Tips to Stand Out from the Crowd in the Job Market

Tips to Stand Out from the Crowd in the Job Market
As the job market has become very competitive in today's
workplace, there are so many people vying for one job
opening that it's become imperative for one to utilize
every possible advantage they can. There are several tips
that can propel you to the head of the pack, which can put
you at a very distinct advantage.

- Networking. Many openings come and go without ever being
advertised to the public simply because someone at the
company just happens to "know" a person who would be
perfect for the job. Anywhere you go, make contacts,
introduce yourself and try to leave a memorable impression
on the people you meet.

- Having an outstanding resume can spark interest in a
potential employer by giving them the kind of information
that makes them want to bring you in and find out more
about who you are and what you do.

- The interview - Being invited to an interview is a good
indicator that the employer is interested in you and now
wants to find out more. It is crucial that you show up well
groomed and dressed. Speak articulately and intelligently.
Do your homework before going on the interview, find out
all you can about the company, and if possible the actual
person interviewing. This shows the recruiter that you're
not after just a job; you've actually taken the time to
find out about them.

- Thank you letters. This shows the recruiter your
etiquette and communication skills. It also serves as a
reminder, if they've gone through several applicants, of
who you are and places you back in the forefront of their
attention.

Simply taking the time to do a few things before applying
and interviewing for a job goes a long way in showing a
company your desire and willingness to go the extra step
for a chance to work for them. Go out one day and observe
the people around you.

You'll find that certain people make a better impression
simply by the way they're dressed and how they act. The
scruffy, unshaven guy maybe a brilliant genius but it may
be that he'll never get that choice position simply because
his appearance turns people away. The way you look and
dress is an extension of your personal brand and this is
key to your ultimate success in every area of your working
life.

Put everything you have into your job-hunting skills and
you'll find that the pay-off can be more than you could
ever imagine.

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Top Secret - A Way You Can Get Google AdWords Pay-Per-Clicks FREE

Top Secret - A Way You Can Get Google AdWords Pay-Per-Clicks FREE
A gentleman from New York discovered what he calls an
"oversight" on the part of 99.9% of all marketers that
allows him to get otherwise paid-for advertising at Google
as well as all other search engines that allow sponsored
ads.

And no, nothing about his "secret" is illegal - nor does it
require that you know someone on the "inside" at Yahoo,
MSN, Google and others.

This fellow went on to start and operate sixteen separate
online companies selling everything from books, DVDs,
children's toys & games, pet food, software, and sold not
only his own manufactured products but became an affiliate
for other web businesses - all the while applying his
mastermind secret.

Over the course of nearly eight years the New Englander
confesses "I've actually gotten over $87 million in
advertising that using my secret I never had to pay for ...
and the largest share of which was more recently in Google
pay-per-clicks as well as other forms of paid advertising
at search engines ... all of which I got for free ..."

So powerful is his secret that he's able to monopolize any
niche online, and can always secure the top premium spots
just above the usual organic results featured at most
search engines.

He still has to set up an account with the search engines -
but after applying his secret he is removed from having to
pay for all the costs otherwise involved. Again, nothing
about his secret is either illegal or robs from the search
engines. One spokesperson from one of the most popular
search engines said chuckling after being made privy to
this amazing secret "Wow! Ha! This is really unique ... and
in my expert opinion it would only serve to enhance and
bring more business to us at [name of search engine
withheld for legal & confidentiality reasons] and not cause
us to lose business in the slightest. Amazing!"

The northerner revealed that in this nearly eight years'
period of time since applying his secret he's done well
over $300 million in sales revenue with a most diverse line
of products, and most recently in the last two years netted
nearly $166 million after really "buckling down and
pressing my secret to its fullest potential."

Now to everyone else's fortune, the city slicker is
releasing his secret for getting an unlimited amount of
pay-per-click ads to the general public. But he's not
promising any of us for how long.

