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Brand yourself to be yourself at your best
Posted on 22. Apr, 2009 by Matt Shelly.
I’m going to save myself some time here by writing a message that I seem to repeat almost every day – you can’t be everything to everyone. You can try, but you’ll eventually fall short in something. It gets very difficult to maintain the persona of someone who is equally strong in a diverse range of competencies.
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Reach out and touch someone – but don’t leave a mark
Posted on 27. Mar, 2009 by Marisa Cogan.
It used to astonish me as a recruiter how some candidates would handle their phone communications. Not just our clients, but also the account manager, my team, and my boss were counting on me to produce candidates with high value and low risk. As a recruiter, I had to understand a candidate’s value well enough to relay it to the stakeholders in a way that inspired their support for that candidate. I also had to be prepared to address any of the perceived risks that candidate’s behavior or experience posed. Now that I am coach, I can share the insight of my experience. Below are some of the things that job seekers do to mark themselves as high-risk candidates before they even have the chance to discuss their value
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Negotiating in Today’s Job Market
Posted on 03. Mar, 2009 by Marisa Cogan.
You can always negotiate. However, your chances of getting a desirable result depends on how prepared and educated you are. The point of negotiating is not to battle for power or the upper hand and it is not to squeeze the employer for every last ounce of compensation from their budget. The point of negotiating is to come to a win-win solution where each party gets equal value.
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