Authentic Success
February 17, 2013 by Dr. Letitia Wright
Filed under Featured Articles
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Authentic Success by Amanda Steadman
When I started my first career (many years ago) I did not really give it that much thought or planning. I got back from a world trip and went to a graduate fair. I found a brochure on how to be a ‘Recruitment Consultant’, it broke down a typical day for a consultant – making phone calls, meeting clients for lunches (this was the 90’s), interviewing candidates, preparing CV’s to fax (yep remember those) and made it sound super exciting. I had always liked ‘office’ work, so to be paid money to TALK, have lunches with clients, then offer them ‘candidates’ sounded good to me. I mean I got my own desk, a phone, a computer, mileage and my OWN BUSINESS CARDS. WOW!
I was very happy and within weeks, by being myself, talking and more importantly LISTENING to people, my salary and career rose exceptionally fast. Years later, when I took my first business consultancy in London to 6 figures within 18 months, again – I was BEING MYSELF, totally honest with clients and companies, I listened and I did as I SAID I WAS GOING TO DO. I enjoyed BOTH of these roles. Now I know business is much more than that, but my point is – are you HAPPY doing what you are doing? Are you happy with what you are EARNING? Do your clients appreciate you? If not it may be time to take a step backwards and re-assess your level of happiness
Over my career I am always surprised at why people go into specific lines of business or a role. When I ask them, would they change anything? 75% would have chosen a different career or would be doing a ‘hobby’ or ‘area of interest’ full time – but don’t’ believe they can make money at it. We all have our own gifts, talents and abilities that we can use and get paid for. I want you to experience that level of fulfillment and happiness too!. Once you start to believe that and listen to you heart and what you ‘COULD’ be doing. Your world will open up so I encourage you to start thinking seriously about what Authentic Success truly means to you and how to access it. I developed 7 steps that assisted me to get the business, a lovely man & family, beach residence and the feelings of fulfillment I wish for. I’m happy, fulfilled and passionate about what I do are YOU YET? If not contact me today we can change it!
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How To Use Sales Recruiters Even In 2013
February 9, 2013 by Dr. Letitia Wright
Filed under A Note for You, Featured Articles, Front Page
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By cobano
Recruiting and hiring in today’s job market is different than it was ten years ago, even 5 years ago. As such, there are many reasons why companies should use Sales Recruiters today. First of all, they have a data base of experienced and qualified sales professionals, since this is their area of expertise. They keep that database current and update it all along. This allows them to make contact with potential candidates quickly when they get a request.
Next, a recruiter screens both the company that needs to Hire Sales People and any and all potential candidates. A seasoned Sales Recruiters can pinpoint expectations and goals of the company as well as the experience and goals of prospective candidates, thus eliminating candidates that do not meet a company’s expectations and guidelines.
Using a Sales Recruitment professional, they will have experience, skills and will be organized in attracting quality sales candidates and matching them with companies to assure of making a good fit for everyone. To find the right candidate in 2013 takes more work than it ever has before and prospective employers do not have the staff or the time to commit for this endeavor.
In years before, companies could simply place an ad in the local newspaper when they needed a sales person and hire one fairly quick. Today however, job postings and job searching is for the most part, all electronic. There are job boards such as CareerBuilder.com, Indeed.com and Monster.com to name just a few. Then there are social networking sites such as LinkedIn.com, Twitter.com and FaceBook.com.
For a person looking for a job or a company looking to hire, these sites, and many more, are very important to be successful in that endeavor. They also take time to not only post on them, but to keep your page updated. Not just with the job postings either, but for a company to keep postings up-to-date on new products, new services and even company functions and promotions. The more a job seeker sees about a potential employer, the more interest they may have when a company does post a job opening.
Companies that have specialization requirements of their sales people do the best in going with Sales Recruiters Companies instead of basic recruiters. Companies in the medical and pharmaceutical industries need more than just a seasoned sales person. They need an experienced, knowledgeable sales person about that industry’s products and services. The person who was selling cars for 10 years can not go into the medical industry selling equipment to doctor offices and hospitals.
The technology industry needs experienced sales people that are knowledgeable about current trends in the market and have the ability to learn new products and trends as they come. Somebody that has trouble programming their TV remote control is most likely not the best candidate to sell the latest in scan equipment that takes a variety of software package options.
It can be hard for a company that has always had a human resource person to do the screening and hiring to switch over using a Sales Recruiter. In the end however, they will see that it saved them time and money in the long run. Not to mention, they will get better quality sales professionals that will give the company a better visual to their clients and improve their bottom line.
More Jobs in Calgary than People to Fill Them
January 21, 2013 by Dr. Letitia Wright
Filed under Featured Articles, Front Page, Wright Ideas
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More Jobs in Calgary than People to Fill Them
The number of available jobs in Calgary continues to increase. In December, according to the Metro Help Wanted Index produced by the Conference Board of Canada, online job ads increased by 6.7 percent. The survey looked at 79 different job posting websites, taking into account the number of new jobs posted, while discounting the repeated offerings.
The report noted that Calgary was the only city in Western Canada that saw an increase. All other areas studies saw their job ads stabilizing. Economist Alan Arcand with the Conference Board of Canada noted that this meant hiring in Calgary would likely show a marked increase in the next few months.
Calgary also had a score below one in the labour tightness indication. This means that the number of job ads were greater than the number of unemployed people seeking work. Three other cities, Edmonton, Saskatoon and Regina also scored less than one. Some places in Eastern Canada saw the reverse. One is St. Catharines-Niagara where for each ad there were 9.9 people unemployed.
The fact that Alberta saw such numbers wasn’t all that surprising. The unemployment rate province wide for December was 4.5 percent, Canada’s lowest figure. That number was also lower than the 4.9 percent seen in December of 2011. Statistics Canada’s figures showed that Alberta saw 55,500 jobs created in 2012. That is over 25 percent of the jobs created nationwide.
The province’s low unemployment rate has opened up opportunities for firms that specialize in matching companies with prospective employees. Peak Technical, based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, opened an office in Calgary this past June, the first in Canada. It has been bringing U.S. Engineers north to fill jobs in Alberta’s energy industry.
Companies, such as KarmaHire in Vancouver, that produce online recruiting software have also shown interest, hosting online career fairs, the next being on January 24th. Right now the firm is concentrating on the technology field, but will be branching out into the energy industry.
Another idea is to court freelance drafting technicians and engineers. CAD Crowd does just this, letting companies post projects online for bids. This allows these Alberta companies to take advantage of talent found world-wide.
