03 Sep 09 Stand Out At A Meeting

Meetings are a fantastic opportunity to make yourself shine at your job. They serve as your chance to show your ability in front of people that might otherwise be unaware of your potential. Usually it’s only your direct boss that gets a real feel for what you can achieve. But at a meeting, most times you have a chance to make yourself known to the people higher up on the ladder. So clearly, thinking of a meeting that way, each one is a vital chance to make a name for yourself at your company. Here are a few tips to help you do just that:

1. Research, research, research. Make sure you know the in’s and out’s of every single detail of the meeting. Make yourself an expert, so that if you have visual aides during a presentation, you know all of them without having to look. Or if there are packets of statistics to be used during discussion, make sure you know the important stuff like the back of your hand. Knowledge is key to presenting yourself as a valuable, informed employee.

2. Participate in the meeting by offering useful information or helpful suggestions. Don’t try to take control of the meeting, as the idea is to get yourself noticed in a good way. Coming off as a control freak is not your aim at all. So just offer positive insight whenever the situation presents itself. But don’t try to force yourself into every open dialogue.

3. Show up a few minutes early to the meeting. This shows preparedness every time. Nothing makes you look worse to the big wigs than showing up to a meeting involving them late.

4. Follow up on anything that you promised during the meeting immediately. If you said you’d deliver a report after the meeting, make sure that it’s the first thing you do afterward. Nothing makes you look worse than when you promise something and don’t come through. Always keep your promises, especially when they were made in front of a room full of people.

Tags: Aim, Boss, Control, Control Freak, Few Minutes, Hand Knowledge, Insight, Job, Ladder, Open Dialogue, Opportunity, Preparedness, Presentation, Promises, Research Research Research, Statistics, Visual Aides, Wigs

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16 Jul 09 Tips For Attracting Employees

Anybody can attract new employees, whether through advertisements through the company, or a job board advertising campaign. The problem is attracting a quality workforce, and that is not always very easy to do. The real tactic you want to use is by knowing what to offer, so that the upper echelon of applicants will be attracted to your job opening. For that it’s all about how you present the job offering.

Firstly you want to find out what the most common wage from opposing companies stands at, and match that pay level, so that you can remain competitive. The most qualified applicants aren’t going to waste their time on a job that would pay them less than if they applied to an opposing company, to do the same job for more money.

Try to find some creative perks that you can offer your new employee hopefuls. If you’re not a large company, obviously you’re probably going to have to get a bit more creative with what you can offer, but anything that you can manage will only be more positive for the job opening. Anything that makes your company look better, no matter what you can offer, is always helpful for getting those more desirable applicants.

Make sure to show that there is plenty of room for growth within the company, and that if you work hard you can climb the ladder fairly quickly. Employees need incentive to take a job and do well at that job, nobody wants to hit a glass ceiling shortly after taking a job, so make sure to outline the benefits your company offers through promotion opportunities.

Have some form of employee incentive program in place to encourage hard work even more. By offering opportunities for employees to earn more money, or receive some sort of privileges you increase the team morale. By increasing morale your team is going to work harder. Showing potential applicants that these opportunities are available will entice them to apply to your company, opposed to a rival corporation.

Tags: Advertisements, Advertising Campaign, Echelon, Employee Incentive Program, Glass Ceiling, Hopefuls, Job Offering, Job Opening, Ladder, Money, Plenty Of Room, Privileges, Promotion Opportunities, Quality Workforce, Tactic, Team Morale, Upper Echelon

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08 Jul 09 Signs You Should Look For A New Job

One part of working for a company that many people seem to forget about when questions of loyalty come into the mix, is when you should call it quits, and decide to leave the company that’s been fruitful for you in the past. Sometimes you hit a plateau, and find that you just can’t grow any more at your job, or sometimes you complete a large product and find yourself struggling to look for other tasks you can complete to justify your paycheck. But there are a few warning signs you should be aware of that will let you know you may want to begin getting that resume ready, whether you believe you’re going to be let go, or if you’re just looking to further your career elsewhere.

One sign that’s fairly easy to spot is if your company is in trouble. Every company is in a relative amount of trouble, given the global recession that’s been battering the world for quite a while now, but if your company is in dire risk of bankruptcy, it’s a good time to think about abandoning ship.

If your company has just recently been turned over to a new CEO, or if you see new leaders at a lower level begin to be negotiated into the company, it’s a good time to think about leaving. The problem with new faces, is that they bring in more new faces that they’ve been familiar working with in the past. Chances are you don’t factor in to their plans, as they don’t know you, and most managers would prefer not to spend time learning how to work with new people, when they can let you go and hire a past employee at the new company.

You hit the plateau at any given company for your skill set. If you’ve gone as high up the ladder as your education/skill set will provide for, it’s time to get looking for a new job. Chances are, even if it’s the same level position with another corporation, you may be able to get a larger salary. The chance to renegotiate pay with a well proven set of skills is always an opportunity you should take, and the new corporation will offer you new challenges and the ability to add a new credit to your resume.

Your boss or corporation fails to fulfill a promise that they had made to you during an interview, or early on in your hiring process. These mean promises not put into writing as an actual contract, but something verbally promised to you. Whether that means a certain amount of money you should be making over a set length of time, or a promotion you should receive within a set amount of time. Whenever these promises are not met, they’re leading you on, and it’s time to find the exit as soon as possible to put your energy towards pursuing a more meaningful opportunity with a company that doesn’t lie to you.

Tags: Bankruptcy, Ceo, Corpo, Education, Global Recession, Good Time, Ladder, Level Position, Looking For A New Job, Loyalty, New Faces, New Leaders, Opportunity, Paycheck, Plateau, Resume, Risk, Salary, Warning Signs

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