New tactics for getting hired in digital. If you're relying on networking, headhunters, and a solid work history to get you your next job, you're going to have a hard time.
Here are the tactics today's superstars are using to get hired. The hiring process in the digital marketing space is getting more competitive, especially for leadership roles. And if you're not preparing now, you could find landing your next great job to be much harder than you anticipated. There are a number of variables affecting the hiring climate including shifting skill sets, changes in brand and agency relationships, and a quickly maturing digital ecosystem. But our interview guest, Jeff Gundersen, says the most important current trend is the rapid scaling of mobile advertising converging with geo-targeting and the blended area of physical and virtual customer engagement. It's one thing to write tweets and blog posts about your area of expertise, it's another to develop a proactive personal brand that will get the attention of top companies. How to Build Stronger Relationships. We all have relationships.
We have acquaintances, relatives, colleagues, neighbors and probably some friends. However, for a large percentage of us, many of these relationships are simply not fulfilling. They are unfulfilling because they lack real strength; and they lack real strength because they lack real depth. Unfortunately, in today’s society, we tend to have shallow, superficial relationships with others, and it’s extremely hard for this kind of relationships to provide anything more than faint satisfaction. I’d like to show you, based on my experience as a communication and confidence coach, how you can add a significant amount of depth, and thus strength, to your relationships and make your social life a whole lot more meaningful. 1. This is an apparent paradox, but the quality of the people you meet has considerably to do with the quantity of people you meet.
This is why it’s important to meet more people. 2. I’ve noticed that many people keep conversations shallow. Your daily digest on productivity and life improvements - Lifehack. How to Sell an Idea to Your Boss - John Baldoni. By John Baldoni | 8:45 AM December 3, 2010 What do you do if you’re a middle manager who sees the big picture but you work for a boss who only focuses on the here and now?
That was the heart of question I received at recent workshop I conducted on leading from the middle for a national conference of training and development professionals. It was clear that the questioner had had first-hand experience with a boss who wanted his direct reports to know their place and not be thinking or acting big. And therein lies the challenge for eager, upwardly mobile self-starting managers: you want to put your ideas into play and see their results, but your boss only wants you to do what you’re told. Once upon a time, organizations functioned just fine when orders flowed down from on high.
First and foremost, do your job: make certain that you do everything you are asked to do.