Tag: achievement
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Transferable Skills – Key to today’s Job Search ‼️ ⏏️ In a competitive & volatile job market, professionals may need to transition roles & industries, multiple times. ⏏️ Building & documenting one’s transferable skills is critical. ♂️Transitioning from Sales to a Marketing role can be one example of such career move. ♂️While both fields aim…
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Executive Career Growth Metrics5 steps to mitigate McNamara Fallacy ‼️ ⏺ Executive Career Growth follows structured path in most corporates. ⏺ ‘Management by Objectives’ (MBO) popularized by Peter Drucker in 1954, has long gone out of fashion. ⏺ Yet, setting & tracking OKRs (Objectives & Key Results) along similar lines is quite prevalent, even in…
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Are you Eyeing that Promotion?l⏺Although we all aspire to a Promotion, decision isn’t entirely in our hands. ⏺ Certain proactive steps can, however, drastically increase the chances of Promotion. In this post I will talk about one aspect viz. :‘How to Make yourself Promotable? ♦Promotion need to be earned. ♦Qualities to exhibit‼️ 1.…
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5 Not-to-be-ignored LinkedIn Features‼️ ⏺ LinkedIn launched as e-resume & online networking platform. Today it’s become much more than that. ⏺ A powerful tool for networking, growing thought leadership & building personal brand. ⏺ Many of LinkedIn’s billion members, aren’t leveraging its full potential. Some underutilized LinkedIn features:. 1. Collaborative Articles ➡️ Are a…
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The Cover Letter – First Cousin of Resume❓ ⏺ 83% recruiters believe #Coverletter can bolster Resume. ⏺ Well crafted Cover Letter (about 250 words) showcases uniqueness, language skills, creativity & enthusiasm for specific job. ⏺ Not a waste of time (unless specifically instructed ‘not to’) when you’re up against sea of comparable skills & experience…
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Past, Present, Future of Resumes‼️
⏺History: ➡️ Leonardo Da Vinci credited with creating first #resume in 1482. ➡️ In letter that landed him a job as Director of Festivities in Milan, Italy ➡️ This would be called a ‘cover letter’ today. ➡️ Historical records suggest in 16th century, traveling artisans used some form of resume to introduce themselves to employers.…
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