JibberJobber Special Extended Through This Week

JibberJobber Special Extended Through This Week Im extending the JibberJobber unbirthday special through this Friday.   In summary, heres what you get for $99: One year Premium access to JibberJobber: JibberJobber is job search software.   Its also a personal relationship manager.   Use JibberJobber to really own your career. Value: $99 Social Marketing Strategies for Job Seekers streaming video: personal branding and networking online it is real, it is essential for professionals.   This is a broad introduction and overview, and a preparation for the rest of the videos. Value: $50 Job Search Tips from a Recruiter streaming video: Want to know what a recruiter thinks about you and your resume?   Want to know what a recruiter would advice you to do in your job search?   This video would have helped me avoid costly mistakes in my job search. Value: $50 Blogging for Job Seekers streaming video: blogs are excellent tools to share your brand and find relevant network contacts.   This 1 hour 20 minute video helps you, as a non-blogging professional, understand how blogs fit in.   It is NOT a how-to-blog video rather, its a how do I use blogs in my job search training.   Value: $50 Twitter for Job Seekers streaming video: No way Im going to tell you to get a Twitter account but I will encourage you to tap into the network that is already there.   This training helps you wrap your brain around Twitter and how it fits into your toolset, even if you never get a Twitter account.   Value: $50 So, you upgrade for one year at $99 and you get $300 worth of product that is a 66% savings what are you waiting for?   Login to your JibberJobber account and upgrade for one year! JibberJobber Special Extended Through This Week Im extending the JibberJobber unbirthday special through this Friday.   In summary, heres what you get for $99: One year Premium access to JibberJobber: JibberJobber is job search software.   Its also a personal relationship manager.   Use JibberJobber to really own your career. Value: $99 Social Marketing Strategies for Job Seekers streaming video: personal branding and networking online it is real, it is essential for professionals.   This is a broad introduction and overview, and a preparation for the rest of the videos. Value: $50 Job Search Tips from a Recruiter streaming video: Want to know what a recruiter thinks about you and your resume?   Want to know what a recruiter would advice you to do in your job search?   This video would have helped me avoid costly mistakes in my job search. Value: $50 Blogging for Job Seekers streaming video: blogs are excellent tools to share your brand and find relevant network contacts.   This 1 hour 20 minute video helps you, as a non-blogging professional, understand how blogs fit in.   It is NOT a how-to-blog video rather, its a how do I use blogs in my job search training.   Value: $50 Twitter for Job Seekers streaming video: No way Im going to tell you to get a Twitter account but I will encourage you to tap into the network that is already there.   This training helps you wrap your brain around Twitter and how it fits into your toolset, even if you never get a Twitter account.   Value: $50 So, you upgrade for one year at $99 and you get $300 worth of product that is a 66% savings what are you waiting for?   Login to your JibberJobber account and upgrade for one year! JibberJobber Special Extended Through This Week Im extending the JibberJobber unbirthday special through this Friday.   In summary, heres what you get for $99: One year Premium access to JibberJobber: JibberJobber is job search software.   Its also a personal relationship manager.   Use JibberJobber to really own your career. Value: $99 Social Marketing Strategies for Job Seekers streaming video: personal branding and networking online it is real, it is essential for professionals.   This is a broad introduction and overview, and a preparation for the rest of the videos. Value: $50 Job Search Tips from a Recruiter streaming video: Want to know what a recruiter thinks about you and your resume?   Want to know what a recruiter would advice you to do in your job search?   This video would have helped me avoid costly mistakes in my job search. Value: $50 Blogging for Job Seekers streaming video: blogs are excellent tools to share your brand and find relevant network contacts.   This 1 hour 20 minute video helps you, as a non-blogging professional, understand how blogs fit in.   It is NOT a how-to-blog video rather, its a how do I use blogs in my job search training.   Value: $50 Twitter for Job Seekers streaming video: No way Im going to tell you to get a Twitter account but I will encourage you to tap into the network that is already there.   This training helps you wrap your brain around Twitter and how it fits into your toolset, even if you never get a Twitter account.   Value: $50 So, you upgrade for one year at $99 and you get $300 worth of product that is a 66% savings what are you waiting for?   Login to your JibberJobber account and upgrade for one year!

