Recession Proofing Your Job

Tip of the Week 
by Dianne Gubin
 
Recession Proofing Your Job 
 
Stocks are down, the mortgage market crashed.  What are some of the ways you can protect your job in a turbulent economy? 

Make yourself easy to work with.  Become even more of a team player.  Be low maintenance. 
Act like you’re the owner.
Be known as an expert. 
Become a super star [...]

Tip of the Week 
by Dianne Gubin
 
What’s your personal competitive advantage?
 
We wonder how others become successful.  What’s the secret?
 
Whatever your career aspirations, chances are that someone has achieved similar success that you can emulate.
 
Learn from the best, study them, and you will become the best.
 
Major companies show videos of successful individuals and companies to their internal [...]

Job Searches on the Internet = Big Black Hole

Tip of the Week 
by Dianne Gubin
 
Job Searches on the Internet = Big Black Hole
 
Is this your first time on the job market in years?  Has the Internet made it easier or more difficult to find your next position?
 
Candidates tell us of spending countless hours trolling through cyberspace searching through job boards, posting résumés online, and [...]

Super Star Employees

Tip of the Week 
by Dianne Gubin
 
Super Star Employees
 
A Harvard Business Review study of Super Star performers in the workplace found that “growing super stars is better than buying one.”  The study discusses a top stockbroker who was recruited into a new firm.  Ultimately, the broker was unable to achieve the same success in his new [...]