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| Vol. 2, Issue 11 | November, 2005 |
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OUT-OF-THE-BOX FOLLOW-UP INTERVIEW STRATEGIES
After the job interview, follow-up with a value-added response that sets you apart from others!
”-One of my clients had a great interview for a senior sales leadership position. During the interview, his potential boss discussed how the salespeople were not successfully selling to C-level executives. I had my client follow-up by sending his potential boss a book on C-level selling strategies. His thank-you note looked like this (abbreviated): ‘Dear Joe, I enjoyed our discussions yesterday on the sales position and on the challenges of selling to C-level executives. Here is a book I recommend to help overcome the selling problem. You might want to pass it among your sales execs. As the vice president of sales, I will provide the leadership to achieve C-level selling success…’ He got the job.”
”-After an interview that focused on the discussion of building strategic alliances, a client sent his prospective boss an e-mail link to a contemporary article on strategic alliances. Another client sent a follow-up e-mail on new products that were going to be launched by a competitor. An administrative assistant sent a list of office organization techniques.”
”Guaranteed, your innovative and unique follow-up response can be the edge that gets you the job.”
Excerpted from Careerbuilder.com I Just Had a Great Interview. Now What Do I Do? by Don Straits, CEO of Corporate Warriors.com . His organization provides outplacement and mkt. services to senior-level executives.
Wi-Fi – WHAT IS IT AND SHOULD YOU USE IT?
Want to work out of your office when you’re nowhere near an electrical connection? Wireless Wi-Fi can be the ultimate answer. But it’s still an unrefined idea. Wi-Fi is a trademark for sets of product compatibility standards for wireless local area networks. A person with a Wi-Fi-enabled device is able to connect to a local area network through radio signals when near one of the network's access points, without having to plug in. It is now often used for Internet access and wireless (VoIP) phones. Many computers are sold today with Wi-Fi built-in; others require adding a network card. Sometimes digital cameras include it and you can get it for your desktop.
A search on Visimo and other search engines show thousands of health inquiries from those expressing concern about radiation exposure. In the United States the Federal Communications Commission must approve any device that sends out such radiation. While they are looking into this, the wireless industry points to their inconclusive proof that there are any health problems. Stay tuned!
Sources: Wikipedia, eWEEK.com and the San Francisco Chronicle, Letters to Business, Oct 2005
WHY DO MEN STILL RULE THE WORLD?
“…Because we let them. Because women have other priorities. Because women have been put in the position in our society's values to choose between family and the ultimate leadership track. Because dominant groups (male, whites, heterosexuals) go out of their way to protect their own. Because the female style of leadership has been labeled as weak. This has to change. We will have no choice but to find a better balance.”
“This is a long history that has not yet corrected itself and let's face it, with women doing 80% of the unpaid family work even though two thirds of them work outside the home* who has the energy to fight history? When answering honestly, many women would say they don't want to rule the world. They hurt when the world hurts…” “We are not hunters and killers---part of the male dominance that keeps them in power.”
“The true solution, I believe, is to have every individual, male or female balance those energies within themselves. To bring female energy to a male project and male energy to a female cause. That if we truly learned to respect both energies we could create a more equal society and a more nurturing vision.”
Excerpted from Living Wisely e-zine, by Laura Berman Fortgang, Author, Speaker, Intercoach
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CONTINUING EDUCATION
This week, as I head off to the International Coach Federation’s 10th annual conference, I think about how I can receive the learning and exchanges newly. For most of us, this dilemma is a common one. We get up, go to work and do many similar things daily. Since I began looking at this, I’ve become excited by the challenge of refreshing my learning approach. We are all, always, in continuing education. For me, I will be creating new relationships and reigniting old ones, finding kernels of wisdom in what speaker’s have to say, and refueling my practice of coaching. As you look ahead at learning opportunities, whether they’re at conferences or each day in your work, ask yourself: How can you have a beginner’s mind in learning?
Laurie
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