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15 Misconceptions About Job-Hunting
One of the most prevalent misconceptions in job-hunting is that job search the Web will magically result in employers lining up to interview you. While the Web should be one component of a job search for most job seekers, it should not be viewed as having any higher success rates than applying to help-wanted ads in the newspaper or trade magazines. Only about 5 percent of job seekers obtain jobs through ads.
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Making an Employee Redundant
Whenever possible give employees as much warning of the decision prior to its implementation as possible. Time is a great healer. Never break news about redundancies on a Friday. You may think that they will be over the worst by Monday but it is more likely to have the opposite effect.
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Costly Outplacement Mistakes
Escorting the dismissed employee from the building with armed guards or making them immediately pack their belongings into cardboard boxes is very bad practice. While you may think it is necessary to prevent possible retribution it almost certainly creates fear and lack of trust in continuing employees.
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Career Management Tips
Even if you work for a big company, you’re essentially on your own. Businesses offer career paths, training, and teambuilding, and they want to be fair, but they’re subject to impersonal market conditions like mergers, acquisitions, takeovers, and international competition. That’s why your employer can’t be responsible for your career. You have to take charge of it yourself.
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What's Your Influencing Style?
Effective leadership today relies more than ever on influencing others — impacting their ideas, opinions, and actions. While influence has always been a valuable managerial skill, today’s highly collaborative organizations make it essential. Consider how often you have to influence people who don’t even report to you in order to accomplish your objectives.
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How Candour Promotes Teamwork
We’ve all been there: trapped in pointless meetings where participants are afraid to speak honestly. We twiddle our thumbs through diplomatic PowerPoint presentations, waiting for the meeting to end so that the real conversations—which usually happen in private—can begin.
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