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Making Your Performance Review Work For You
A Positive Marketing Campaign Why do so many of us get anxious when it’s time for the annual performance review? First, we know performance reviews can have a significant effect on our career in an organization. We also know that they may… Read more
Consulting Work SOMETHING TO BE CONSIDERED
Fifteen percent of the attendees at The Five O’Clock Club are looking for consulting work as opposed to fulltime, on-payroll positions. Whichever you are looking for, the basic techniques apply: Develop a target list of organizations to… Read more
John Urdaneta: Finding a Job and Following a Dream
John Urdaneta had a proven track record of working closely with executives and partners as a consultant with a global professional services firm. A year ago, when he became aware of a new company policy to begin cutting back on the use of… Read more
A Job Hunter’s Dilemma
While having lunch recently in Bryant Park, mid-town Manhattan, I overheard two women discussing their career objectives. In the course of their conversation one of them was lamenting over not hearing back from Human Resources regarding a job for… Read more
Thinking of Having Your Own Business? Start with The Seven Stories Exercise and Lots of Research
Fifteen percent of those who attend the Club start their own businesses. Many become consultants. For example, an actor who attended the Club became a presentation coach for senior executives. Some start growth businesses (such as a… Read more
Job Search, American Style
by Katherine Meeks, Five O’Clock Club Career Coach Americans have a unique approach to job search and career development, and people born abroad sometimes have trouble adjusting to it. So I’m going to offer seven insights into American thinking… Read more
Mirror, Mirror on the Wall: The Importance of Image
By Cynthia Strite, Five O’Clock Club Coach with David Madison Is there really anything more that can be said about the importance of image? Since the publication of John Molloy’s book Dress for Success in 1961, we all get the concept don’t… Read more
How to Handle the Telephone: A Life Skill
During the course of a normal business day, you probably talk by phone to most of the people you talk to at all. And you are probably not conscious of the number of times you have called people you are trying to contact. If they’re not in, you try… Read more
Keeping Yourself Marketable by Managing Your Personal P.R.
by Kate Wendleton Today I received a call from a Five O’Clock Clubber who is happily re-employed. She thinks her company could use some of the skills that we teach at The Five O’Clock Club. After all, she said, The Five O’Clock Club is teaching… Read more
Increase Your Visibility: Headhunters Will Call You
When you are in an intensive search, and search firms call you? There are several reasons you may want to have search firms calling you: Headhunters have access to many positions that are not advertised. Headhunters can give you a tremendous… 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
The 8-Word Message: Make Sure Your Bosses Know How Good You Are
by Kate Wendleton You can use an Eight-Word Message to make sure that those more senior than you know what you want them to know about you. It will help you keep your career on track, and improve your chances of getting ahead. Here are a few… Read more