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1. Your Voice – You never know who will be calling on the phone. Make sure you’re not yawning, sound sleepy or have food in your mouth.
2. Your Vocabulary (Verbal) – Learn the language of your industry and make sure to have professionally-thought out phrases that will roll of your tongue naturally.
3. Your look – Visual – You might not be able to afford the most expensive clothes, so work with what you’ve got. Wear professional-looking clothes that fit well and get a proper haircut / hairstyle. If you’re not sure of the dress code, call and find out or visit the company and see what employees are wearing. That should give you ideas.
Click www.e4myjob.com to listen to the 2-minute video .
Today’s post is a link to Mark Schnurman’s article in the New Jersey Business News:
Climbing the corporate ladder is an anachronism today. For most of us, toiling at the same company for our entire career is not a viable option. The frequency of layoffs, mergers and acquisitions, and the transient nature of our society and work force combine to destroy the social contract of lifetime employment with one employer.
Today, each of us is a small-business owner.
We own our careers and our lives and benefit from their fruits.
The seminal question must be: Would you invest in the company called YOU?
Click on the link in the title to read the full article.
“Think of LinkedIn or Twitter as online versions of a Rotary Club or Golf Club”. So says a member of Toastmasters, and I agree!
According to the latest issue of Toastmaster, “Web 2.0 isn’t just for teenagers using Facebook or MySpace anymore….a growing number of businesspeople, including many Toastmasters, are using these new applications to run their small businesses more efficiently, network with peers, tack customer perception of their products or services online and promote their organization.”
Tomorrow am deliver a “Coaching-the-Coach” presentation to employment counsellors at a conference. Using Social Media (or Web 2.0 technology) as a job search tool will definitely be a big part of my delivery.
