We’re speaking figuratively, of course! But if you’re tired of sending garden-variety cover letters into the recruiting void, a modern cover letter — a Pain Letter™ — may increase your odds of landing an initial interview. What’s a “Pain Letter™,” you ask? Liz Ryan, CEO and Founder of The Human Workplace, has written extensively on this topic. […]
Growth minded? Upwardly mobile? Interested in being a leader – not a follower? Then you need to master the art of influence. In today’s flatter, team-based and dynamic organizations, influence is power. It’s what makes people: respect and appreciate you; listen to your ideas; follow you willingly. Influence obviously offers countless advantages for your career […]
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The deck is stacked in their favor. Most food & beverage employers are experts at salary negotiations (because they do it all the time) and won’t give you their best salary offer right out of the gate. Want to level the playing field? You don’t have to be an expert negotiator to land the salary […]
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It’s pretty simple: they’ve achieved “All-Star” status. In fact, professionals with a LinkedIn All-Star rating are 40 times more likely to receive opportunities through LinkedIn. Forty times! More than likely, you already have a profile – but if all you’ve done is uploaded your resume, you’re missing out on a huge opportunity to differentiate yourself […]
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This blog post was updated on October 31, 2022. Time for a little hiring math. In a food & beverage interview: Great questions + Great answers = successful employment connections! Admittedly, this isn’t the type of revelation that would rival the likes of those made by Pythagoras or Fibonacci. But it’s a critical equation for […]
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What’s the difference between a resume that yields an embarrassment of riches and one that’s, well, just an embarrassment? Where do we start? Whether you’re in operations or sales, a C-suite executive or a product manager, the primary goal of your resume is to convert (i.e., land you interviews for great positions with leading food […]
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New Year’s resolutions come in all shapes and sizes. There’s the good: Spend more time with people I love. The bad: Eat more fried food. And the downright bizarre: Learn a new parlor trick and show it off at my next work party. But regardless of a resolution’s merit, once the clock strikes midnight, it’s […]
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“So, what keeps you up at night?” While on a job interview, a Kinsa candidate recently posed this follow-up question to the CEO at one of our client companies. The candidate listened to the CEO’s response, and then replied with how he (the candidate) could help solve the CEO’s problem and make the company more […]
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Your boss can be a great career management ally – IF you have a solid working relationship, that is. In “4 Ways to Improve Your Relationship with Your Manager,” our team shared tips for “managing up” without stepping on your boss’s toes, by: getting to know the person behind the title; understanding his goals and […]
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Having a healthy, positive work relationship with your boss is an indispensable career management tool. It can: increase your job satisfaction; provide stability during stressful times at work; enable you to resolve issues more quickly; create opportunities for you to take on new responsibilities, projects and challenges; put you in prime position for raises and […]
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