Entries by First Sun Team

Your #Career: 7 Tips for Mastering the Fine Art of Following Up…If you Want to Build a Strong #Network of Professional Contacts, You Must Master the fine Art of Follow Up.

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#Networking Events plant the seeds of a professional relationship, but it’s up to you to show your commitment, trustworthiness and competence as you patiently cultivate the relationship. Eventually, your commitment and credibility will lead to a growth in your popularity. Relationships take time to grow. The Supremes understood this well when they sang, “You can’t […]

#Leadership: 16 Things #Successful People Do on Monday Mornings…Most Successful People are Keenly Aware of the Typical Monday-Morning #Workplace Dynamic of Unanticipated Events, Overflow of Communications, & General Chaos

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Most successful people are keenly aware of the typical Monday-morning workplace dynamic of unanticipated events, overflow of communications, and general chaos. “But after weathering hundreds of them, they realize they must gain control and stay upbeat,” Taylor explains. “They take extra steps to compensate for this busy time of the week, and apply their best […]

#Leadership: Why it Pays to Be a Jerk…The Hardest Thing that I Struggle to Explain to People is that being a Giver is Not the Same as Being Nice.

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The distinction that needs to be made is this: Jerks, narcissists, and takers engage in behaviors to satisfy their own ego, not to benefit the group. Disagreeable givers aren’t getting off on being tough; they’re doing it to further a purpose. Smile at the customer. Bake cookies for your colleagues. Sing your subordinates’ praises. Share credit. Listen. […]

#Leadership: How the 10 Highest-Paid Women #CEOs Compare to Their Compare to Their Male Counterparts…The AP & #Executive Compensation Data Firm Equilar Found that, Overall, #Women CEOs Make More Than Male CEOs.

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This week, the Associated Press published a list of the 10 highest-paid chief executives in America, followed by a ranking of the 10 top-paid women CEOs. Unsurprisingly, the first list is all men, with the exception of Yahoo CEOMarissa Mayer, who took the No. 5 spot on that list and the No. 1 spot on […]

#Strategy: 3 Helpful Tips for Dealing With Vexing Chinese #Negotiating Tactics… Sun Tzu: The #Successful [negotiator] Waits Before Charging Headlong into Battle. He Shies Away From an Enemy’s Strength; He Spends his Time Observing /Cultivating Changes in the #Strategic Landscape.

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As a film producer and consultant who works extensively in China, I am often confronted with the vexing challenge of making deals with savvy Chinese negotiators. I have found the advice offered by Steven Dickinson, an attorney with the Seattle-based law firm Harris Moure, to be extremely helpful in confronting the business negotiating tactics that […]

Your #Career: Why A #Resume Should Be A Job Seeker’s Last Resort…If You’re Betting on a Resume to Get you #Hired, You’re Hobbling your #Job #Search Efforts

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“I haven’t used a resume to get a job in at least a decade,” a mid-career executive told me last week. He wasn’t bragging, but noting a fact. At his level, those seeking to recruit him weren’t interested in a stapled piece of paper listing bullet points with action verbs. They wanted to hear him […]

#Leadership: Workforce Planning: The War Room Of #HR…In the War for Top #Talent, #Workforce Planning is the War Room of HR.

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The “War Room” – where once battle strategies, and today business strategies, are formed, tactics devised, and actions monitored. By designating a War Room, a company recognizes that from time to time, it’s necessary to take a step back from the flurry of everyday activity and survey the scene from ten thousand feet. From a […]

Leadership: Shocker: 40% of Workers Now Have ‘Contingent’ Jobs, Says U.S. Government…U.S. General Accounting Office is a Startling Statistic: 40.4% of the U.S. #Workforce is now made up of Contingent Workers—That is, People who Don’t Have what We Traditionally Consider Secure #Jobs.

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Tucked away in the pages of a new report by the U.S. General Accounting Office is a startling statistic: 40.4% of the U.S. workforce is now made up of contingent workers—that is, people who don’t have what we traditionally consider secure jobs. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, D-NY (Photo credit: MANDEL NGAN/AFP/Getty Images) There is currently a […]

Your #Career: How to Make a Great Impression during a Phone Interview…#Employers Tell me the Writing is too Casual & that Young Adults also Struggle During Skype & Phone #Interviews

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Hold it right there. Don’t snap a selfie or drop a clever hashtag.  While it’s true millennials are now the largest generation in the workforce, this is no time to celebrate. #iknowimabuzzkill Sorry, couldn’t help myself. After all, our generation loves to write in phrases, abbreviations and clever shorthand.  The style works great for Gchat […]