Follow Twitter to That New Job

Posted by:  Darlene Duncan CWDP, JSS, CCC, JCTC, JCDC

                  Training Coordinator

Are your job searches limited to the classified section of the newspaper and online job boards, like Monster and Career Builder? If so you really need to read this article on how to use Twitter to help with your job search.

 

To be successful today, you don’t have to like technology but you do have to learn how to use it to your best advantage.

 

Click here for the article.

Improving communication with your co-workers

 

By: Lori Mcmullin, APR

Director of Business Operations & Communications
Center for Business Excellence

We are all so busy these days multitasking and trying to get things done in a speedy manner.  My office is no exception.  Last week, I tried to manage one very simple task that quickly went off track, leaving me feeling like a “Keystone Cop.”  Trust me, this is a role I neither embrace nor desire.

So, I went on a search for tips on how to improve the situation.  Although I didn’t find what I was looking for, I did discover this link to some really good tips:

http://money.usnews.com/money/blogs/outside-voices-careers/2012/08/14/10-ways-to-communicate-better-at-work-

Get a New Perspective

Posted by:  Darlene Duncan CWDP, JSS, CCC, JCTC, JCDC

                  Training Coordinator

How’s 2013 going for you? Are you having the same issues you had in 2012? If so, ask yourself this, am I doing the same things I did in 2012? If the answer is yes, then you know why you’re getting the same results you got in 2012. If you want different results, you have to do different things.

If you’re looking for a job and you’re using the same unsuccessful methods you used last year, you can pretty much expect the same unsuccessful results you had last year.

Perhaps you never heard or have forgotten Albert Einstein’s definition of insanity.

Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. – Albert Einstein

Think about what you’ve been doing in your job search and then start exploring different job search methods. If the old way wasn’t successful you’ve got nothing to lose by changing it and everything to gain.

It’s a new year and it’s time for a new perspective on life.

 

 

 

Top 10 Interviewing Tips

Posted by:  Darlene Duncan CWDP, JSS, CCC, JCTC, JCDC

                  Training Coordinator

Are you getting interviews but not getting hired? Then maybe the article I just read will help you be more on target and ace that next interview.

Click here for the article.

How to avoid taking your stress or bad mood out on others

By: Lori Mcmullin, APR

Director of Business Operations & Communications
Center for Business Excellence

 

“I try to discover…a little something to make me sweeter.”  Here I go again with an 80’s reference, but these lyrics come from Erasure’s hit, “A Little Respect,” and isn’t that what all human beings want?

Perhaps, but, there’s the rub -- we are only human.  So, how do we find a balance?

A couple of years ago, one of my staff members called me on my behavior toward him one particular day.  I wasn’t feeling well and he took our interaction as me being annoyed with him.  It was a very eye-opening moment for me. 

From that day on, I have made a concerted effort to keep my mood, physical feeling, etc., in check.  If it isn’t completely possible, I let my management team know on that rare day it isn’t them – it’s me.  I would be truly mortified if staff or anyone else was walking on eggshells around me because they thought I was displeased with them without good cause.

This type of restraint was really put to the test recently when I suffered a miscarriage.  I’ll bet there are staff, friends and family who had absolutely no idea this happened until now. 

Yes, I was suffering physically and emotionally, but I tried my hardest to manage to it. People expect leadership from me and true leadership shines through during dire times.

It was especially hard when I was around my Junior League friends where it seems we are having a baby boom lately.  Honestly, I died a bit inside with each birth/pregnancy announcement.  However, I was and continue to be truly happy for these beautiful women.

Okay, I’m not perfect.  There was that guy at the supermarket who shoved me out of the way to get to the vine-ripened tomatoes I was inspecting (but he had it coming)!

Anyway, I found a helpful link with tips on how to handle yourself when your day isn’t going so well.  Hope it helps:
 

http://www.raptitude.com/2009/03/how-to-keep-bad-moods-from-taking-you-over/

Your Cover Letter’s Impact

Posted by:  Darlene Duncan CWDP, JSS, CCC, JCTC, JCDC

                  Training Coordinator

Is your cover letter the weak link in your job search? Are employers reading your cover letter? Maybe not, if you’re starting it with that tired old opening that has been used since the dawn of cover letters. It goes something like this, “Please, accept the enclosed résumé as application for…” BORING!

Click here for to read an article that will give you some great ideas on how to have a more positive impact with your next cover letter.

Handling difficult co-workers

 

 

 

By: Lori McMullin, APR

Director of Business Operations & Communications
Center for Business Excellence

 

As more and more people thankfully re-join the workforce, they will also be re-introduced to difficult co-workers from time to time.

Maybe, they will encounter the person who constantly complains. Perhaps, it will be the co-worker that always seems to be in everyone’s business.

 

Whatever the concern, here are some tips on how to deal:

 

http://humanresources.about.com/od/workrelationships/a/difficultpeople.htm