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5 Interview Blunders to Avoid
Experience is often one of the best ways to learn what to do and what not to do in an interview. We learn from our mistakes.
Leigh FisherPublished 6 years ago in JournalCreative: Stop Procrastinating
Maybe it's vanity, pride, or an issue of self-confidence, but as a creative sometimes the hardest thing is to actually create.
'Toto' (Aleksina Teto)Published 6 years ago in JournalMaking a Big Change
Perhaps the boldest move that a company can ever take is to try and rebrand itself. Marketing geniuses and advertising agencies, often armed with long PowerPoint presentations and seeming irrefutable statistical evidence on shifting consumer demographics and pyschographics, have time after time successfully made the case to corporate executives that their company's entire image and/or its major products needed an extreme makeover. Indeed, an entire naming industry exists to help companies come-up with new corporate identities and the ideal names for their offerings.
David WyldPublished 6 years ago in JournalBranding Your Business on Facebook – Proper Page Creation
Facebook is still an incredible place to market your business, your brand, your event... really anything. Successful online promotion requires a bit more than just creating a post and hoping for the best. There are a few easily learned techniques that can help build your online presence and your "brand" more quickly and with greater success.
Dan McGinnisPublished 6 years ago in Journal7 Things I Learned While Working in Retail
1. Not every customer is rude. These are the people who are just the sweetest angels. Everyone knows working in retail can take a toll on most people. The customers who take the time to compliment you on your customer service skills and say they'll write nice things about you in the survey are the best customers.
briana okayPublished 6 years ago in Journal10 Tips for Negotiating Salary
One of the stickiest parts of any interview with a potential employer is when the time comes to talk numbers. Maybe the salary discussion begins at the first interview, maybe it happens at the second, or maybe it's on the phone after your prospective employer has told you how much they're excited to have you on board.
Rhonda TaylorPublished 6 years ago in JournalLife as a Movie Extra
Even though I've bored a lot of my friends to death with this subject, there are still people in the world that do not know I'm an occasional film extra. It's unusual, especially in a quiet, stuck-in-the-past town like mine, but it does bring about some great conversations.
Peter EllisPublished 6 years ago in JournalChanging Careers
I was never the type to have a five-year plan or clearly defined goals when it came to my career. I had one goal growing up which was to go to University, actively encouraged to do so by my parents although my decision was also influenced in part by the TV show A Different World. Silly but true. I even changed my choice of degree throughout the process as I started off wanting to study Journalism and then switched to Psychology and Criminology. But I was fortunate enough to be of the generation in which you could study something purely out of interest and not because it had to result in a job. I reasoned I would use those three years to explore the idea of being a probation officer or work in a completely different field (I ended up doing the latter).
Melissa AbrahamPublished 6 years ago in JournalLet Your Voice Shine in Podcasting
Before a career in podcasting, I started off as a vlogger and blogger. I worked tirelessly and diligently as I would make videos and write entries to captivate one's attention. Vlogging and blogging did generate income and help me build my brand, but with the increasing number of bloggers and vloggers on various outlets, I became disenchanted and felt that I had to compete viciously in order to stay relevant.
Merlin MystiquePublished 6 years ago in JournalWhat's the ROI on Social Media?
It’s 2018, your business should have some sort of social media presence, for some it is their only online presence. If you do not have social media in your marketing mix just yet, stop right here, read this first.
Francis MilliganPublished 6 years ago in JournalThe Rise of the Freelance Economy
There’s a trend rising in the economy, especially within members of my own generation. Millennials love freelancing. Like, a lot. And when you look at the type of work freelance often entails, it’s no wonder.
Sebastien LacassePublished 6 years ago in JournalWe Tried Burrow: The Modular Sofa in a Box Everyone's Talking About and It's Amazing
Fairly recently, my office moved—and with it, moved a lot of our goods. We kept some of the cute knick-knackeries of the former office, but truth be told, we couldn't stand the idea of keeping the furniture from the old office. The chairs were painfully uncomfortable, and the tables weren't even stable.
Ossiana TepfenhartPublished 6 years ago in Journal