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Top Sales Skills In Demand & How You Can Improve Them
Resilient; Able to withstand or recover quickly from difficult conditions. Resilience is important in sales. Being able to adapt to situations and the way business is constantly changing is crucial to staying successful. Last week we considered what sales jobs are in...
Growing Sales Industries
If you could go back in time, what would you invest in pre-Covid? Would you switch the employment position that you were in to something different? The days of the pandemic have been a major make or break period for businesses, with some skyrocketing to greater...
How To Use A Lull To Your Advantage And Stay Professionally Relevant
2020 has taught us that life can be unpredictable. Whether you find yourself laid off, furloughed or just anxious about the future, upskilling can help you. We are going to explore how you can stay professionally relevant and use this time to better yourself as a...
A 4 Day Work Week For Employees
Traditional describes the 9-5, Monday to Friday work week many live today. According to HR Technologist, the modern 9-5, eight hour work day was invented by American Labor unions in the 1800’s and went mainstream by Henry Ford in the 1920’s. Here we are today,...
How To Prevent A Bad Hire
There are so many factors that go into hiring a candidate. Unfortunately when things turn out differently than planned, there is a lot of money that can be lost. Does working with recruiters sound too expensive to you? Sure there are fees involved, but have you...
How Do You Sell Yourself?
For an average job opening, only 2% of applicants will be asked for an interview (Go Remotely). Out of all applicants, why should someone hire you over anyone else? Let’s talk about selling yourself. Selling yourself takes preparation, confidence and...
Tips For Negotiating Salary
We understand, the conversation can be awkward. Did you know that according to Randstand USA 54% of the 1,200 American workers surveyed said they have never negotiated their pay? We are sharing some of our tips for negotiating your salary to help you be confident in...
How To Stand Out As A Qualified Candidate
There it is. The exact position for the right company that you have been looking for and it is posted on the online job board. You apply as fast as you can, only to see there are another 250 applicants in your shoes. How are you going to stand out as a needle in that...
Women in Sales
Did you know that the sales industry has the second-largest gender gap in America? According to All Business, only 19% of women in sales are in leadership positions. In a male dominated industry, it is not surprising that women in sales avoid negotiating their...
The Stigma Of Hiring The Unemployed
2020 has been full of surprises. Many Americans have found themselves laid off from their stable positions that they have possibly had for many years. The result is the talent pool grows more and more each month and the stigma of the unemployed takes on a whole new...
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