5 Step Career Power Plan to Achieve Career Success in 2010
When implemented in a unified and comprehensive manner, this 5-step "Power Plan" has been shown to produce outstanding results within a short period of time. If you can master these strategies and use them consistently over the long term, the bad economy and job market won't be quite as challenging for you. This will ensure that you'll reach your full career potential in 2010, in 2011 - and for the rest of your working life!
What to Do if Your Job Hunting Has Hit a Dead End
Your job search is dead in the water, even though you have done everything you can think of to find a new position. You have written an excellent CV and you have used all your network contacts. It did not work. Now what do you do?
5 Tips for Successfully Job Hunting During a Recession
Today's economic news may be gloom and doom but it needn't derail your job hunt. You can still win a great job, even in a lousy economy. You WILL have to get smarter in your job search strategy, though.
Here are 5 tips to incorporate into your job search approach during the recession:
Selling Yourself Using Your Cover Letter
Finding a job can be a job in itself. But what you may not realise is that it’s a sales job. To convince hiring managers to invest in the product you’re pitching — you — it’s important to take full advantage of every marketing tool at your disposal.
What Employers look for in a Sales CV by BMS Sales
Top Tips on how to structure your Sales CV to catch the eye of future employers.
What is a Job Board?
A job board is a website that publishes job ads and is dedicated to matching employers with job seekers.
How To Secure A Pay Rise
How many of us would not like a salary increase? Very few I suspect. Statistics show that on average most people will get a pay rise of about 3.5% in the year ahead. If you think you deserve more than that, here's how to approach your boss. (And if you are the boss, then here's what to watch out for!)
Is Sales Management A Natural Step?
Based on research, which compares profiles of successful sales with successful managers, there are distinct differences between qualities that drive performance in these two roles, and this type of career progression may not be a good use of sales talent. Which Profile do you match?
Right for Sales but in the Wrong Sector or Organisation?
Do you feel you are a good sales person who is not firing on all cylinders? Do you still get a buzz from closing the sale but when you think about it, you are not that pushed about the product, organisation or sector? John Deely talks about the two aspects of a person's working style that can be a source of mismatch in what is otherwise a satisfying career option.
Job Hunting – What to Expect ….
Ability Tests, Psychometric testing, competency based interviews..Do these terms scare you? Paul Mullan of measurability gives a quick overview of interview techniques you may come across from employers today.
Negotiating a Pay Rise
NEGOTIATING A PAY RISE
Employer & Employee perspective
Job Exit Strategy – A Poor Exit can Cost Sales Professionals
There is a time when every working relationship comes to an end but the question remains - can you ever make a clean break? The simple answer is that you won’t know until the situation arises. Breaking up can be a testing time but it is intensified in the case of sales professionals.
Internet Job Boards: What Most People Do Not Consider
Using Internet job boards to post your resume and/or search for jobs is something that can help supplement a job search when you are also utilizing more traditional methods.
Manpower Mature - the specialist recruitment division for older workers
Manpower Ireland, Ireland’s leading provider of workforce solutions, has established a specialist recruitment division Manpower Mature specifically for older workers and companies who are ready to tackle Ireland’s aging workforce.
Changing Sectors
There is no doubt about it that the change between sectors can be a difficult one to manage. We often ask ourselves- Am I going to continue what I have been doing for the rest of my working life? Is a change feasible? How do I make the transition and how do I do it quickly with the least pain possible! Caitlin O’Connor, Director Accelerating Performance lays out the foundations of how to go about changing sectors
Sending Your CV to a Recruitment Agency – How To Get the Best Response
It’s happened to us all. You have just sent out your CV outlining your stellar sales career to date, now all you have to do is sit back and wait for the offers to start flooding in – But nothing happens…no response...not even one call!! Niamh O’ Brien from IRC outlines how to achieve the best response possible from recruitment agencies and get the recognition your CV deserves.
How To Get The Best From Your Recruitment Consultancy - Niamh O'Brien IRC
The following are some helpful hints to ensure you can best find work through a recruitment agency. While the services of many agencies are similar it is important that a job–seeker fully utilises these services and works in partnership with their chosen agencies.
How to Target the Job You Want
A job target means selecting a specific geographic area, a specific industry or organization size, and a specific position within that industry. A job target must have all three.
CV Search Facility - Get Head Hunted?
The new online ‘CV Search’ facility is for both the Employer and Sales Job Seeker. Companies can now 'Headhunt' the right sales professional for the job by searching for suitable candidates from our ‘Opt In Searchable Database’ and contact them directly. Sales Candidates can tag a CV profile as viewable and let potential employers come to them.
Job Board Network - Broadbean
SalesJobs.ie is a linking network member of the Broadbeans job board network which feeds to literally hundreds of employment sites, from national to local and many niche.
Getting Started In Sales By Mark Mitchell
For people who are looking to enter sales as a profession and DO NOT have sales experience these are some tips for entry into sales as a profession for a junior with no experience.
How To Benefit From A Recruiter's Service - Mark O'Donoghue
Take responsibility for managing your own career by partnering with an experienced recruiter. Start looking at your career from a long term perspective and make a decision today to find and choose a recruiter to guide you towards career success.
How To Get Headhunted - Sean Finnegan - Richmond
Manage your public profile Attend conferences and tradeshows relevant to your industry or area of expertise. Listings in the associated publications (trade show catalogues, directories) are a great way to gain publicity. Many events publish the biographies, and recruiters screen these announcements.
Getting The Sales Job You Want by Mark Burgess
Getting the Sales job you want! The economy is booming and many companies are expanding and re-structuring, which creates new opportunities in the market place for quality sales individuals.
Why People Move Jobs
Aside from simple career opportunities, the majority of candidates move jobs because they are seeking a different working environment and corporate culture. This is the main finding from a new research project by recruitment specialists, Search Consultancy.
Networking For Shy People
Here’s the paradox: networking is by far the best way to learn about other companies and new job opportunities, but few job seekers want to do it. The main reasons include..
Ask these 10 Questions Before Taking that Sales Job
Salespeople are prone to accepting the wrong jobs. Maybe it`s because they tend to be overly optimistic and see only the good until it`s too late. Or it may be because they`re customers at heart who appreciate a good pitch.
Job Hunting Vs Career Management - Rohan Manahan of Fortify Services
It is my considered opinion that job-hunting is for dummies and that smart people career-hunt. Job-hunting is tactical, reactive and myopic. Career management is no longer the province of Ivy League alumni or of those born with silver spoon in the mouth; it has become a survival skill akin to basic literacy, good grooming and polished interpersonal skills.
A Hiring Manager’s 11 Tips on Landing Your Perfect Sales Job
What is it that companies are looking for when they go to the market to hire a sales rep? How can you be sure to land that perfect job? What is the definition of your perfect job? This article will answer those questions and give you 11 tips to help you land that perfect role enabling you fulfill your ambitions.
Define Your Skills By Derek O'Reilly
The biggest trap that most people fall into when job hunting is to sell themselves short! So how well do you sell yourself?
Job Alerts - The Most Effective Way to Job Hunt
Are you using SalesJobs.ie resources as best as you can? Whether you are currently looking for a job or just want to keep your finger on the pulse of industry movements, let SalesJobs.ie do the work for you. Set up Job Alerts with SalesJobs.ie we will notify you when positions become available in your required industry.
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