How to make yourself indispensable to your manager?
Who is the most important person in your work universe? Your manager. But the real question is: How to make yourself indispensable for your manager?
Who is the most important person in your work universe? Your manager. But the real question is: How to make yourself indispensable for your manager?
As a part of our ongoing series when we ask Headhunters the questions that are most pertinent from a candidate’s perspective, we have insights today from Erni Curk, the Managing Director from the Profil Group in Ljubljana that focuses on executive recruitment. From having an internal locus of control alongside a big picture view, to how to respond to a headhunter call at your workplace, read more to find out all that’s expected of candidates in senior positions…
Tips on how to have effective conference calls
A teleconference is a telephone meeting among two or more participants involving technology more sophisticated than a simple two-way phone connection.
Conference calls became a “thing” after the recession hit, as an effort by companies to cut costs. By reducing the number of in-person meetings, teleconferences became a popular alternative means of communication.
Reigniting the creativity spark in management jobs is not an esoteric or academic topic. Think of a scenario where instead of doing your usual job to the best of your ability you are asked to test the way things are done, innovate on new ideas or new method of doing processes, challenging the status-quo as it is at present. Does this seem like an ideal scenario to you – of working at a challenging but interesting job that makes you feel as an creatively and professionally fulfilled.
Are leaders born or made?
Leadership is a complex and sophisticated social role. The eternal question of whether leaders are born or made has been around since time without beginning. Although certain qualities do predispose some people to attain leadership positions and be better at leading, effective leaders actually hone their skills through experience, conscious self-development, education, and training.
We shared a post earlier on how you can brand yourself as an expert. Another buzzword in the business world is ‘thought leadership’. And while we are not the ones to promote just buzzwords, we think it is still critical to ask ourselves, what does it take to become a thought leader! So, for aspirants to the position of ‘the thought leader’ or rather in reality the old school management jobs, read further…
How networking can help you find a job? Whether networks can help is not a question we are asking, however, it is time to train ourselves to identify the processes and ways in which we can benefit from networking- especially in job seeking. In an age of social media overload networking has gone beyond physical business networking and conference luncheons and additionally moved over to online spaces.
When answering questions like: what are the top leadership qualities and characteristics for management jobs, we think the best insights about what a headhunter is looking for must come directly from the headhunter.
Gustav Müller from InterKon Associates LLC is the next Headhunter in our series who shared insights on the job application market for senior professionals. From the key questions every vice president jobs’ seeker should be prepared for, to the aspects most critical on a resume: read the perspective from a top executive recruiter.
Clive Green from Kellergreen consulting is our next Headhunter and executive recruiting specialist, sharing some significant details for our executive job seekers for senior level positions. We get you insights from real executive recruiters and headhunters in Kent to Munich allowing us all to learn and hear their voice.