One famous public web guru pointed out that although this
man may gain economically more so as a result of the
publication of his secret "he's already so amazingly rich
that whether he continues or discontinues its sale will
neither make nor break the man, but not grabbing it for
yourself while it's still available could prove disastrous
for you as you may only have one chance, and a very limited
one at that, to get this."

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Use Your Uniqueness to Up Sales

Use Your Uniqueness to Up Sales
Tapping into your uniqueness and using it effectively is
the "Hidden Key" to increasing business sales. Accessing
this part of who you are and what you offer through your
business will assist you in languaging your offer to your
prospects and clients in a way that has them saying, "Yes,
I want that!" This goes for verbal conversations AND on all
marketing materials.

Here are 7 quick-straight-from-the-hip ways to use your
uniqueness to up your sales:

1. First become aware of all the qualities,
individualities, expertise, and gifts that you offer. This
isn't just what you do, but how YOU do it. (Hint: No on can
do it like you do it.) This allows you to stand out from
the crowd (from those others that are doing similar work to
yourself.) Special Tip: There is no need to waste energy on
being competitive once you truly tap into your uniqueness.
No one else can BE you.

2. Get connected to your heart as you tap into these unique
qualities of yours. This has you very clear about your
business as an AUTHENTIC offering.

3. Use this awareness to shift you from a place of telling
(this is what I do and how I do it) to a place of being. It
allows just being who you are to be activated as your main
client attraction tool instead of feeling that you have to
sell yourself.

4. Start sharing true stories about you and your experience
or a success story of one of your clients. Begin sharing
stories that show success using YOUR unique methods and
that relate to your prospects. Facts tell, stories sell.

5. Develop your own system, program or step-by-step process
to express and share your unique approach. This gives you
language about your business that makes it easy for folks
to understand. It also helps you to appreciate yourself and
what you offer = raises your energy!

6. Use your own system, program or step-by-step process as
an anchor on your website, marketing materials and in all
your business conversations. This way you become extremely
anchored in what makes you (and your business) who you are,
and you no longer find yourself trying to find the right
words to describe who you are and what you do - whether
while speaking or writing about your business.

7. Watch prospects clearly hear you, understand you, feel
confident about the experience they are going to have with
you and easily join you as new, excited, paying clients.

Call To Action:

First: Make a list of everything that your business gives
to those that you serve. What do you notice? What stands
out?

Second: Make a list of WHY people would want this. What are
they looking for when they obtain your services.

Third: Interview a buddy, friend, colleague... Share with
them your list of gifts. Ask them what their sense is about
what makes you special. What did you notice about your
energy as you listened?

Fourth: Develop YOUR Unique Serving System.

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Three Reasons Why Your Customer is Your Best Advertisement

Three Reasons Why Your Customer is Your Best Advertisement
While you might already know that your customer is always
right ' and make steps to ensure that they know this too '
did you realize that your customer can also be your best
advertisement? It's easy to forget that customers interact
with our businesses more personally than we ever will. And
while we think we know our business inside and out, it's
actually the customer that sees whether or not our business
is doing the job it says it can do. Here are three reasons
why your customer is your best advertisement ' and why you
need to make sure they're always satisfied.

They Will Share Their Good Experiences

Nearly everyone has a story about a good customer service
experience they've had with a business. Whether there was
a problem that got quickly addressed or perhaps the
business simply went above and beyond what was expected,
nearly everyone has had one moment in which they wanted to
sing the praises of their business transaction. So, if you
had this experience, you told people and then they went to
the business you did and then they told others of their
experiences, etc. When something good happens, people are
going to talk about it, letting you get more positive
advertising than you could ever get on your own.

But at the same time, you need to remember that if there is
a bad experience; customers are more than likely going to
share that too. When things go wrong and you don't take
the time to fix them, you are going to start a conversation
between your customer and their friends ' one that ends up
in you getting less business. Each experience that your
customer has with your website or with your business should
be as positive as possible. While you don't have to go out
of your way each and every time, it's better to be more
than they need than to be less than they deserve.