Monday Motivation Facing My Fears

Monday Motivation Facing My Fears This is my last month in my twenties.  In a few weeks I will be 30. When I turned 28 2 years ago, I created a 30 before 30 list.    I completed about half of the items but I dont feel bad for not completing all of them.  Why?  Because the items on the list were all things that I wanted to do and I am sure I will eventually do someday.  Also, some of the items on the list were out of my control. Before I turn 30 in a few short weeks I want to instead tackle my greatest fears.  These are the items that I dont want to do.  I believe that if you can conquer your fears, you will become much closer to personal success and achieving your dreams and goals.  What are those things that are holding you back?  Make a list of everything that you are scared to death of doing.  Here are some of the things on my list: attend Toastmasters, host a meetup or live event, ask my boss for something that I REALLY want at work, submit a book proposal for a book idea I have, unplug and turn off my phone and email for 3 days and delegate more at work. What are your greatest fears? Here are your weekly career links to start your week off right: Work That Suit by WorkChic Why You Should Start Building Your Network Before You Get to School by MBAChic Conquering my Email, One Step at a Time by Work it, Mom! Before You Go…Have You Got Everything? (Things You Should Do Before You Resign A Company) by The Resume Chick Master Your Inbox: Insights into 5 million emails by the Daily Muse “A dream doesn’t become reality through magic; it takes sweat, determination and hard work.” -Colin Powell

