What is your most precious asset as an executive?
Money and investments are certainly high on the list. However, you can earn back money that you have lost, and find new opportunities and investments.
Everyone once has searched “quality of wanted worker”, “good candidate”, “asset of a successful worker”, or something close to that. The results for these searches are successful, although what search engines will suggest to you are list of qualities and mindsets such as these:
A person who can think on their own and act upon it.
Someone who knows their strengths and use them.
Succeeded in hitting target.
High communication skills.
Great leadership.
Able to speak a second/third language and/or understands foreign culture.
Good team player.
Aggressive in challenges.
Has creativity.
According to the Society for Human Resources, 25 percent of the US population experiences a job transition every year. Unfortunately, many of these transitions are not successful. In fact, half of outside senior hires fail within 18 months.
As many of us know, recruiters (or headhunters) do mainly two things; one, provide companies with talented candidates, and two, introduce fitting jobs to those who look for one. They are a bridge between company and job seeker. With all the jobs and job seekers in the world, matching the two still is a challenge. That is why recruiters (consultants) work to make the best match.
Consultants, as their job is to do so, will still try to get the candidate in the company best paying them. Some people, maybe you, don’t like this ‘push,’ and try not to work with consultants when hunting a new job. But there are ways to make the consultant work for you rather than the company. Here are some tips on how to change a consultant from a sales person to a job-searching partner.
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Only the well equipped, experienced talent acquisition team can hunt for the best talent and thrive in sourcing the best people. One of the key points that companies miss is the combination of technology with talented individuals who skillfully and thoughtfully implement a recruitment system. From the countless companies I speak to, a large majority of HR use Excel —if they track applicants at all. One company, on the Fortune 500, that had 8 in-house recruiters opted for Excel because they could use Japanese. Unfortunately, when tracking candidates on Excel, information often disappear. When an employee quits, the information disappears. When a search completes, often the search is forgotten as is all previous candidates. This results in companies paying duel recruitment fees, or worse yet, missing a chance to build a pool of candidates where the company skips the recruiter (and fees) all together. And to top it off, a lack of communication creates strain between a hiring manager struggling to know what HR is doing, and HR frustrated because management doesn’t understand that they are working, though the hard work and results remain lost, hidden on an Excel spreadsheet.
Over the last few weeks I've seen many blogs and postings on how to craft a successful resume. But most of the advice is old and some even obsolete for the world of computers. From the hundreds of resumes I see in a month, here are some quick observations on how you can update your resume. I will mention that I know that I'm dating myself and many countries have now switched to video resumes, but that is an article for a different day.
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One of the ways I always work to improve is to find tools to help make my job easier. Here are a few of my favorite Apps that I use daily. Please feel free to add yours!
One of the best ways to ace an interview is to make sure you know about the company before having the interview. In less than twenty minutes, you can learn a great deal about a company, what they do, and their short and long-term goals. In addition, public companies are easier to research than private companies as are international companies compared to local companies. For Japan specific, the information may be less accessible than the information for other countries. However, with the Internet, there is usually more than enough material for you to prepare yourself for an interview.
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