They are More Believable Than You Are

So, what makes these customer experiences so important to
your advertising? Customers who talk to their friends and
to their family are more believable than you will be. This
isn't to say that you're not trustworthy, but people tend
to believe things they hear from their friends more than
they will trust things that come from a business that wants
to make money.

Again, this is why treating the customer well is so
important. Because whatever they share with their friends
is going to be taken as the absolute truth, you aren't
going to get a second chance to change their minds.

They Can Give Testimonials

When a customer does have a good experience with you, you
might want to talk to them about writing a testimonial.
This is simply a summary of the compliments they have about
your business that can be posted on your marketing
literature or on your website. In exchange, you might want
to offer them a discount on future purchases, but many
people will simply be excited to see their name and their
picture on your business site. These testimonials should
be verbatim of what your customer says, along with a
release that says you can use the statement for your
business. If you receive a testimonial that isn't written
as well as you might like, as the customer if you can edit
it and then show them the changes you made. If they agree
to the final copy, then you have another marketing tool at
your disposal.

Your customers are the best advertisements for your
business and you need to make sure they are advertising
well.

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How to make a cool $10,458 bi-weekly working in the Mideast!

How to make a cool $10,458 bi-weekly working in the Mideast!
Have you ever considered a job in the Mideast?

Opportunities in the Middle East are plentiful and
lucrative. There are many jobs available from food services
to engineering. Many people are taking advantage of these
opportunities to make three and four times their normal
salary.

Since the early 90's, the US and its allies have maintained
a presence in the Mideast. The various military campaigns
throughout the region have created thousands of job
opportunities doing anything from maintaining aircrafts and
computer networking, to food service workers. Basically,
the need for contractor personnel covers thousands of
different specialties.

Most of this support was put out for bid, with various
companies responding. Thus, there are now hundreds of
different companies fulfilling long and short term
contracts in support of Information Technology, Aircraft
and vehicle maintenance, billeting, food service
preparation, overall base maintenance, etc. When you
consider that all these services are needed throughout the
Mideast to include numerous military installations in Iraq,
Qatar, Bahrain, Afghanistan, Kuwait and other locations,
you can understand just how many positions are available.

Because so many of these jobs are located in austere
environments such as Iraq and Afghanistan, the income
potential becomes very lucrative. I was one of those
people, and traveled to Baghdad for a year working in the
IT sector. It was certainly an educational experience and
provided the opportunity to make a substantial income. I
have friends who have spent two and three years working in
the Mideast. Some are still there!

What makes these positions so lucrative, are the pay
entitlements. In addition to your base salary and overtime,
you may be authorized hazard duty pay, post differential
and foreign service pay. These allowances add up and are
often calculated on your base salary. Thus, the higher your
base salary, the higher will be your other entitlements.
Many people often exceed $10,458 every two weeks. This
makes for a very lucrative year.

If you are considering such a position, you want to ensure
that you've thoroughly investigated the opportunity. I've
seen many people who quit their current job and moved to
Iraq for the lure of high pay only to realize that it
wasn't quite what they expected or were told. Often new
employees are not fully informed of the benefits available
while living the Mideast or even what questions to ask.

Regardless of your skill set, many opportunities exist in
Mideast Contracting. If you are considering such an
endeavor, you'll find opportunities throughout the region
and will work with dedicated professionals in both the
military and civilian fields.

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Alan Nelson is editor and publisher of the Mideast
Contracting Newsletter. To learn about the many lucrative
opportunities in the Mideast, visit:
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Domino Effect Triples Your Sales Earnings

Domino Effect Triples Your Sales Earnings
Earnings increase immediately for a salesperson using the
"domino effect." The options of skepticism or delay are not
viable options to you. Otherwise you will be thrown among
the masses of salespeople facing the 20 to 1 odds of
avoiding failure.

