Crunch Time For the 2007 JIBs

Crunch Time For the 2007 JIBs 2 Today is the last day to vote for the 2007 JIB Awards. Thanks to you, we've already bested our first round numbers by many votes but we still have more work to do if we're going to come out on top. Follow the Live Voting Results Here Here are the voting links again: Vote for JobMob as Best New Blog 2007 Vote ALSO for JobMob as Best Overall Blog 2007 Here's how we're doing in the Best New Blog category after the jump: Here's how we're doing in the Best Overall Blog category: If you still need to vote, please do! However, if you have already voted you can still help out by asking a friend to vote, especially if you know a job seeker or a jobfinder like yourself. Thanks again for your support ??eval

How to Plan a Relaxing Vacation That Actually Allows You to Recharge

How to Plan a Relaxing Vacation That Actually Allows You to Recharge As a working mother, you have very little time to relax. Between work, raising kids, and trying to make sure your house doesn’t look like a total wreck at all times, there simply isn’t much time to do anything other than sleep. But you have vacation days for a reason â€" so make sure you use them! Planning a Relaxing Vacation With kids in the picture, you’ve probably been conditioned to think of vacations as stressful events that are best avoided. However, it is possible to have a relaxing vacation â€" if you know what you’re doing. Here are five tips to help you make the most out of this time: Take a 10-Day Trip Experts believe a 10-day vacation is the magic number if you’re looking to maximize your travel experience. This ensures travel consumes a smaller percentage of your total vacation time and gives you the opportunity to relax and sightsee â€" rather than just choosing one. Plan With Kids in Mind Don’t plan a vacation and then try to make it kid-friendly. For a stress-free experience, take kids into account from the beginning. Planning with them in mind will help everyone enjoy the experience. One of the best travel options for young families is to take a cruise. “You unpack once,” explains Ticket to Learn, a travel blog dedicated to educational travel. “Since you travel while you sleep, you wake up refreshed in a new port rather than scrambling through security at airports, waiting for your flight and then repeating the drill when you land. Airports have been built away from the cities, while cities were built around the port. In most ports, one can walk off the ship right into the city, saving time and money.” Don’t Overbook Your Itinerary It’s fun to plan. Planning gives you some control over your travel experience and significantly reduces stress once you depart. However, there’s something to be said for leaving open blocks of time in your itinerary. Avoid overbooking and you’ll feel like you have the option to pick and choose what you want to do on a daily basis. Do What You Want Speaking of picking and choosing, do what you want! Just because your neighbor told you to go visit a certain museum, doesn’t mean you have to. Spend your vacation how you want to spend it. This might mean reading books in a coffee shop, bungee jumping off a cliff, or riding roller coasters at a theme park. Whatever makes you happy, that’s what you should do. Stop trying to live up to someone else’s expectations of what your vacation should be. Give Yourself a Buffer Day One of the smartest things you can do for your sanity and physical health is to plan in a buffer day between when you return from vacation and when you go back to work. This will make the entire vacation experience significantly less stressful. “While you can squeeze every last drop of vacation time by coming back late Sunday night, this can make Monday morning feel even more frantic than usual,” author Laura Vanderkam admits. “If you hate that frantic feeling, then come back Saturday or early Sunday so you can check on anything urgent that happened in your absence, get groceries, and get the laundry going.” Enjoy a Relaxing Vacation Vacations are designed to be relaxing and fun. Even though you have kids and a full-time job, you have the right to enjoy a stress-free travel experience. The key is to take a strategic approach and remove as many possible stressors as you can.

6 Steps to Social Selling on LinkedIn

6 Steps to Social Selling on LinkedIn How do you get going with your social selling  activities on LinkedIn? Whether youre doing business development for a staffing agency, selling yourself to your next employer  or looking for sponsors  for an  event theres no denying LinkedIn is the place to start. Our friends at LinkedIn Sales Solutions (the good people that bring you the Sales Navigator) have devised a 6-step action plan to social selling success: 1. Set up your foundation Your LinkedIn profile is not your resume, its your personal brand. Use it to demonstrate the value you bring to your clients. 49% of buyers research vendors through their LinkedIn profile and 50% of clients will avoid producers with incomplete. Get more LinkedIn profile tips at  How to Optimise Your LinkedIn Profile for Social Selling. 2. Build your network Three-fourths of B2B buyers now use social media to research purchasing decisions, with twice as many using LinkedIn as any other social network. 92% of B2B buyers will engage with sellers who are known industry thought leaders. 65% of buyers said the winning vendors content had an impact on their purchasing decision. 3. Find the right people Use the advanced people search tool on LinkedIn to find professionals within your target market. Newly hired decision makers are up to 10 times more likely to make a purchase than established ones. Sales reps focused on new business who exceed targets make 148% more connection requests each month than other sales reps. 4. Engage prospects with insights 64% of B2B buyers report that they appreciate hearing from a sales person who provides knowledge or insight about their business. Sellers who reach out to prospects with relevant insights about heir business are nearly five times more likely to get a response than sellers who reach out cold. 5. Build strong relationships Sales reps who exceed their targets engage on LinkedIn with their prospects 39% more than other sales professionals. Its up to you to grab the attention of a prospect and start a relationship; ask yourself what kind of content they would share and even publish? 6. Measure and optimise Top sellers on LinkedIn can increase their sales opportunities by up to 45% and are more likely to hit their quotas than other sales professionals. RELATED: How to Master Social Selling with Tim Hughes of Oracle UK

