Business Communication Essentials, 7th Ed.
Chapter 14. Applying and Interviewing for Employment
"Have you ever taken on additional responsibilities when your schedule was already fully booked?
"Here’s the headline of a sales pitch email that landed (with a thud) recently in my inbox: .
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"You’ve succeeded in getting a social media strategy in place, you’re sharing amazing, relevant content – and then WHAM! Someone posts a negative comment, and you feel like all of the wind has been let out of your sails.
The Undercover Recruiter presents a "new infographic that explores mobile job seeker behavior today and expectations for the future.
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"People are taking to your digital properties with pitchforks and lit torches.
According to Lydia Dallett (photo, left), "You know that what you say in meetings with your boss can go a long way toward making them think that you're capable, serious, and ready to take on greater responsibility.
"We usually look for nervousness as one of the signs of lying.
"So we’re taking a stand here," begins Terry Heick, director at TeachThought.
"Being on the road for more than 150 days a year has made Joseph Grenny adept at being efficient on the fly.
According to Vivian Giang (photo, left), "Sometimes hiring managers can eliminate a candidate immediately because they've crossed the line and done something completely inappropriate.
"Words are everywhere, and many are strung together recklessly.
Melanie Pinola (photo, left) writes on the topic of HSPs (Highly Sensitive Persons).
"It’s pretty obvious that what you say in a presentation matters more than the way you say it.
"If you or your CEO has been called upon by a TV news reporter to comment on a mass layoff, product recall or other urgent news situation, you know the feeling that this old Wide World of Sports adage can evoke: 'The thrill of victory and the agony of defeat,'" writes Gwen Chynoweth (photo, left).
"A client recently asked me to put together a webinar for the company’s internal communication staff on hot trends in internal communications" says Shel Holtz (photo, left).
"Want to work smarter in 2014?
"Mobile devices have become ubiquitous across the globe – as evidenced by this telling image contrasting major Papal occasions in 2005 and 2013.