Circling Back on Corporate Speak The History and Impact of Business Jargon

Circling Back on Corporate Speak The History and Impact of Business Jargon By Brian Neese “Transformation,” “disruption” and “millennials” topped a 2015 survey of business jargon terms workers are sick of hearing. Unfortunately, these are just the latest entries in corporate speak, joining “low-hanging fruit,” “touch base,” “bandwidth” and “innovation.” Business jargon, or specialized language used in the industry, has a long history and is universally disliked. Business jargon does more than annoy workers. It obstructs communication and undermines the productivity, turnover and culture at businesses. The History of Business Jargon Origins Prior to the Great Depression, businesses in the United States were primarily concerned with efficiency, and corporate culture followed. “The words used to talk about workers in books and boardrooms were accordingly mechanistic, emphasizing accuracy, precision, incentives, and maximized production,” according to The Atlantic. A shift occurred in the 1930s. Researchers started focusing on human relations. Managers who didn’t understand the psychology of workers â€" who treated them as machines â€" were ineffective supervisors, resulting in increased tensions between labor and management. The timing of the Great Depression exacerbated these ideas, and this period was linked to companies not being able to meet workers’ psychological and social needs. In the aftermath of World War II, American companies changed. Most large organizations became diversified conglomerates as a result of mergers and acquisitions that took place in the 1950s and ’60s. As a result, it was more difficult for workers to feel connected to their companies. Also, during this time, organizational science wasn’t relegated to researchers. Companies began to take an interest in how to help employees become more productive and connected. Businesses asked how they could get workers to feel differently about their jobs. The Atlantic reports that it was also about money: “As a manager, how can I maximize profits by creating a certain emotional atmosphere at my company?” As a result of these questions and increased competition, business jargon emerged. “Jargon is the verbal sleight of hand that makes the old hat seem newly fashionable; it gives an air of novelty and specious profundity to ideas that, if stated directly, would seem superficial, stale, frivolous, or false,” writes poet and critic David Lehman in his 1991 book, Signs of the Times. “The line between serious and spurious scholarship is an easy one to blur, with jargon on your side.” Evolution It didn’t take long for researchers and business leaders to develop theories that led to business jargon. Douglas McGregor, Edgar Schein and Richard Beckhard, three MIT professors, created the field of organizational development in the 1950s and ’60s. An early example of business jargon, “paradigm shift,” appeared in Thomas Kuhn’s 1962 book, The Structure of Scientific Revolutions. In the 1980s, Peter Drucker worked with General Electric to develop the Work-Out program to help managers and employees solve problems faster. He identified “low-hanging fruit” as problems that were easy to solve, “rattlers” as obvious problems and “pythons” as challenging problems stemming from bloated bureaucracy. During the same time, consultant Charles Krone developed a $40 million training program to help with communication at Pacific Bell. The program included terms like “task cycle” and “functioning capabilities.” It was met with widespread discontent. Other consultants propelled a wide range of unclear language, such as “streamline,” “restructure,” “let go,” “create operational efficiencies,” “boil the ocean” and “sync up.” By the turn of the 21st century, industries had their own versions of corporate speak. For instance, finance had terms like “leverage” and “standard deviations.” Marketing brought “thought leader” and “run it up the flagpole.” Technology developed “bandwidth” and “disrupt.” More recent developments mix emotion and jargon: journey mission passion energy values purpose vision life-hack equity The Impact of Business Jargon Jargon-free communication helps avoid misunderstandings and facilitates the timely exchange of information, Business Strategy Series says. Eliminating jargon helps managers and employees communicate effectively and efficiently. In a study of internal communication for Italian companies during a crisis, Corporate Communications found misalignments between what companies meant to communicate and what employees perceived. Some employees in the study complained about the clarity of messages and disliked hierarchical communication, or communication that differs based on corporate levels and structures. Managers whose messages contained limited or no jargon witnessed positive attitudes and trust among fellow employees and their employers. A review of literature about business jargon in the American Journal of Industrial and Business Management found that it impedes a company’s daily communication and success. Business jargon tends to cause misunderstandings that affect individual and organizational productivity as well as profit margin. An organization’s resources can also be wasted. Additionally, ineffective communication and business jargon can lead to employees feeling like they are looked down upon by the company and their manager. As a result, employees may feel irritated and left out, leaving them demoralized and contributing to high employee turnover. In some instances, businesses may use jargon for ulterior motives, worsening the effect it has on employees. “Managers might want to sound smarter and impress their employees but this type of language does not facilitate communication, instead it hinders it,” says the American Journal of Industrial and Business Management. “In some scenarios, managers may even intentionally hinder communication in the organization by using many jargons to avoid hard questions or hide failure from the employees.” The Washington Post adds that business jargon can veil what speakers really mean. For instance, “cut some capacity” means to fire someone and “incentivizing” employees simply means motivating them. Whether or not business leaders use jargon to lessen the meaning of what they’re trying to say, employees may believe that this is happening â€" if they trust what the speaker is saying at all. Business jargon or abstract language is less believable to listeners, Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin found. Participants in the study judged that concrete statements of the same content were probably more true than when the content was written in abstract language. Miscommunications lead to undesirable consequences for organizations, Corporate Communications says. By adopting plain language, businesses can discover social and economic benefits. Enhancing Communication Business leaders should strive to communicate clearly. At Rivier University, the online MBA helps graduates obtain the knowledge and skills needed for efficient communication. Degree tracks are available in management, information technology management and marketing. Students learn in a convenient and flexible online environment to accommodate work and personal schedules. Want to see how jargon shows up outside business?  Click the video below! . Image credits: Main.     Jargon.  