How to Authentically Promote Your Business (Including ALL of my mistakes!) - Classy Career Girl

How to Authentically Promote Your Business (Including ALL of my mistakes!) I just want to be really real with you this week. I really don’t like focusing on promoting yourself, your products or your services because it is so focused on yourself and how you can get more fans, money, etc. Instead what I want to focus on is how you can share what you know, serve the world and elevate your brand with your authentic sharing plan instead. When you are pushing or promoting your products, people can tell. It doesn’t work. Instead you have to love your work and what you have to offer. You have to be 100% authentic in sharing your message and you have to make your message and purpose shine through everything that you do and say. The more real and honest you are, the more people will trust you and want to work with you. The products that I just forced myself to get up quickly and was NOT excited about have been purchased by just a handful of people. But, the programs that I LOVE creating that excites and inspires me too, THOSE  are the products and services that sell quickly. My goal is that after reading this post, you will be even more excited and inspired to make your dreams happen because you will  be  100% in line with your purpose when you share your message. So let’s start by covering the four main keys in developing your authentic share plan. Step 1: The first step in your authentic share plan is to share great content. Don’t just share content because you have to keep on a schedule. I want you to instead share content that you love! I want you to share content that inspires you! Every time you post think about how the content makes you feel? Does it inspire you? Then, share it! I learned this one the hard way when I said yes to writing a book with a publisher about a topic I wasnt very thrilled about. I got caught up with the mindset that “Yes! A publisher wants me to write a book!” that I didn’t realize that the content I was writing about was not something I was inspired about. This made the 2 years of book writing and promotion a long ordeal so learn from me.   Know what inspires you and stay so focused on that.   Share what you learn and how you are growing and changing as well. Be a resource and don’t share stuff that doesn’t excite and motivate you. Step 2: The second step in the authentic share plan is not to be everywhere. There is actually a really popular blogger saying you should be everywhere  and  I majorly disagree.  I took this advice when I started and almost had a nervous breakdown.   Trying to update all of your social media profiles and create videos for all the different platforms and pictures for all platforms is a full-time job in itself. So please don’t try to be everywhere. Instead I want you to ask yourself. Where is the audience that you feel guided to? Is it in person? Is it online writing? Is it through video. Don’t ever feel like you HAVE to be somewhere marketing. Instead you should do what comes natural to you and that you get excited about! This is another lesson I learned the hard way  when I was promoting my book while 6 months pregnant. I thought I had to be everywhere so I literally had 6 speaking events, a book launch party and 10 interviews that month..all while talking about a book I didn’t really like talking about.   I realized that events and speaking events are great for some people but not for me all the time. I am an introvert so I put so much into each event and preparing for it that it took over my life and majorly stressed this pregnant mama out. So the goal here isn’t to overwhelm yourself with your marketing. It’s about seeing what you love doing and focusing in on that. Its about not distracting yourself with every new thing that comes along.   Also, remember that social media is a great tool for sharing your message but so is word of mouth! The best way to market is by building relationships and the best way to do that is talking to someone. This is why a key part in my sales funnel is the one-on-one complimentary strategy sessions. Step 3: The third part of the authentic share plan is to be 100% you. You must make sure you find time to be silent. Have quiet time to determine who you are and what you want to be about in your promotions. When you are authentic and focusing on your true values, you are  100% your own personality and let your light shine through in everything that you do. When you do this, people will follow you.   Make sure you keep your products, services and your marketing 100% in align with you and your desires. I realized this the hard way when I started talking about managing men and creating products about this topic.  I realized that I was not being me. I realized this after I  got negative feedback after  one of my speaking events (at 7 months pregnant) that I wasn’t very confident in what I was speaking about. This was not surprising to me because I didn’t actually LIKE what I was talking aboutso of course I wasn’t very confident in it! So that was an eye opener for me and the reason why I have taken a lot of time off of speaking since I had my daughter to ensure that the next time I speak I love it and I am excited about it. And of course no more speaking events while 7 months pregnant because who really is confident at 7 months pregnant anyways right:) So anyways…be 100% you. This is your time to step into the spotlight. To not be afraid. To conquer those fear monsters and to share with the world what you know, what you love and what excites you. Step 4: The fourth step in your authentic share plan is to be still and slow down. I know you are very busy but this is extremely important for helping you create your authentic promotion plan. It’s so easy to keep checking your facebook and email inbox. Its easy to get so stressed with your to-do lists and rush through everything. When I make this mistake of being rushed, it makes me feel completely out of touch  with my business. I actually get really anxious and just know something isn’t right when this happens. I have to just tell my team that I need some quiet time and just go into my room and be quiet. This is when I meditate or journal. Some of my biggest breakthroughs and even my best selling program,  Corporate Rescue Plan,  were created during a very tough time. I was trying to rush to get things done and got super  anxious about everything.  My daughter was just 3 months old and we were really struggling with nursing and I was actually thinking of quitting my business. I knew I needed to be quiet to come up with something new and to create something that I was truly passionate about. I was feeling called to something new but I could only figure out what it was in the quiet of my room without distractions. I recommend that you make time everyday to be quiet and to connect with the real you. My other tip for you is to unsubscribe now! In the past I  subscribed to a lot of different newsletters and watched a lot of different people until I realized that I needed to  NOT  read anyone’s information anymore and just develop my own thoughts, systems and advice.   I wanted my tips to be my own and not anyone elses. I wanted to be a thought leader and change lives by teaching my own content so I had to shut off other people’s constant distractions and have time for silence to create my own strategies. You must make yourself unique instead of just watching everyone else or trying to be like anyone else.    I make time to connect with God each day and offer a prayer that whatever I do in my business that it helps someone else. My prayer each day is that I  can serve others in my work. So enjoy tapping into being 100% you. You are who we need in this world. You will change the world. There is enough noise and enough from everyone else but you have a different perspective than anyone else. We need you. It’s your time.   Let’s do this!

