Author: Daegan Smith

In a business world where everything is quantifiable, corporate enterprises are eyeing on prospective employees who are potentially able to work diligently and at the same time, translates them into a positive, yet profitable results.

Effectuating results is the center of the business enterprise activity. People need to do what are expected of them and do more usually beyond what is comprehensibly right.

The market is gearing more into a selective machinery where people with the right qualifications and right attitude are fit to be included in its workforce.

Leverage: What’s in a name?

Most of the times, job seekers are not judge according to how much education they have but how much accomplishments they have attained. It matters not how MBA degree have changed the way your resume looks like but how you were able to use that to effectuate changes in your current or previous work environment.

Bringing about change and results in your current work habitat does not mean producing an outcome which are only desirable for a specific time period but should last a lifetime. It must have a specific impact on your current work-related practices and one which benefits every client subscribing to that change.

That’s where leveraging comes into the scene. Selling oneself has had a positive effect on the eye of the employer if it is coupled with descriptive evidences of your professional qualification and preparation.

Job seekers often find their way in a career discussion bumpy for they are unable to delineate job responsibilities and accomplishments.

People need to see more proof of one’s professional competence before they would even get you working on that $250.00 + worth seat. People in the corporate world are not stupid trying to figure what encoder means to them. They are more interested in you leveraging the level of competence and contribution you have achieved as part of your previous company and all throughout your entire encoding career.

Accomplishments equals Success

Michelle Watson, a career services assistant director based in Lehigh University, located in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, suggest that, “Employers are seeking success stories. Resumes are now focusing not only on “regular” job descriptions, but also include concrete, measurable accomplishments

More and more people are becoming aware of how accomplishments will make prospective job seeker as an effective candidate to take on that critical job and participate in the company’s drive to success.

Sometimes failures on your previous job gets in the way of preparing for another job but as David Feherty has put it, ?It’s how you deal with failure that determines how you achieve success.” Focus more on what you can do and deal with the bitter taste of life and work on them as you sail along the sea of life.

Trials and failures are a constant thing in life and the better way to deal with them is not by ignoring them but by embracing them and learn from all the lessons it brings you everyday.

Recording Accomplishments to Leverage Success

As discussed above, your achievements are your number one tool in acquiring that perfect job. Leveraging your job accomplishments is not about showing off your contributions to your previous company association but by exemplifying your ability to integrate your learned and acquired potential and become a contributing member of its team.

A more popular PEP Formula (Profitability, Efficiency, and Productivity) tells lot about an applicant’s ability and its appropriateness on the position he or she is applying for.

Did you do something to increase the company’s overall earning/sales output (Profitability)? How did you contribute to the overall success of the company by being able to close a certain business deal promptly while avoiding delays and increasing compliance to the current business standards, and possibly exceeding them (Efficiency)?

Moreover, your tangible contribution to your overall success of the team through various business initiatives and profitable market concepts and strategies will determine your employability (Productivity).

Employers are not there to find someone who will cause liability to their company but the one who will leverage tools at hand to generate income and become part of the companies overall performance in the market.

Author: Justin_nzpcs

Although dependent on what type of employment or contract you’re pursuing. Looking for and researching jobs online is a great way to find much new and interesting employment offers. The number of sites and resources that are already set up to help you achieve this, best of all many are free or have very little cost to use.

You can use the Internet to speed up finding even a local job and save on buying newspapers as depending on where you live most newspapers publish their classifieds both on and off line and many make their Internet Classifieds free. As the Internet classifieds can be updated quickly you’ll often find that the advertisements are up to date job positions that have been filled are removed and fresh offers listed. There are also many free software applications that can help narrow down your search fields if you’re looking for a particular type of employment in a particular area. The Internet can save valuable time and money in your job hunting.

If starting your own business or doing freelance or contract work is more your preference then the Internet has made the proposition of freelancing ever more attractive and feasible for the work from home business entrepreneur. Whether you’re a photographer, journalist, writer, graphic designer or computer programmer you can find many employment or income earning possibilities online very quickly. A lot of companies realized they could save money on holiday wages; sickness and accident days and just utilize their work force when there was work that was profitable for them by utilizing the home free lancer.