Determination to succeed separates average from
exceptional.Got the determination? Read on.

The laws of sales survival say breaking traditional company
sales rules points in the direction of salvation. In any
type of sales, do not envy the successful ones. They have
discovered how put the odds in their favor. Applying the
domino effect introduces from ground zero the ultimate
pieces that few salespeople have ever grasped.

There are only 3 pieces used in creating the domino effect.
All must be applied in order for you to triple your sales
earnings. The three blocks are (1) a working leads system,
(2) increasing sales by repetition of your sales skills,
(3) confidence enhancement producing a higher closing ratio
and increasing premium policy size. One piece leads
directly to the next. If one piece falls so do all the
rest, along with you.

The First domino you must turn upright is named "leads".
For most salespeople is the hardest, yet most critical.

A genuine lead is rarely company provided. The true lead
is an interested qualified person requesting information on
a product you are experienced in selling, residing in a
reasonable driving distance. For the ground zero domino to
stay upside, you should start with 2 or 3 good lead
appointments daily. The average career insurance person is
lucky to acquire two or three valid leads, covering a
portfolio of products, during a week's time.

Personally spending $450 or so, allows sending out 1,000
piece bulk mail sales post cards.. You must make sure the
carefully written sales piece only goes out to prospective
clients matched to a product you are familiar in selling!
This introduces receiving accurate prospect lead responses.
In reality a minimum of $2,000 in commissions or profits is
reasonable. Immediately take $450 out of this return, and
repeat the process over.

This pops up the second domino, simply marked "selling
skills".

Seeing more people by paying for good leads, automatically
builds up skills. Yes practice does lead to selling. Your
sales presentation starts flowing naturally, and you see
your prospect intensely listening to your offering. But you
can't stop investing in leads, or both dominoes will tumble
over.

The last domino suddenly springs upward, almost on its own.
Your selling skills have elevated the "confidence" domino
to spring into the third slot.

Confidence is rarely born, but usually earned. Use your
knowledge to mastering the streamlined products sold most
often. Increasing and repeating sales presentations, along
with product knowledge earns you confidence. No more
jitters, no more income fears. Instead you should almost
transparently see your ratio of sales increase, plus notice
a uprising trend in the average sales amount.

All three dominoes are standing tall and so are you. Don't
take any shortcuts or implement any major changes or you
will be back to ground zero in a flash.

Let's summarize the domino effect. Quantity and quality of
constant leads + sales skills enhanced by more
presentations + boosted confidence to consistently close
more sales = a net income that can easily triple your
current earnings. Plus you get all the credit for
personally writing your own ticket. As Frank Sinatra sang,
"I did it my way".

P.S. By the way, this domino effect not only applies to new
sales agents, but anyone involved in the sales process.

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Call Center Training, Is a Must.

Call Center Training, Is a Must.
The remarkable growth of Call Center Industry has ushered
to the opening of Call Center Training schools. Training
schools may be accessed on line where all claim to be best
in the field. There are two constants in the area of
training; one is that training costs and it is actually
consuming large portion of call center's resources; two is
the accounting of the result of the training, there must be
an improvement in the performance that would justify the
resources spent.

Training is made so as to improve and further develop the
performance of an agent. The training satisfies two areas
such the personal and individual professional growth of the
agent and his delivery of good productivity to the company.
With good training, the call center should expect the
following results:

- Agents could handle themselves more professionally and
with confidence.
- New hires could no longer be distinguished from the
experienced agent.
- Better customer satisfaction.
- Better productivity.

Training is not a one time deal, it is continuous. It is an
indispensable tool that would help to keep the performance
of agents on target. Best agents are those that have both
the training and the experience. A call center agent is
developed as he faces and handles the widest set of
situations in the day to day performance of his job. But an
experienced and consistently trained agent performs best.
Good training provides additional knowledge and confidence
to the agent. An effective training is one that derives its
training objectives from the business objectives. There
are two truths with training; it could only claim to be
effective when the results are seen and it is a continuing
program.