5 Executive Career Services for Six-Figure Earners

5 Executive Career Services for Six-Figure Earners Whether you net $100,000 annually or $999,999 there is one thing that is certain; you are a six-figure earner. As a high-income producer, you are expected to create compelling content for your resume and LinkedIn. You are also expected to have exceptional communication skills in and out of the interview.When it comes to finding the best executive career services, it’s important to locate someone with experience in your field. Equally important, someone with experience working at your seniority level. Sadly, the majority of senior managers, directors, vice presidents, and executives don’t do this. They end up purchasing an “executive career service” such as a resume makeover, LinkedIn makeover, interview training, or career coachingservice from some recent college graduate or HR professional who has never once worked with a six-figure earner.Today, I am going to show you how not to make the same mistake. When it comes to executive career services for six-figure earners, there are only five services that you need to worry about. Below are the five services listed in the order that I believe to be most important.1. Career Coaching ServicesThe job market is changing faster than ever making it increasingly difficult to secure a new job. Applicant tracking systems, recruiters, job boards, and all other technology has made job seeking a full-time job in itself.Combatting this rapidly changing and increasingly frustrating job search process are companies like Find My Profession. Specializing in executive career services for six-figure earners, Find My Profession eliminates the pain associated with job searching.The Find My Profession team will rewrite your resume, optimize your LinkedIn profile, provide 1-on-1 interview training, and so much more. By so much more, I mean they will actually apply to jobs on your behalf and connect you with hiring managers and decision-makers.Find My Profession has made the top of this executive career services list because they encompass all five services into one desirable package. For those do it yourself-ers (DIY-ers) who want additional options, check out the5 Best websites to find six-figure salary jobs.2. Resume MakeoverThe dreaded resume. I have never met somebody who got excited about writing a resume. Not even resume writers! If you are a great resume writer, knowledgeable on keywords and applicant tracking systems, and don’t mind writing your resume, go ahead and skip this section.If you are like the other 99% of people who don’t care for writing resumes, aren’t knowledgeable on keywords and applicant tracking systems, and would rather pay someone to do the job, then this is one executive career service you could benefit from.Screen your resume writerThe most important thing to do when researching executive level resume writers is to determine their credentials. Here are four questions that you can ask to screen a potential resume service:Have you written a resume for someone in my industry and seniority level? Can you send me a sample resume that is relevant to my background? How many rounds of edits/revisions am I allotted? Do you offer a satisfaction or money-back guarantee?The way in which these questions are answered should determine whether they are a good fit. If they send you a resume sample and you aren't sure what to look for, check out these 16 best things to include in a resume.Find a balance of quality affordabilityPrice is also important. If you find an executive-level resume service for $100, that might be a little concerning. Can someone really give you the attention and quality you need to land your next job for $100? On the other hand, some six-figure earners think they need to spend $1000+ for a resume makeover. That’s probably a little high. Try to find something between $300-$800.Top resume writer companiesAt the end of the day, you should do some research outside of my recommendations, but here are a few companies you can start with:Fiverr, Fi nd My Profession, and The Muse, have various resume writers with specialized backgrounds and experience working with six-figure earners. Find one that resonates with you, ask the questions above, and if everything checks out, go for it!3. LinkedIn MakeoverIf you don’t already have a LinkedIn account, make one. To be honest, it is impressive that you have become a six-figure earner without a LinkedIn. This is going to be an essential resource for you in your job search. Not only is LinkedIn perfect for getting noticed by recruiters/hiring managers, but it’s also a great place to network. A LinkedIn profile executive career service should provide you with the following:An expert who will take the time to get to know you and your intentions for using the service (job search, personal branding, etc.) A completely optimized profile with an “All-Star” status on LinkedIn A jump start on your networking efforts Custom message templates to send your target audience (bonus)Just like a ny executive career service, pricing is going to play a big factor. Don’t assume a LinkedIn makeover costing $1000 is going to be any better than a $100 service.Ask for sample LinkedIn profiles and make sure they are not making any of these 7 simple LinkedIn profile mistakes.Give the company you are considering a call before you buy. Ask to speak with the individual who will be working on your profile. Drill them a little bit on their background and credentials. You should be able to tell if they are qualified within minutes.4. Interview TrainingThe ability to interview well is an extremely valuable and increasingly rare trait. The best way to practice your interviewing skills is to go on as many interviews as possible. The problem is, it’s not always that easy to get interviews.Sure, you can ask a friend or family member to do some 1-on-1 mock interview practice. Check out this list of the 50 top job interview questions and answers.That might do you a little bit of good. But is that individual an expert on interviewing? Can they provide accurate feedback on what you did right or wrong?Similar to a resume makeover, it will help to find an interview trainer with knowledge in your field, industry, and experience level. Is a 22-year old sales rep the best person to coach you through your Vice President of whatever interview? Probably not. Find yourself a top-notch interview coach from a business likeFind My Profession or search locally on LinkedIn by typing in “interview coach”.5. Cover Letter WritingCover letter writing is a dreaded topic that I thought I would save until the end. While cover letters are not always essential to land your future job, they can help. Considered useful to some, and useless to many, cover letter writing is still one of the most common executive career services around.If you hate cover letters and you don’t want to use them, simply move on. However, if you find yourself in a situation that requires a cover letter, it’s imp ortant to send your best.Find My Profession does a great job on cover letters and just about every executive career service for six-figure earners. You can also check out sites such as Fiverr, LiveCareer, The Muse, and Ultimus, for additional options. For all the best tips on writing your own cover letter, check out this article explaining how to write a cover letter.Executive Career ServicesYou may not need all of these executive career services at once, but it’s important to know you have options. As a senior-level professional in your field, you shouldn’t be expected to be a professional career coach, resume writer, networker, etc. Value your time and find someone who is an expert in these fields. With adequate screening, research, and a little effort, you can find an executive career service that will return 10x your investment.