If you prefer working for yourself rather than for a company, the Internet has made the world of freelancing much more feasible for the average worker. If you are a writer, software or website designer, graphic artist or consultant, many companies will hire you to do the modern equivalent of piecework. Rather than paying for a full-time employee, companies will contract individuals to complete projects, typically from home. This offers a lot of flexibility for both the company and the freelancer. If you prefer a flexible schedule and have the need or desire to work from your home or from a coffeehouse or library, freelancing may be the perfect job opportunity for you. Jobs that can be completed and turned in via email are the best types for freelancers, as they can be completed anywhere even if you are on the road moving from place to place.

You could also use one of the job and career search sites set up to put employees and employers together. Many of them allow prospective employees to post their cvs online without any charge. Employer can then browse through and see if there are any candidates that match their criteria. You can narrow your searches down by geographical location, can be home based, rates of pay etc the options are numerous.

Many corporations now also have career job sites that actively recruit new employees for their firm. Also many of them now will hire out side contractors or consider giving you a home-based contract. A large number of Insurance and financial Institutions now are hiring work from home data process and even consultants as the work can be accessed directly online finished and updated in seconds. With the advent of video and other live communications now being cheaper than the cost of a phone call we are now seeing it common to have online conferences and even interview being conducted.

7th Jun, 2008

Being Your Own Boss

Author: Shannon Columbo

If you are looking for a new job, you might be considering self-employment. This is a growing option in the past decade. Companies are much more willing to hire outside consultants and advisors, because it is often easier for them than having you on their payroll. Before you launch yourself into a new business venture, there are a few things to consider.

The major difference between being self-employed and working for someone else is the paycheck factor. When you are employed by a company, you are guaranteed a paycheck; when you are self-employed, your payments might be more sporadic. Just as you might have a dry spell in your business, when you are employed by a company, you might also run the risk of being downsized or laid-off.

Being self-employed takes strategy. You need to come up with a business plan, and then find out ways to finance that business plan. The initial start-up cost might be prohibitive to many people, but there is always the possibility of getting a bank loan for your new business. The danger with this bank loan is that you are personally responsible for paying the money back, and so if the business flops, you will still have to pay the bank back.

Working for a boss, however, might not be challenging enough for you. You might have plans for how to improve the business in many ways, and these ideas are never respected. Conversely, you might have a great idea, but then that idea becomes no longer yours when the company takes the credit and the copyright. Working for yourself might be easier for an independent thinker or problem-solver.

Beginning a business of your own not only takes start-up cash and a business strategy, it also requires a major time commitment. You will probably find yourself working much more than the normal forty hour work week as you begin your job. Later, however, you will be able to plan your own vacation time and take the occasional four-day weekend if you have the time or money available for this.

Where do the benefits come from when you are self-employed? I don’t just mean positives; I mean benefits as in dental and medical. When you work for an employer, you have benefits from the company. When you are self-employed, you don’t have benefits. It is strongly encouraged that you find an insurance company to provide for the what-if scenarios. You can often find a plan that suits your needs better (at a higher price, sometimes) when you are shopping for individual benefits.

Just as you would need to find your own benefits if you were self-employed, you would also need to provide your own insurance. People who work for themselves should consider getting insurance for more areas than you might need if you were employed at a company. When you are self-employed you don’t give money from your paycheck to Employment Insurance, and so you can never collect Employment Insurance. Consider hospitalization insurance and other forms of insurance if you are planning on becoming self-employed.

It can be hard for expectant mothers to be self-employed. Being self-employed means that you don’t have maternity leave pay, and so women often work during pregnancy. With no means of paying for a newborn infant, more than half of self-employed women resume work within a month of the baby’s birth, compared to only 16% of salaried employees. In Quebec, a new program has started where all self-employed people contribute to a maternity leave fund, and they can then go on maternity leave. Discover your local maternity rules for self-employment to see what possible benefits you could have. If you are not planning on having kids, perhaps you would prefer to live someplace without extra taxation on the money you have worked so hard to earn.

If you do have kids, being self-employed allows you to make your own schedule. This way, you can more easily co-ordinate with your children’s schedule, and you would rarely find yourself missing important events (like that recorder concert at the Christmas assembly). Unfortunately, however, you need to consider your children with respect to your health care benefits.

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