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The Worst Cities to Relocate to During Your Job Search

By Kas Pl · 11 years ago

There are some cities that, despite a better hiring economy, lack any sort of competitive job market. Still, job seekers relocate to these metropolitan areas to beat the odds and, from what my recruiting firm ...

It's Not Always the Industry: Picking a Career That Fits You

By Kas Pl · 12 years ago

Running an executive search firm, I see job candidates consistently choose the wrong career via focusing on an industry rather than pinpointing the right company for them. Here are a few ways to choose the ...

3 Crucial Salary Negotiation Tips

By Kas Pl · 12 years ago

1) Take Nothing Personally and Always Remain Professional or Be Filled with Regret - When negotiating a salary, never take anything personally and always keep your calm even if you feel disrespected regarding the offer ...

4 Ways to Charm an Interviewer

By Kas Pl · 12 years ago

If someone were to ask me, "What are some things that interviewers want to see or hear from interviewees?", then I could probably go on all day. In the interest of brevity and not overwhelming ...

Tailoring Your Resume For Marketing and PR Jobs, Part 2

By Kas Pl · 12 years ago

Scale and Category Matter: If you have spent more than one week in more than one type of marketing, public relations, or social media-focused agency, then you know that to say you work at a ...

Tailoring Your Resume For Marketing and PR Jobs, Part 1

By Kas Pl · 12 years ago

Social media, marketing, and PR jobs at good companies that promise solid upward growth potential are few and far between. In order to position yourself as strongly as possible, your best bet it to tailor ...

Follow These Rules to Have Loyal, Productive Employees

By Kas Pl · 12 years ago

A different hiring process is going to unfold each time you need to bring a new employee on board. One of the most crucial things to consider is the personality type you can manage best. ...

Follow These Rules to Have Loyal, Productive Employees

By Kas Pl · 12 years ago

A different hiring process is going to unfold each time you need to bring a new employee on board. One of the most crucial things to consider is the personality type you can manage best. ...

6 Ways to Determine Whether to Keep Your Sales Manager

By Kas Pl · 12 years ago

Because the sales management position within any organization is so vital to the company's health, it is hard for the executive not to occasionally second-guess his or her choice in sales managers. When it comes ...

Tips for Increasing Your Odds of Career Success After College: Part 2

By Kas Pl · 12 years ago

In Tips for Increasing Your Odds of Career Success After College: Part 1, I discussed the truth about major and minor choice, and the importance of finishing school with a solid GPA, regardless of your ...

Tips for Increasing Your Odds of Career Success After College

By Kas Pl · 12 years ago

Some Facts About the Correlation Between Future Success and Your College Education (from Warren Bennis' Becoming a Leader) - Many of our country's most successful people had liberal arts backgrounds. This includes roughly 38% of ...

A Branding and Advertising Mistake That Kills Small Business

By Kas Pl · 12 years ago

Not every businessperson is great at advertising and marketing their company in a positive way that draws in their target crowd and subsequently grows their business. However, every great businessperson is superb at branding and ...

How to Properly Manage Small Business Vendors

By Kas Pl · 12 years ago

Managing Vendor Relationships is comparative to when Dave managed Alvin and the Chipmunks. I have come to see that management is hard. Running a recruitment agency, albeit fun, takes a lot of work, a lot ...

Why Some Sales Professionals Have Better Careers Than Others

By Kas Pl · 12 years ago

If business is a game, sales professionals are right in the middle of the action, as many business transactions, regardless of the industry, involve some type of business development professional. Therefore, sales professionals are typically ...

Irrational Career Decisions Some Recent Graduates Make

By Kas Pl · 12 years ago

Irrational Career Moves Some College Graduates Are Making Due to the Economy A significant mistake that some recent college graduates make is letting the current economy control their career path rather than letting current circumstance ...

Another Irrational Career Move That Recent College Graduates Make

By Kas Pl · 12 years ago

Masters in Business Administration - Now, it may be just as lucrative to study on your own rather than go to a formal MBA program. What many of these grads don't understand is that you ...

3 More Rules of Young Entrepreneurship

By Kas Pl · 12 years ago

4 - Creativity Is Not Only Important, It Is One of Your Best Friends Creativity is a big driver for entrepreneurs to open their own business. Where others see problems, entrepreneurs come up with solutions. ...

3 Rules of Young Entrepreneurship

By Kas Pl · 12 years ago

As I grow and become more mature, I learn both as a person and as an entrepreneur. There are mistakes of which I've avoided the severest consequences by chance, though I have always been smart ...

3 Reasons Why Only 5% of Resumes Are "Above Average"

By Kas Pl · 12 years ago

Every day, about 300 different resumes come into my staffing firm. Unfortunately for many, it would be generous to say a mere 5% of incoming resumes are well-written, thus giving the applicant a significant chance ...

Acquired Traits and Abilities of Those Who Advance In Their Career

By Kas Pl · 12 years ago

We all want to get ahead in our career. Money, success and the feeling of importance are desires we are born with as human beings. Though, not everyone knows and understands as to how to ...