Career Advice
13 Salary Negotiation Tactics to Get a Raise and Maximize Your Salary
Understanding salary negotiation and how to ask for a raise is a professional skill everyone needs to master. When you ask for a raise, there are many things you can do ahead of time to increase the odds of your salary negotiation tactics landing the salary increase you want. Studies by management consulting firms show…
Read More8 Proactive Moves to Protect Your Career
While M&A activity continues to downtrend, 2022 will still see deal volume in the Trillions. As the two companies become integrated, your career is in play. Obviously, the impact of any merger or acquisition is bigger than simply your job. Yet, at the end of the day, your job and protecting your career should be…
Read MoreAre You Ignoring Signs Your Job Is in Jeopardy?
Are You Ignoring Signs Your Job Is in Jeopardy? Imagine after 14 years of solid performance reviews, management changes and you start receiving unfounded poor performance reviews. If this started to happen to you, would you think your days were numbered at your job? Or would you hang on hoping the new management will eventually…
Read MoreThe Myth of Job Security
Imagine being at your job 13 years and one day “Poof!”… Your job is gone. You get called into your boss’s office and you are coldly told that you are being let go today. Progressive growth, two promotions and many sacrificed weekends didn’t save your butt. You’re out. Just happened to a buddy of mine……
Read MoreBest Job Search Advice I Ever Received? Pretend You’re Fired Today….
Few years ago, a good friend of mine gave me this piece of advice after she had been released from a position unexpectedly. Senior managers can get let go if they do not share in the management philosophy leadership promotes or believe in the plans the company is implementing to grow. Being fired is not…
Read MoreWhat Every Executive Needs to Know About Handling A Layoff
Although we may like to think that we are always in control of our careers, sometimes unforeseen circumstances take us for a loop. One such circumstance is that of an executive layoff. The good news is, in most cases, you should know ahead of time that you are on the executive layoff list. This gives…
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