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5 Reasons Business Should Prioritize Sales Recruitment
If hiring sales talent is not a part of your hiring strategies then you may face many interrelated issues that eventually cost your business in more ways than one. When you hire a mediocre sales team in the rush to fill your open positions, either you won’t get the desired returns or the new hires will realize this is not the right job for them and leave.
By Kelly Barcelos6 years ago in Journal
Five Strategies to Advance Your Writing Career
Writing is hard. Dara Girard’s book, The Writer Behind the Words, has a section named "Six Hard Truths." Do you know the first truth? It is—The first truth is, “It doesn’t get easier.”
By Evie Mills6 years ago in Journal
3 Ways Tech Can Help Your Small Business
When you run a small business, you want to do everything possible to give yourself a leg up. One of the best ways to improve your business and put it above the rest is to implement technology. Different tech can do wonders for your business and help it grow and thrive. Here are three ways tech can help your small business.
By Carlos Fox6 years ago in Journal
Apply These Five Marketing Strategies for a Winning Startup
A good marketing strategy is nothing but positioning. It’s all about how you sell the product. Regardless of whether you claim a startup or an established business, you should know the customers’ mindset. Dig into the avenue they use to find you and what they do to validate the credentials. If you can determine that, then you can always stay on their radar.
By Niti Sharma6 years ago in Journal
6 Things Which Prevent You from Getting a Job
The hunt for a new job is not at all an easy task. Sending off countless applications, then waiting patiently for an automated reply, going for interviews to explain each and every role you've exhibited since college, just to hear a rejection once again. Undoubtedly, this entire process is very exhausting and frustrating.
By Andreas Bachtold6 years ago in Journal
Yes, Email Is Still Relevant — Here’s Why
As you click through dozens of emails, you may be thinking to yourself: “How are these emails effective if all I do is delete them?”
By Pam Jannes6 years ago in Journal
How to Be a Good Writer
What characteristics do you think a person should have to be a good writer? Should he look like a dark twisted person who keeps it to himself, doesn’t talk much? Or should he be someone who is cheerful and happy so all his writings come out happy and refreshing? Or should he be someone who has a bad past which inspires him to write? Or should he belong to a particular race that has produced many good writers in their time? But do you really think that a person should possess certain qualities in order to be a good writer?
By Monalisa Roy6 years ago in Journal
Finding the Best Developer for Your Project: Upwork Hiring vs Working Directly
Finding a developer can be hard today, but finding a skilled and experienced developer can be a real challenge. Although there were 23 million software developers in 2018 globally, the search and hiring processes are still time-consuming.
By Alex Hayes6 years ago in Journal
Five Companies to Consider Working for in High School
If you're a high school student, chances are that you are looking for a job. It's something most teenagers need to do in order to get their first set of wheels, save for college, or even plan to move away from home or see the world. You know you need to work, but you're not sure who is willing to hire someone who is young and inexperienced. Take a look at five of the top companies to work for when you're still in high school, and see what you can do to get on the road to bring home your first paycheck.
By Robert Cordray6 years ago in Journal
The Easiest Method for Writing Novels
Now, I should make it perfectly clear that this is not a quick pitstop article for aspiring authors who want two-hundred-percent book for fifty-percent effort. Because, as any person would know, writing takes a great amount of devotion and bulky hours of screen time. So, if you expect to publish one-hundred-thousands words in three weeks, you may be out of luck.
By Jord Tury6 years ago in Journal
Data Analytics - Pulse of Successful Business
“Information is the oil of the 21st century, and analytics is the combustion engine.”—Peter Sondergaard Data is an integral part of any business, be it any industry segment, size, or geography. Of course, not all businesses understand and realize the importance of data. The key to business success lies in perceiving the true value of data, and the wonderful results that a well thought-of data analytical strategy can offer. Data analytics, as popularly known, is the mechanism by which organizations can be more data centric, offer a competitive edge, overcome market challenges, and garner detailed, focused analytics. Data analytics acts as a catalyst in shifting the business purview from a reactive decision process to a proactive one. Before we move onto understanding why data analytics is an indispensable ingredient to any enterprise's success, let us understand the basics of data analytics, and its importance.
By Ankit Kumar6 years ago in Journal
Why Is Customer Data Crucial for Business Growth?
A couple of decades ago, customers were hard-pressed for choices pertaining to the market. With their demands being limited, and each company holding the roost in a particular sector, delving into customer data and analysis was not given much thought.
By Evan Morris6 years ago in Journal