5 Mistakes That Can Derail Your Confidential Executive Job Search - Executive Career Brandâ„¢

5 Mistakes That Can Derail Your Confidential Executive Job Search

Dont be the Commodity Job Seeker - CareerEnlightenment.com

Do I like You?Can this manager work next to you, as cube-neighbors, for 8 hrs a day, 5 days a week? If there isnt a spark, a chemistry, either before or during the interview, you can count yourself out.There really isnt much else for people to go on. Every other applicant says, Im the perfect fit, they have a resume to back it up. But in the end of the day, the only thing they really have to go on is if they like you or not.And the best way to get someone to like you is to express YOU. Genuinely. Quickly. Strategically.Social medium allows this to happen. When you get Googled, (yes, when), will what they find answer the question of your personality and brand? or are you allowing Google to determine your online reputation? When they read your LinkedIn profile summary, do they get a sense of who you are. Your story?Do I Like You is by far THE most important question you can answer for a hiring manager, and the sooner you do, the better off youll be.Take some time to really figure out w hat your brand is, and how that relates to the needs of your potential companies. I recommend reading Chris Brogans new (and free) e-book on personal branding and following his advice before re-writing your LinkedIn profile.What motivates you?The proverbial risk mitigation question. A hiring managers biggest risk is hiring the wrong person. And wrong means someone who is not what they appear to be on paper. They loose their drive. They are lazy. They cost the company thousands of dollars.But, if you are motivated, you are the right person. You are consistent over time. You read about your industry on the weekends. You stay up to date with joy and passion. In short, you are reliable, and you have a low hiring risk.Answer the question of your motivation, and double your chances of getting hired. Seriously. Just ask a hiring manager!And one of the best ways of communicating that you are motivated and what motivates you is to have a blog.Yep. Even the most simplest blog, filled with art icles about your perspective, your ideas, your reviews. The sooner you can get your blog up and running the better. There are several good courses on how to get a blog. Personally, I really like Laura Roeders Zero to Blogging program.If you dont like to write, then the 2nd best thing you can do is put your Amazon reading list in your LinkedIn profile. This will also demonstrate that you are motivated (to read industry relevant books).

How to Say I Have Good Writing Skills on Resume

How to Say I Have Good Writing Skills on ResumeYou may have heard or read people in your industry who say that how to say I have good writing skills on resume is an easy task. However, many people fall for this and put up a resume which can leave a bad impression on the employer. The best way to find out what should be written on a resume is by following some tips.First of all, writing the resume itself is not that complicated and is really not the key to how to say I have good writing skills on resume. Another thing you need to consider is that this task should not be taken lightly. First impressions do matter. That is why you need to make sure that what you write on your resume is something that will stand out from the rest.The first tip on how to write an effective resume is to make sure that it has good grammar and spelling. Good writing skills show on the resume but if the information is not there you do not get hired. This means that if you are struggling with any aspect of wri ting such as punctuation or grammar, then you need to make sure that you address these issues on your resume.The next tip to how to say I have good writing skills on resume is to ensure that it is well formatted. Formatting your resume involves several things. You need to ensure that the paper is clean and neat and that nothing is crooked. You also need to check that you have proofread it before sending it to the employer.The next tip to how to say I have good writing skills on resume is to ensure that you have used specific words and phrases. The resume has to capture your audience's attention. It should have catchy titles and if the information is presented properly it should grab the reader's attention. It is important to know that the information has to be presented concisely so that it does not take too much time for the reader to digest the information.The third tip to how to say I have good writing skills on resume is to ensure that you make use of bullet points. Bullet point s work because they are visually appealing. They do not take too much time to read. So if you want the reader to read more than one page then use bullet points.Last but not least, the fourth tip to how to say I have good writing skills on resume is to make sure that you stay concise. As you see, these tips are not hard to follow. In fact, the instructions are easy to follow but can be hard to implement.Good writing skills on resume is the key to success in a job. Make sure that you write a strong resume that will be helpful for your employer.