Writing a Resume and Cover Letter For Every Job

Writing a Resume and Cover Letter For Every JobWriting a resume and cover letter for a job you have applied for is one of the most important steps you can take to ensure your success in landing that very job. It helps to make your application stand out and demonstrate that you are the right person for the job. With just a few minutes spent on your resume and cover letter, you will have a better chance of landing the job.In addition to this, having an effective resume will help you win over job offers that are not so popular or that you would not have otherwise qualified for. You will be surprised at how this simple step can make all the difference. In fact, this is one of the best ways to land the position you have applied for.In the world of work, there are some jobs that simply do not apply to everyone. For example, a personal trainer does not apply to everybody. Thus, your cover letter and resume are going to need to be customized to meet the needs of the job. There are other jobs where you would be excluded if you did not fill out a specific form correctly.For example, there are different types of trainees in many fields of employment. Some may need to be supervised, while others may need to follow a particular schedule. When you are applying for a job such as this, it will be important to understand the differences between a supervisor and a trainee, as well as how to handle the situation of a supervisor who has a little or no supervision.Because of this, your resume and cover letter should have specific information in it that will be specific to the job you are applying for. If you were a medical technician for some of your previous work, your resume and cover letter would include that in it. This will show that you have not only done well in the past, but that you know exactly what type of medical technician you are.With that, you will also want to make sure that you put in specific experience. There are jobs that require you to know how to operate machi nery while others require you to just know how to use basic equipment. By putting specific experience, you can tell the employer that you have the experience that they are looking for in a medical technician.Also, if you were a person who was deaf, did you know that there were not many jobs that hiring people with disabilities? The reason being, these types of people do not fit the mold of what they expect. As a result, you may need to add this information to your resume and cover letter.Remember, there are jobs out there that are not popular. While there are a few that just do not apply to everybody, many do. Therefore, your resume and cover letter are going to need to be customized to fit those jobs. As long as you know what to include, you will have a better chance of getting the job you have applied for.

The Most Important Skills You Need in a Senior Leadership Role - Margaret Buj - Interview Coach

