Proven Strategies for Achieving Professional Success
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Refresh your career and your future with these tips for professional success from Ajilon Professional Staffing! We are a leader in temporary and permanent recruitment—and in the placement of top talent. We use our expertise to help leading businesses connect with the very best professionals in specialties such as HR, Supply Chain and Logistics, and Office Management and Administration. With over 60 offices in North America, we have the resources and the technology to offer job seekers and employers greater flexibility, making it possible for us to work with them in the way that works best for them. We seek to completely understand the short- and long-term goals of our clients and candidates — this enables us to consistently act in their best interests. Through our job market insight and niche industry expertise, we help job seekers and employers find their best fit.
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Proven Strategies for Achieving Professional Success
- 2. FIND YOUR BEST FIT At Ajilon, we help great companies and great professionals connect by getting to know them on a personal level. We seek to completely understand the short- and long-term goals of our clients and candidates, enabling us to consistently act in their best interests and ensuring their long-term success. We specialize in finding the most elite talent and the most exciting opportunities in the following specialty professional areas: • Human resources • Organizational management and administration • Non-clinical healthcare • Supply chain and logistics We’ve spent years building a reputation as a leader in specialized staffing and recruiting, and we leverage our history and our experience to help you achieve your goals. One of the ways we can help is by giving you proven advice you can use to move forward in your career and in your industry. Read on for some of our most important tips.
- 3. Here are the ten most common behavioral interview categories as well as sample questions specifically for HR professionals: 1. WORKING UNDER PRESSURE Q: Describe the most difficult employee-relations situation you have had to handle and how it was resolved or why it was not resolved. 2. CHALLENGING SITUATIONS Q: If an executive or manager in your company experienced high turnover within his/her department, what steps did you take to improve the situation? 3. HANDLING MISTAKES Q: Tell me about a time when you made a very public mistake, for example, one viewed by your organization’s employee base or something seen or experienced by senior management, and what you did to rectify the mistake. In hindsight, would you have done anything differently? 4. PURSUING GOALS Q: Tell me about a particularly challenging recruitment program that you led and describe how you were successful? What recruiting and networking methods did you use during this task? 5. CORRECTIVE ACTION Q: How did you handle a manager who violated your company’s HR policies? 6. INITIATIVE & OWNERSHIP Q: Tell us about a performance review program that you developed and implemented. 7. TEAMWORK Q: Tell us about your experience in collaborative labor negotiations and, in particular, the “meet and confer” process. 8. HANDLING DISAGREEMENTS Q: Tell me about a time when you advised a supervisor and the supervisor chose to ignore your counsel. Knowing what you know today, what would you have done differently? 9. MOTIVATING OTHERS Q: Tell me about your experience in training and developing your employees or managers. 10. DIFFICULT SITUATIONS Q: As an HR professional, I know you frequently face challenging legal and ethical situations. Tell me about a situation you encountered and your approach to resolving the challenge. PREPARING FOR BEHAVIORAL INTERVIEWS
- 4. DON’T CUT AND PASTE YOUR RESUME You wouldn’t hand out your resume before introducing yourself, so don’t do it here. Instead, describe your experience and abilities as you would to someone you just met. And write for the screen, in short blocks of copy with visual or textual signposts like bullets and headers. MAKE IT MARKETABLE Invigorate your profile with specific adjectives, colorful verbs, active construction (“managed a team” not “responsible for managing team”). Act naturally: don’t write in the third person unless that formality suits your brand. WRITE A WINNING HEADLINE The first line of text under your name is your headline. It appears in Google searches and searches within LinkedIn, so it’s extremely important to make it memorable. If you don’t create one, it will just default to your job title, which is pretty boring. Use key words related to your ambitions to create an eye-catching phrase that, at a glance, describes who you are. MAKE A GREAT FIRST IMPRESSION The Summary section is like an online elevator pitch — a 30-second descrip- tion of who you are and what you do. Use it to showcase your value to potential employers and encourage people to connect with you. LinkedIn can be one of your biggest assets — if you know how to use it correctly. That’s because 90 percent of employers use LinkedIn to source candidates during a job search, and savvy job seekers will be checking out your LinkedIn profile while researching your company. It’s also a critical tool when it comes to networking — more than 100 million users rely on LinkedIn to connect with other professionals. Your LinkedIn profile tells a story about you to potential companies, candidates and connections. Make sure it’s telling the right story by following these guidelines: MAXIMIZING LINKEDIN
