When writing for your job or your career, you can become a powerful writer. The principles of great business writing are simple. State your subject in the first sentence. A sales manager once told me that Procter & Gamble sent him to Cincinnati for a two-year assignment to teach him how to write. I thought…
Be Extraordinary: Understanding Organizational Fit
Do employers hire you for who are you or for what you know? Obviously, most employers are looking for both traits. So when you go into that interview, be prepared to show how you can serve and benefit the company and how you can be someone people will want to have around the office. Two…
Be Extraordinary: Moving beyond Resolutions to Lifestyles Changes
It is about this time of year that I have forgotten about New Year’s resolutions or given up on them and feel guilty that I was not able to fulfill those resolutions I made just four short weeks ago. Why have always found that these resolutions were not going to work long-term and were just…
Is Your Resume a Mere List of Responsibilities?
Is Your Resume a Mere List of Responsibilities? Take your resume to the next level by turning a list of responsibilities into a list of accomplishments. Occasionally I see people write a resume that is a simple list of their core responsibilities. The resume reads fine. It adequately communicates the information about the responsibilities a person has had in a…
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