’re by nature a shy person, networking can be agonizing. When biologists and zoologists use the term shy to describe animals, it generally means “tends to avoid human beings.” Career coaches define it the same way.
Free Online Education
Organizations like WorkSource are there to help with funding education for demand occupations. But that’s not your only option. Many top universities offer free courses online. Education Portal.com ranks several of the best free university courses available for people who want to enhance their personal knowledge or advance in their current field.
Persistence
In Think and Grow Rich, published in 1937, Napoleon Hill speaks of persistence as an essential quality. He writes, “Without persistence, you will be defeated before you start. With persistence, you will win.”
Enlist your Internal Partner for Success
In Think and Grow Rich, published in 1937, Napoleon Hill spends many pages on discussing your subconscious mind. Hill believed strongly in the power of visualization and your ability to influence your destiny through positive thoughts. He also believed that you must engage your subconscious as well as your conscious thoughts if you want to succeed.
Emerging Occupations
If you are considering a career change, you might want to consider jobs that are brand new. Positioning yourself as a worker in an emerging field has several advantages. Here are three to consider.
MOJO
Marshall Goldsmith, is the author of MOJO: How to Get It, How to Keep It, and How to Get It Back If You Lose It. He might not have been thinking about careers, but MOJO is a necessary component of your job search as well.
Procrastination
In Think and Grow Rich, Napoleon Hill says: “Procrastination is the bad habit of putting off until the day after tomorrow what should have been done the day before yesterday.”
Staffing Companies and Your Career Part 2
We’ve heard some professionals say that they’d never consider “temp” work. This recession has changed a lot of things, and attitudes about staffing companies may be one of them. If you thought you’d never want to work for a staffing company, here are some facts that may change your mind.