Training is a part of growth and development resulting to a
better performing individual. Here are some good reasons
why a call center executive should be an advocate of
continuous training:

1. It boosts morale. An agent would feel motivated will the
newly acquired knowledge and added skills.
2. It costs less than recruiting and hiring. Call centers
have the reputation of having the greatest turn over and
this could be reduced if not eliminated through training.
3. Training stimulates the desire of an individual to
improve.
4. Training keeps the pace with the rapidly changing
technology.
5. It develops teamwork and thus results to better
productivity.
6. Training is an investment that returns many times over.
Because it raises morale it directly boosts efficiency and
therefore productivity.
7. Training raises the rookie to a professional. Investing
in training your staff or agents gives the feeling of being
valued that could help build their loyalty to the company.
8. It eliminates stress. A good training provides agents
with the skills and tools needed to handle stressful
situations, especially in dealing with angry customers.

Considering all of these, management and supervisors can
rest assured that the call center operation will run
smoothly and customers will be satisfied with the service
they receive from a motivated call center agent. All Center
training is not mere compliance to a system; it is an
essential part of development and an absolute requirement,
just like computers and head sets to a call center.

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Does A Part Time FD Work?

Does A Part Time FD Work?
When a business is growing one of the most essential
requirements is to keep good control of the finances. Poor
cashflow can kill a business very quickly and having
someone who really understands the finances and how they
can work can save a company from disaster.

The challenge is that when a company is in the early or mid
stages of growth it generally can't afford a full time
Finance Director (FD) or CFO, even when it's needed. A
good FD or CFO is expensive because of the years of study,
training and experience they have to undertake to achieve
and maintain their qualification. They are also a scarce
resource and the good ones can make a huge difference to a
business.

So companies struggle through without anyone really looking
at their financial strategy and underlying financial
performance. They may bring in a bookkeeper or a firm of
accountants to keep their books and put together some
reports. However, more often than not, it's the CEO who
has to handle anything to do with raising finance, figuring
out commercial terms, dealing with investors, developing
business plans and models and handling banks. And that's a
big distraction for someone whose focus should be on
building, marketing and developing the business and leading
and motivating staff. And if they get it wrong, it could
spell the end for the company or the CEO.

When a company is growing there's often no need for a
full-time finance professional in the business and
companies that do bring in a heavyweight CFO or FD can find
that much of their time is spent on low value activities,
such as bookkeeping and admin. Alternatively, they start
to get involved in many other areas of the business or just
spend a lot of time sitting around waiting for something to
happen. This can be frustrating for them, as they're not
fully using their skills, and it's an expensive luxury for
the company that it can probably ill afford. And, with
salaries for a good, experienced CFO or FD easily into the
six figure range, and all the employment costs on top, it
often doesn't make good business sense to take someone on
full time.

More and more growing companies are recognising that using
a part time Finance Director or CFO in their business
provides a solution to these issues. There are a growing
number of companies in the market providing finance
professionals who work with companies anywhere from 1 to 4
days a month as their CFO or FD. This provides a flexible
solution to the needs of the company, allowing the CEO to
focus on their stronger areas and ensuring that the
finances of the company are being steered in the right
direction. By using just a few days each month it ensures
that the focus of the CFO/FD is on the right areas rather
than getting involved in anything that comes up. And the
good ones will tell you very clearly if they believe the
work can be done by someone for a lower cost.

Another advantage of having someone who's also working with
other businesses is that they can bring new insights into
your company and are less likely to fall into the "we've
tried that before" or "we don't do it that way" traps that
hamper many companies.

A part time CFO or FD will agree a plan of action for the
business and make sure that the fundamentals of strategy,
business planning, cash flow forecasting, financial
management and good commercial practices are applied. For
the CEO, they have a great sounding board and business
partner that they can turn to for advice, guidance or just
to bounce ideas off. For many CEOs the value of a having a
trusted advisor to hand hugely outweighs the costs.

