Category: Strategy Management

How to write a great job description

It’s All In The Name – Your first challenge is to get a top candidate to click on your job posting from a large, mind-numbing, and repetitive list of startling similar jobs. Research shows that job seekers click on jobs based on the name and reputation of the posting company and the job title. You can’t do much about your company name…but you sure can spice up your job title. Add action to your title that speaks directly to the opportunity the job offers.

Focus on Achievement – Studies indicate that the opportunity for advancement and interesting work is significantly higher drivers for job candidates than compensation. Make your positions attractive by describing what individuals can hope to accomplish in their new job.

Search for Success – Instead of turning your advertisement into a laundry list of desired skills, define your position in … Read more

nflation levels in Britain have reached 7% – the fastest growth in prices in nearly 40 years. Petrol prices have risen by 12.6p per litre in the space of one month (from February to March), household bills are soaring, and food costs are expected to increase by up to 15% this year. For businesses, the rate of VAT – which is the tax paid when purchasing services or goods – is going up too.

As well as heightened product and energy expenses, over one in four companies has experienced some sort of supply chain disruption in the past months. Not only that but many businesses have also witnessed higher transport costs, new custom duties, and a lot more paperwork.

So what measures can you take to tackle the existing inflation? Here, we explore some tips on how businesses can confront the rising living costs and keep operating with confidence.  

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STAR METHOD INTERVIEW QUESTIONS

Job Change OR Career Change?

SOURCE: https://www.market-connections.net/blog/job-change-or-career-change

There’s a saying in the careers industry that you’ll know it’s time to make a job or career change when you start asking yourself if it’s time to make a change.

While there is truth to that, there’s more to making your decision.

Below are tips to help you identify some of the reasons why you may want to make a job change or career change and give you practical strategies to use as you make your decision.

Reasons for a Job or Career Change

The first step is to assess the reason — or reasons — why you may desire a change. Change can be difficult — it usually is — so you want to make sure that the reason you are considering a switch isn’t something temporary that will fix itself, if given enough time.

Some of the reasons why you … Read more

Career Change Quiz

SOURCE: https://www.market-connections.net/blog/career-change-quiz

This Career Change Quiz is designed to serve as a Career Change Self-Assessment.

Rate each of these job or career change reasons (internal and external reasons) on a scale of 1 to 5.

It starts with 1 being “does not apply to me or doesn’t affect me” to 5 being “affects me greatly.”

As you rate your answer from 1 to 5 for each of the items below, write your answer for each item and then add up your score. 

• I dread going to work most days.
• I fear for my physical safety in my current job.
• My current job is a threat to my emotional wellbeing.
• My skills are becoming increasingly irrelevant to my job.
• Most days, I am overwhelmed at work.
• My job is boring.
• I can’t move up in my current job/current company.
• I don’t feel