06 Feb 10 A Job-Search Guide to Help People Over 45 – VII

You have tried everything from being cool to begin smart to playing your age to hiding it. You even tried offering discounts and accepting cuts, but have you tried your connections?

Yes, I am taking about connections. Personal connections. If you do not believe it works then come over and see what I have to show to you. In this article, you will see how connection plays a role in getting you the job you deserve, and almost the pay you deserve—well, almost because you may have to give in for pay cut. So, let’s get started.

Give everything

Are you wondering how this topic made it connection part of the series? Well, it shouldn’t but I am mentioning it near the top of this post because giving your 100% is required. It is not an option, not anymore; you have to do it. Give everything you got to convince employer of your eligibility, and your connections of your suitability for the job you are asking recommendation. Do not hold anything back.

Use your personal connection

Back in your youth when you were working, you worked with many individuals: you worked for some people, you worked with some people, and some people worked for you. If you are not D.B. Ross who intimidated everyone working with him, I am pretty darn sure that you got some connections that are still in the business. Ask them for help. They certainly will help you out. You can even ask people whom you knew but never worked with for leads and job interviews. It will go a long way.

Talk to your ex-employers

Ex-employers are the people whom you worked for in the heyday of your career. These people knew you will go places, and these people will understand that you have lost a job not because of your ability—because they have witnessed your work themselves—but because of something else. They will pop their hands out and pull you onboard. They will do it even if you were not such an extraordinary employee. They will do it just because they have known you for so many years, and they believe that you will not let them down.

These three tips will play a critical role in getting you the job you need.

Tags: Career, Heyday, Job Guide, Job Help, Job Interviews, Job Search, Leads, Lost, Personal Connection, Personal Connections, Plays, Ross, Search People, Smart, Suitability

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22 Dec 09 Handling The Hobby Section Of Your Resume

The hobbies section of your resume can be a tricky one. Because the main importance and the way you are being judged is resume wording and style, hobbies should be handled carefully. While most people will be scared off adding a hobby section to their resume, you really shouldn’t be. As long as you know what to write, the hobby section can be another way to sell yourself. Another great little window into why you’d be a better employee than the other applicants as it were.

You should absolutely use your hobbies to illustrate skills that you have that can come in handy on the job. So only use hobbies that apply to your career, so to speak. If you play videogames a lot, you’re going to have trouble making that one come through, so an employer gains more interest in you. So stay away from hobbies like that, and stick to outgoing proactive hobbies. Anything that gets you out, as a positive force, and that likely showcases your leadership or problem solving abilities.

Remember to keep your hobbies job related, otherwise you’re just wasting space and an employer’s time, with content that doesn’t matter to them. The idea of this section is to help them learn about you, and why you would be a fantastic employee. So limit your hobbies to 2-3, so that you have a short but informative section. This is just a little place to sell yourself, don’t drone on for too long.

That can’t be stressed enough, you absolutely don’t want a large hobby section. Otherwise the rest of your resume will look worse off because of your hobbies. Also, never let your hobbies section be the reason your resume spills over to a second page. You want to keep your resume at page length, and if you can’t do that with a hobbies section, it’s better to go without.

Tags: Career, Drone, Handy, Hobbies, Hobby Section, Informative Section, Job Related, Leadership, Reason, Resume, Showcases

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14 Dec 09 3 Steps Sales Process

The sale does not begin when a salesman goes out to the market and talks to the prospect, nor do they end when the deal is signed and money is taken from the prospect. This is just one part of the sales process, and a successful salesperson knows that. In this blog post, I am going to tell you about all 3 phases though which a salesperson has to pass in order to become successful in his chosen career.

Pre-sales

Pre-sales is the phase in which a salesperson make a list of the probable buyers, qualify them, fix a meeting, and study about the prospects. This phase is important as it gives the salesperson idea about who client is, what he does, and what approach to take during the meeting.

Sales

This is the second phase where actual sales happen. A salesman meets the client, know client’s problem deliver the sales pitch presentation, tell the client about his company, offer the solution to client’s problem, ask questions, and handle objection. This phase is very important as this is the phase in which you meet the client and talk to him in person about his problems, and tell the client how the product you are offering is going to solve his problem. Do not over promise. Over delivery (delivering the solution that exceeds expectation) is great, but over promise is bad. This phase culminates with asking for order and making a sale.

Post-sales

This is the third and final phase of a sales process. This is a “follow-up and thank you” phase in which you, the salesperson, need to call up or write an e-mail saying thank you for his time, and if you have not yet got the order than mention that you are looking forward to serve him. And if the product was sold then you should ask the client if he or she is facing any problem with the product you sold. This is very important step and it helps you build rapport with your client.

Each step in the sales process has a role to play. Missing any of the steps is risking business.

Tags: Career, E Mail, Expectation, Final Phase, Money, Objection, Pre Sales, Prospects, Sales Pitch, Sales Presentation, Second Phase, Successful Salesperson

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06 Feb 10 A Job-Search Guide to Help People Over 45 – VII

Give everything

Use your personal connection

Talk to your ex-employers

14 Dec 09 3 Steps Sales Process

Pre-sales

Sales

Post-sales

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