The cost of a part time FD or CFO varies on their
experience, qualification and the level of work you need.
They are usually charged on a daily rate which is
equivalent to around 1% of the base salary for their level.
And when you consider that you don't have all the
employment and recruitment costs associated with an
employee (which can easily take the base cost up another
60%) and you only pay for the days you need, this can work
well for the business. Also, when you consider the value
that a good CFO can bring to a company, then you can easily
get a 10 to 20 times return on your investment and
considerably more peace of mind.

So, do part time FDs work for business? It will always
come down to the chemistry with the team and the experience
and training of the individual CFO/FD but the flexibility
and focus that they offer is proving to be a very
attractive proposition for many growing companies.
Investors are seeing the benefits of having a strong
financial presence in the company and CEOs welcome the
support that they provide, so it's certainly a field that
going to grow.

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Andy Warren is the Managing Director of Marshall Keen Ltd.
He is a chartered accountant and successful CFO, FD and
entrepreneur with extensive experience in M&A, Corporate
Finance, Business Growth and Exit Strategies. Marshall
Keen http://www.marshallkeen.com specialises in providing
flexible CFO services and part time FD services to early
and mid stage businesses, particularly in the tech sector.

How to prepare for a media interview

How to prepare for a media interview
Most people get terrified if the media want to interview
them for a news, current affairs or magazine program. These
can be on television or radio, or be in print or on the
internet. However, it's the television or radio interview
that get's the blood curdling in most executives that I've
met in media training workshops.

There's a reason for this ' the television interview is the
hardest to handle. Any sweat on your brow, even it's caused
by a harsh light shining on you, can be misinterpreted by
the audience as though you're hiding something. They don't
see the light; all they see is the sweat. A bob of the
Adam's apple, a slight lick of the lips, nervous glances
away from the interviewer, a shaking hand or leg, a
stumbling response ' all these are negatives that can
quickly have the audience totally against you and what you
stand for. The solution, which comes out of proper media
training, is preparation.

When a journalist calls you for an interview, don't fall
for the trap of launching straight into the exchange there
and then. Use a white lie if you have to but put off the
journalist till you've had a chance to properly prepare. If
you start answering questions on the phone without this
preparation you might find that when the journalist arrives
to record the real interview, your responses, after
preparation, might be different and then you have a whole
new ball game called contradiction ' the new news story.

So, what does this vital preparation involve? For a start,
check what you should say or shouldn't say. This is the
filtering that's so important if you're going to protect
your career. You should be using some pithy catch-phrases
or analogies and these take time to prepare. The main part
of preparation though is to work out the two to three main
messages that you want to get across in the media interview
and then hone them so you have them razor sharp in your
mind. Don't overload with a lot of messages. You'll be more
successful if you repeat your main three messages several
times rather than get nine different messages once into the
interview.

You see, in a pre-recorded interview which will be most
television ones you might do, the reporter will dip into
one answer for news, or several for a current affairs
program, so if you repeat your main messages the chances
for your grab to be used actually increase. Other items to
check off during preparation are grooming, use of props or
backup video/stills to illustrate your story, researching
little examples to enhance your main points and doing a
Google search on the topic to see what the journalist might
be discovering through that channel. Take the wider view
rather than a narrow view so you're prepared if the
journalist throws an industry wide comment at you. Or
indeed, that might be a region-wide, state-wide, national
or international comment gleaned from his/her Google
research.

A final tip for media interview preparation ' have someone
in your organisation put you through a mock interview or
two before the real one is recorded. We do this for clients
and it works a treat in getting them up to speed before the
big event.

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The author Graham Kelly has an extensive background in both
journalism and media training. Over the past two decades he
has trained thousands of executives in how to handle a
media interview. His main website is at
http://www.kelly.com.au and his site for his new book,
Managing the Media, is at http://www.mediatrainingebook.com