The Most Important Skills You Need in a Senior Leadership Role Becoming a leader isn’t as simple as knowing a business inside out. The best leaders have a variety of skills, as well as their business acumen, in order to get ahead. Whilst some of these skills may come naturally, it is vital as a leader that you constantly understand and work towards becoming better at them to be the best leader you can be, especially if you are in a senior leadership role or want to be in one. If you want to get ahead and become the best senior leader you can be, here are the most important skills you need and how you can begin to improve them. Communication Communication is seen time and time again on these lists, but this is due to the fact it is so important. You cannot get into a senior leadership position if you cannot communicate effectively. This means getting along with those in higher level and lower level positions and knowing how to address an individual based on the current situation. Communication is vital to every little thing we do in business, and from the emails we send out to how we act in a business meeting, we need to be able to communicate well in person, over the phone, and via email. This also boils down to your body language too and this is one thing that many senior leaders fail on. You can talk the talk and listen well, but if your body language does not say that you are actively engaged and listening to your peers then you will not receive the communication you want. As you move further up the career ladder, people are more likely to take in what you say so this means having great communication skills and grammatical skills too. You need to have the ability to draw people in, sell them things or coach them, so working on your communication skills daily is crucial when in a senior leadership role. This also means getting regular feedback from others on how you could improve. Emotional Intelligence In order to become a great leader and coach others, you need to be able to demonstrate self-awareness. Without this, you can never improve and refine your own leadership skills, so how can you expect anyone else to take you seriously and listen to what you have to say? Emotional intelligence is more than just understanding your strengths and weaknesses, it is about understanding them, working on them and using them in situations to get the best from yourself and others. Emotional intelligence also gives you the chance to understand others’ emotions and relate to them. Whilst you can never truly understand exactly what someone else is going through, with the use of emotional intelligence you can begin to understand and react in a way that is best for the situation. This includes being great at conflict resolution. If you want to boost your own self-awareness skills so that you can improve your emotional intelligence, check out these four ways to get started. Influence A senior leader must be able to influence others to get the best from their team. If a leader cannot influence, they will not be taken seriously and will not get the best for the business. Influencing comes down to many factors, including how well you communicate, hence the need for good communication skills. Being influential involves communicating your own or the businesses goals and visions, aligning the efforts of colleagues and building commitment from those around you. A great leader should be able to influence others to get behind their cause and work well. All in all, influence gets things done and gets the most desirable outcomes for a business. There are many ways in which you can influence others, and this is determined by many factors including who you need to influence and the purpose. Understanding how and when to bring in compelling and logical arguments to get others attention is a skill that every senior leader needs. There will be those who want to oppose what you need to do in the business, so understanding why this opposition exists and what you need to do to influence a change of mind is essential. Learning Agility As a senior leader, you need to want to continually develop yourself and learn. In your role, you should be taking time out to seek courses or programs that can help you to do this, as well as completing any training provided by your workplace. There is always something new to learn and nobody is perfect in their skill set, so never pass down the opportunity to learn. This is also the case with new technology, as programs and software are constantly being introduced into the business world to bring us into a new era. Learning agility usually involves allowing feedback, asking questions and learning from previous mistakes. As a senior leader, you should always respond well to a new situation so that your employees will do the same; this is another great way to inspire when changes are made in your company. Taking an executive coaching course is just one way to do this, especially if you are new to the role and want to develop and refine your skills further. A senior leader should have the ability to not just teach, but to coach another. The BCF Group use a blend of practical skills-based development alongside coaching concepts to enhance skills that senior leaders already possess. This can bring with it great results and allows for a more confident leader. Each of these four skills can be used together to get the best from every situation and help you become a better version of yourself. If you want to get ahead in business, you need effective skills that you continually develop, adapt and build upon whilst working. By attending courses and regularly planning you can identify skills to work on to master the most important skills you need in a senior leadership role.

Real Life Success Story - Using the Downturn to Springboard into a New Career

Real Life Success Story - Using the Downturn to Springboard into a New Career When times are uncertain, it can feel safest to hunker down and wait out the storm. Its an approach many are taking, just being thankful for having a job at all. My concern with this approach are the missed opportunities. People who were never really happy in their careers to begin with, are now settling for a less than rewarding career path.Perhaps its time to take a different approach. Perhaps its time to see opportunity in change. In my webinar earlier this week, this was the central message and for my clients, many are now seeing this as the perfect time to reinvent themselves and their careers.If you feel the same, join me this Wednesday, April 8th for a very special Making a Living with Maggie on Martha Stewart Living Radio SIRIUS 112 and XM 157 (listen free here). One of my very own clients. Laura Rolands of myattentioncoach.com will be on hand to share her very real story of successful career change, using the economic downturn as a springboard.Together Laura and I will share tips and advice to help you move your career forward in new and interesting ways. Tune in and join the conversation during this live radio broadcast and call in with your specific career questions at 1-866-675-6675.Youll not only learn something new when it comes to managing your career but also get the inspiration and motivation you need to make your ideal career a reality now!What success story would you like to see happen in your career? Already made a career change and want to share your story comment here, now!