8 Common Cover Letter Mistakes To Avoid

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We live in a world where 90% of hiring managers don’t read cover letters, yet 53% of employersadmit that they prefer candidates who send a cover letter. Meaning, your cover letter is positively acknowledged, but it probably won’t get read.?So if nobody’s reading it, why bother? Because anything that sets you apart from the candidates you’re up against is an absolute must.

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8 Detailed Examples Of Giving Employee Feedback

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It’s amazing how much psychology and subtleties are involved in giving feedback. While some of this might seem like overkill, it’s really not. People are more sensitive than you might think, so it’s important to be compassionate when giving your feedback. Here are 8 specific examples of giving employee feedback.

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If you had it to do over again, what would you do differently?

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If you had it to do over again, what would you do differently-if anything? Every high performing salesperson and sales leader most likely has used this phrase to increase their professionalism. Have you? During the past 18 years of working with and training sales managers around the world this phrase is one of the most powerful lessons I believe we pass on to our clients, but it leads to additional unexpected benefits as well.

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9 Ways Great Leaders Demonstrate Real Authenticity

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Wouldn’t it be wonderful to live a truly authentic life? To have the respect of your family and co-workers, to be well liked, to be trusted by all, to make your workplace and home a better place to be, and maybe even leave the world a better place when you are no longer here? Lucky for us, becoming truly authentic, although difficult, is possible. Here are the top 9 ways leaders demonstrate their true authenticity that may help you in your journey to becoming truly authentic yourself.

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Dear Employers: Here’s Why You Can’t Hire Top Talent.

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Dear Company,Its not you, it’s me. Well actually it is YOU.I really didn’t know what I was getting myself into when I agreed to interview,and now that we’ve met, here are the reasons why it’s not going to work out between us:

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5 Strategies for Becoming More Influential

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Ask any effective leader about soft skills and she’ll say that developing them is anything but soft. Rather, learning how to recognize and interpret emotions in oneself and others is a hard skill to develop, but critical to leadership effectiveness nonetheless. The good news is anybody can increase personal influence. The bad news is, nothing good comes easily. It takes influential role in others’ decision-making but you can do so by adhering to 5 guidelines.

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Supporting Veterans – Career Resource List

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The majority of veterans who are referred to our California executive search firm are smart, educated, resourceful and entrepreneurial, leaders, honest to a fault, fiercely loyal and will be relentless on their pursuit to succeed. Many organizations are committed to helping veterans find civilian jobs, and some also sponsor programs targeted at putting military spouses back to work. We started with a list over 200 resources and decided that may be a bit overwhelming for you to try to filter through, so we did our best to organize the list and here are our favorite 45 resources.

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