Archive for August 15th, 2010

Almost 90 percent of the job adverts you read require a CV and a resume to be sent to the prospective employer. They will use the information to consider you for an interview. For that reason you should learn to write powerful resumes.

The first step to writing a successful resume is to understand what it is for. Many people miss to mention the most important things in their resumes and write about irrelevant things usually about their previous work history. Do not fall into the trap. Your CV tells enough about you previous employment but only your resume can tell why you will be important to your future employer.

Have in mind that the HR department of your future employer receives many CVs and resumes. For that reason you only have a few seconds to attract their attention and make them read the whole resume. Usually the reader will scam through the sheets and will pay attention at the top and at the bottom. For that reason start with the most important information how you can contribute to the prosperity of their organization.

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Having a well-motivated sales team can be the cornerstone of a successful direct sales career. Building a strong sales team has the potential for great financial benefits for you as an up line. So now that you are on your way to building a good sized sales team how do you keep them motivated so that they will have fun with what they are doing and be able to build a successful direct selling business for themselves?

Team Newsletter or Ezine
One thing that you can do to keep up the motivation of your team is start a team newsletter. This can be done through the mail or by email whichever you think would work better for your group. You can include words of encouragement to get your team members excited about their business, offer tips like theme party ideas and maybe even let your team send in ideas that have worked for them. Keep them interested with a community feeling. They should look forward to reading the team newsletter.

Sending Cards
Another thing you can do to let your team members know that they are special to you is start sending cards on special occasions. Remembering things like wedding anniversaries, birthdays or even a consultant that has had an exceptional sales month will let your team members know that they are special to you and not simply a number that you recruited for your own personal gain. You will be amazed what a little validation can do.

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