Thinking about using a potential employer’s job offer to get your current company to counter and pay you more money? Stop right there. Using another job offer as a bargaining chip may be tempting, but too often, it ends badly. If you want a raise, then negotiate it on your own merits–or prepare to move…
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Michigan Turnaround Plan – A Blueprint for a New Michigan
Business owners and entrepreneurs in Michigan continue to drive innovation and change in order to keep the state competitive in the fierce domestic and global markets. Lots of great ideas from the people who have built and rebuilt the state over the last few decades.
8 Qualities of Remarkable Employees
Great employees are reliable, dependable, proactive, diligent, great leaders and great followers… they possess a wide range of easily-defined—but hard to find—qualities. A few hit the next level. Some employees are remarkable, possessing qualities that may not appear on performance appraisals or resumes but which nonetheless make a major impact on performance. Here are eight…
7 Things That Turn Off Employers During an Interview
It only takes a few minutes for a prospective employer to size you up and decide whether you’ll be a good fit for the position. A single quip, remark, or even a facial expression could send the wrong message and knock you out of line for the job. Here are seven things that will turn…
Co-Workers Change Places
Job Swaps Help Employees Stay Motivated and Identify Future Opportunities Great news for people looking to expand their skill set. Employers are mixing it up. Jobs, that is. Some U.S. businesses are giving employees the chance to complete a stint in a different department or temporarily swap places with a colleague overseas. Companies have long…
Detroit’s Brand Is More Than The Sum Of Its Advertising
What is Detroit‘s Brand? If you’re not from there, you might only think of Detroit as the city with the massive population contraction. Or the one abandoned by the auto industry. Or the place with all the racial tension. Or maybe when you watched the Super Bowl last year, you were introduced to a Detroit…
Unemployment Rate Hits 8.3 pct. After Hiring Burst
In the most impressive surge for the job market since early last year, the United States added 243,000 jobs in January, far more than economists expected. The unemployment rate dropped to 8.3 percent, the lowest in three years. Lower unemployment is a positive a sign for President Barack Obama’s re-election hopes. Still, he’s likely to…
Global Candidate Update
As mentioned in our monthly newsletters, 2011 was an incredible year. Global placed numerous accounting, finance, tax, and audit professionals with prominent multinational organizations and public accounting firms nationwide and right here in Michigan. 2012 and beyond will see tremendous job growth. In the meantime, we’ve been out on the town with some of our…
6 Steps to a More Marketable LinkedIn Profile
Overall, LinkedIn is the best social media platform for entrepreneurs, business owners, and professionals. Unfortunately, your LinkedIn profile may not be helping you to create those connections. So let’s tune yours up with six simple steps: Step 1. Revisit your goals. At its most basic level LinkedIn is about marketing: marketing your company or marketing…
