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Jania Bailey – President/COO FranNet.com [Video]

Jania Bailey – President/COO FranNet.com [Video]

Jania Bailey is the President and COO of FranNet. FranNet is the first choice for quality franchisors and potential prospective franchisees when seeking a franchise consultant. They accomplish this goal by being the market maker for a select number of high-quality franchisors using franchise consultants in local markets.  She grew FranNet from $984,000 to $9,700,000 in three [...]

The 8 Most Critical Job Interview Tips

The 8 Most Critical Job Interview Tips

Have you ever viewed a job listing and said to yourself “That’s my next job. This is perfect for me because I am a great fit for this role.” Shortly thereafter, you apply for the position. Not long after, you interview for the role and then the hiring manager goes radio silent on you. You [...]

Midlife Career Change Advice – Try Volunteering

Midlife Career Change Advice – Try Volunteering

I’m a big fan of volunteering. It’s fun, you meet some great people and it’s always good to get a chance to give back. can also boost your resume and build skills, experience and contacts.   But one of the less often thought about benefits of volunteering is that it allows you to try out [...]

How to bag an executive job

How to bag an executive job

Trying to secure a job as an executive is a much more difficult process than applying for non-executive positions. The level of aptitude and proof of the necessary experience to cut the mustard at the lofty end of the corporate ladder is naturally higher and the required skill set has to be of a level [...]

Dodging the Age (And Any Other Discrimination) Bullet in a Job Search

Dodging the Age (And Any Other Discrimination) Bullet in a Job Search

Employers are not willing to admit it, but discrimination happens all the time during the search for a candidate to fill an open position. Most candidates don’t realize that there are clues that they provide every step of the way to employers that can ‘tip’ off prospective employers about personal attributes. Sometimes, employers don’t like [...]

How To Create A Career Management or Job Search Database

How To Create A Career Management or Job Search Database

Your organization steps do not end at that point. It is critical for the escalation of your career that you continuously build a database of prospective jobs, consisting of contacts at recruiting firms and companies where you would like to work. If you do this, you will be way ahead of the game, during this [...]

7 Things You Need to Know to Work Well With Third-Party Recruiters During Your Job Search

7 Things You Need to Know to Work Well With Third-Party Recruiters During Your Job Search

Third-party recruiters and staffing firms normally charge the hiring company, not job seekers, for their services. This means that it’s not their role to “find you a job” – their focus is to find candidates for their client companies. Are you that candidate? That’s what they want to know. Partnering with a good recruiter or [...]

How To Work With A Recruiter – Guidelines

How To Work With A Recruiter – Guidelines

When I was a recruiter I regularly received in excess of 300 CVs per day. I thought I would share with you some guidelines for submitting your CV or resume to an agency RELEVANCE: Do not bother to look at our industry specialism. Just because we are experts in business resilience recruitment and you are [...]

Job Search After 50: Make Your Job Hunt Work!

Job Search After 50: Make Your Job Hunt Work!

Make your job hunt work and help you find the right job as quickly as possible. With the economy struggling, the working and tax environment going forward covered in fog; there is no doubt the employers are more reluctant than ever to take on new hires. And the recent drop in unemployment numbers turns out [...]

Top Tips in Answering Interview Questions and Getting the Job You Want

Top Tips in Answering Interview Questions and Getting the Job You Want

Facing interviews is an important and crucial part of job application process as this will allow your potential employers to check out if you are as impressive as your resume. of course, the fact that you are called for an interview, your resume must have impressed or caught their attention. The burden now is on [...]