- 5. HIGHLIGHT YOUR SKILLS & EXPERTISE AND ASK FOR RECOMMENDATIONS Your LinkedIn profile has a section specifically for skills and expertise. Creating a comprehensive list will increase your chances of being found by potential employers. You can also ask others in your network to endorse your skills, giving you more credibility. EXPLAIN YOUR EXPERIENCE Help the reader grasp the key points: briefly say what the company does and what you did or do for them. Use clear, succinct phrases here — and break them into visually digestible chunks. DISTINGUISH YOURSELF FROM THE CROWD Dress up your profile by adding a professional photo of yourself. Add links to projects, presentations and portfolios of your work to show off your skills. GET ACTIVE IN GROUPS Join LinkedIn groups to showcase your knowledge and enhance your marketability. Participate in discussions, offer suggestions and address questions whenever and wherever possible. LinkedIn will recommend groups that you may be interested in, and we recommend joining at least 50 groups. BUILD YOUR CONNECTIONS Connections are one of the most important aspects of your brand: the company you keep reflects the quality of your brand. What happens when you scan a profile and see that you know someone in common? That person’s stock with you soars. The value of that commonality works both ways. So identify connections that will add to your credibility and pursue them. CREATE A CUSTOM URL Now that you’ve got a great LinkedIn profile, you need to share it. Customize your link by going into your settings. Change the random numbers and letters to your name or something that will make you stand out. Then, include the link in your resume, cover letter and online discussion boards. KEEP EVERYTHING CURRENT As you add connections, recommen- dations and experiences to your profile, make sure it remains up to date, focused and well composed.
- 6. MANAGING UP Whether you are looking to move ahead in your current company or move on to a new one, chances are you’ll be reporting to someone. Developing a better relationship with your boss is essential to advancing in your career, so be sure to follow these proven best practices. ASSESS YOUR MANAGER’S MANAGEMENT STYLE What matters to your boss? Answering this question is the first step towards managing up. Begin by closely observing your boss and learning everything you can about their management style. Is he or she an “idea” person or a “results” person? How important is the bottom line? Is it about the big picture or the small details? Incorporate what you learn into your work style and your interactions with your boss. SCHEDULE WEEKLY MEETINGS Effective communication is essential to managing up, and scheduling brief (30 minute) weekly meetings with your manager can keep you and your manager on message and on the same page. Make the most of your time by coming to the meeting with an informal agenda that is divided into three sections — a review of recently completed projects or goals, projects and goals for the upcoming week, and decisions your manager needs to make on existing projects. These frequent face-to-face sessions will help you stay connected with your manager and avoid surprises at work. GET TO KNOW YOUR BOSS Don’t let your interactions with your boss be all about you. Take the time to learn about the challenges your boss is facing, their personal goals and the projects that are important to him or her. Understanding your boss’s motivations, thought processes and pressures at work will help you empathize. You might also find out about projects that can showcase your strengths or expose you to new opportunities.
- 7. SPEAK YOUR BOSS’S LANGUAGE Your boss is likely focused on the numbers and the bottom line. When positioning new ideas, hiring recommendations or investments for the company, come to the discussion with specific numbers detailing how the investment will impact productivity, revenue or sales. If you’re unsure what the impact will be, reference results from case studies of other companies that have implemented similar programs. MAKE YOURSELF INVALUABLE Every industry is filled with specialties and nuances. Become an expert in one of these areas and tout your experience within your organization. Positioning yourself as the go-to source on a particular issue or subject will elevate your profile and, eventually, elevate your status. But don’t stop at just one specialty; grow your skills and increase your value by volunteering for a variety of projects — especially the less popular ones. Doing so will demonstrate that you are a critical member of the team and an essential part of your company’s success.
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