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Taking Your Cues From Others
I have become encouraged these past few weeks by the increasing number of informational meetings and job interviews many of our Five O’Clock Club members have been able to generate. While there is some evidence that when the stock market starts… Read more
Eight Signs That Say It’s Time to Change Jobs
Most people don’t lose their jobs overnight — except for those who have been caught stealing, giving away company secrets or in an uncompromising position with a subordinate. Even if your company’s been bought, sold or reorganized, a… Read more
Cut Down on Stress and You’ll Find a New Job
If you’ve been out of work a while, you’re really feeing it. Money woes. A sense of rejection. Questions and pressure from family and friends. If you’ve lost your job, you know this dismal laundry list all too well. It’s all too easy to… Read more
Enemy #1: Discouragement — But those who attended the small group found jobs in HALF the time
“Research”—sounds like a boring topic, right? Think again. We have just done research on the impact of Five O’Clock Club small groups for the last year, and guess what: job hunters who attended their small groups got jobs in half the… Read more
A new networking idea from a new Member, Chuck Pisciotta, a Chief Marketing Officer.
Says Bill Belknap, Chuck’s small-group coach: “Here’s an idea I can’t believe I hadn’t heard before! . Chuck Pisciotta, one of our new Insider Members had a terrific idea for getting to the right person in a company. Contact one of their Sales… Read more
The Five O’Clock Club Brings You: The Inside Scoop About Search Firms
If you’ve been learning the Five O’Clock Club approach, you know by now that there are four ways to get meetings in your target market. You can get meetings through search firms, through ads, through networking and by contacting companies… Read more
The Five O’Clock Club now offers lifetime membership
Whether you once paid $49 for membership or became a member because of services provided by your employer, every member of the Five O’Clock Club is a member for life. This means you always have access to the Members Only area of our website, which… Read more
Before You Say Yes To A Job Offer
By Bill Belknap Senior Five O’Clock Club Career Coach Over the last two years in my private practice as a Five O’Clock Club coach, I have had the pleasure of working with more than two hundred talented managers and executives who are looking… Read more
How to Find Jobs That Don’t Exist at Companies You’ve Never Heard Of
by Wendy Alfus Rothman If you’ve decided to read this article you probably haven’t been able to land one of the jobs that DO exist. Don’t worry! There are plenty of jobs out there. That’s right — plenty. But they are not being… Read more
Ending the Myths. Get More Meetings Through Direct Contact
Search Firms. Ads. Networking. Ask most people how to get interviews, and that’s what they’ll mention. But The Five O’Clock Club, the nationwide career-coaching network, wanted to find out what really works. Its survey of professionals,… Read more
How to Have Engaged Employees
-by Richard Bayer, Ph.D. Any good manager wants to have employees who desire to participate constructively in the mission of the department and overall organization. On the other hand, feelings of alienation harm the organization and can… Read more
Job-Search Stress
Who has it, and how they control it. -Survey of job hunters reveals surprising reslults W ith last fall’s terrorist attacks, a recession and massive corporate scandals, a common denominator among people facing the challenge of finding a new job… Read more
Positioning and Research: Don’t Leave Home Without Them
-by David Madison, PhD Research plays a crucial role in a sophisticated search that leads to the right position. Painstaking research helps the job-hunter identify and define targets, but it also provides valuable guidance for correct positioning:… Read more
Six Predictors of Career Success — The Five O’Clock Club Sponsored a Study to Help You Get Ahead: Understand Your Industry; Develop Your Contacts
The Five O’Clock Club Sponsored a Study to Help You Get Ahead: Understand Your Industry; Develop Your Contacts by Terri Lowe, Ph.D. People who see themselves as successful told us that they: are knowledgeable about trends in their… Read more
Researching the Jobs of the Future
by Wendy Alfus Rothman Research is the process of going up alleys to see if they are blind. -Marston Bates, American Zoologist There are two kinds of research: primary and secondary. Primary research basically means talking to people, while… Read more