Category Archives: Professional Advice
There are a lot of things you could say about sales people. The stereotypes of salesmen range from the door-to-door salesmen in their cheap, wrinkled suits desperate to sell one more vacuum (I’m imagining scenes from Death of a Salesman here) to the slick, lifestyle selling salesmen in their fitted suits and combed back hair (think Don Draper of Mad Men).
But what is working in sales today really like? Aside from whatever product, concept or idea that a sales person might be selling to whatever potential buyer, market or industry, sales requires you to be at your best all the time. Good…
I spent a lot of time building an online presence and I finally feel like I have learned enough to share with you what has worked well (and… not so well) for me. I suppose I could have gone with titles such as: “Your Professional Online Presence: Learn from my Mistakes” or “Your Professional Online Presence: Do as I Say, Not as I Did”, but I don’t know… they just don’t seem to pop like this one does.
Twitter:
Your handle, bio, and avatar are the three most important things to be conscious of on Twitter since this is what potential followers…
As a recruiter for Meltwater Group, I spend most of my time screening CVs, deciding which candidates to call and conducting both phone and face-to-face interviews. My time is limited and we receive thousands of applications. So, you might ask, how can you appeal to the likes of me, to ensure your application stands out and really sell yourself to an employer? Well, fortunately, I’ve got your answers.
Where to start? Your CV
This is your first chance to make an impact and give the best initial impression. But what do we look for?
- Get the basics right.
- Presentation. How is your CV structured?
- Keep…
Interested in working for Meltwater Group? Wondering about what the role is really like, and what the panel is really looking for in the interview process? Look no further – Recruitment Manager Elinor Rodger gives the Meltwater Blog the insider’s scoop here!
- Meltwater Blog (MWB): In your opinion, what is the best thing about working at Meltwater?
Elinor Rodger (ER): I think there are three things, which stand out to me as the best aspects of working at Meltwater: the attitude the organisation has towards its employees, the responsibility our employees receive, and the culture of the organisation.
Meltwater prides itself in looking for the…
Last month I participated in a Human Resources training in Munich with HR professionals from across Germany. Some of them work for very large, renowned companies, others for older medium-sized family businesses and others for government-supported agencies.
In this forum we talked about new HR strategies and then engaged in a discussion about what makes companies attractive for new employees – what actually makes an organization a great place to work?
Instantly, we agreed on compensation, benefits, work-life balance and social responsibility as important criteria – but when it comes to the real deal maker, everybody agreed that the things that set a company apart…
