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Dave Kurlan’s 10 Sales Competencies

I’ve been following Dave Kurlan for over a year now. His blog www.omghub.com is one of the best resources on consultative sales training. His OMG Assessment for hiring salespeople is a much-needed tool to be the step between resume review and interview in the hiring process. He is a thought leader in sales force development and has [...]

Ideas for Making Money

I saw the list below of freelance and other ways of making $$, and would like to share it with you.  If you’re out of work and need ideas and places to look, here are a bunch!

 

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Three Suggestions for the Unemployed

Seth Godin’s blog post today is incredibly valuable for anyone who is out of work and would like to return to earning. He gives three suggestions of high-value, attention-getting expertise you can provide:

Learn to sell Learn to write Learn to produce extraordinary video and multimedia.

 

 

You may have to do one [...]

“Failure” In Selling

This week I had a skype conversation with a friend across the pond. He said something that stopped me cold, and made me re-evaluate right then what I thought about Sales.

He pointed out that Sales is probably the only profession in which most of the work you do is going to end in ‘failure.’

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Talent VS Vendors

Seth Godin reminds us this morning that not all sellers are created equal. His article really stands out to me because so many of us are in the “talent” or “artist” category. We aren’t in the game just to sell. We’re not motivated purely by money. When we’re working with someone, and they upset us, [...]

Recareered

It’s been awhile since my last update, and that’s because I’ve been working like crazy. A recycling yard’s processes needed to be cleaned up, and a used auto parts business was looking for an operations manual to follow while setting things up. But I’m back with a link to share: recareered.com

Recareered.com is the most [...]

How to Find Unadvertised Jobs In The Hidden Job Market

I don’t usually do this, but Jim Stroud’s content was so good that I had to share it with you. His video on how to find jobs that aren’t advertised is a detailed guide on:

how employers are searching for resumes online today how you can take advantage of that how to use google to [...]

My Job Search Process, Part Three: Don’t Settle

Most people seem to think of their job hunt as an attempt to minimize the gap in their income stream. This is wrong. Even if the work you’re looking for is at a lower level, if you ever want to improve you have to make your choices more carefully. If you’re working on your career, [...]

My Job Search Process, Part Two: Fight Fear

I’ve gone into this a bit before, here and here. By knowing what you want, and sticking to it at all costs, you will feel more confident. Fighting fear and panic is difficult, I know. However, I have found out time and again that by sticking to your guns, the role you want will eventually [...]

My Job Search Process, Part One: Stand Out

Leg 1 of our job search model is “Stand Out.” We want to stand out in order to get the attention of employers, so that they will talk with us. No dialogue = no job offer. We want to stand out also because of our clarity in what we have to offer, and what we [...]