I have a ton of books on my many book shelves and one that I was compelled to pick up today was from legendary Zig Ziglar. This book, Top Performance
, reveals an interesting fact:
Fifteen percent of the reason you get a job, keep that job, and move ahead in that job, is determined by your technical skills and knowledge – regardless of your profession!
Guess what accounts for the remaining 85 percent of your job success? People skills and people knowledge.
So next time you think you need to take that computer programming course or that business writing class, think again. Or when you say, "I'm not a 'people person,'" remember that if you want to succeed in your job, you have to transform yourself into one!
I just came across a video that shows LinkedIn members how to share news stories and other useful website content with the LI community. You can also Tweet the shared item, too! How cool is that? Share and Enjoy:
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by Kevin Donlin from Guerrilla Resume Following 7 months of struggle, one Minnesota man recently made a simple change in his job search and was hired for a new position only 30 days later. Here's the story … Scott Bornstein, from suburban St. Paul, had what he thought was a well written resume. But "every [...]
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Tim Heard is the owner of eSearch Associates, a search and staffing firm that focuses primarily on information technology, project management, and legal technology jobs and recruiting. He is at the helm of the Career Management blog today to answer the question, “What’s the best way to get a job in a big city if [...]
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It's time to finally put the performance review out of its misery. This corporate sham is one of the most insidious, most damaging, and yet most ubiquitous of corporate activities. Everybody does it, and almost everyone who's evaluated hates it. It's a pretentious, bogus practice that produces absolutely nothing that any thinking executive should call [...]
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