We’ve addressed the topic of personal branding before in The Doepker Group blog. To recap, the way in which you brand yourself depends upon the experience that you provide to people when you interact with them. More specifically, personal branding centers upon the experience that people feel they’ve had with you. That’s because you might [...]
Employee retention is definitely a concern of employers in today’s marketplace. That’s because finding and hiring top candidates is already difficult. Adding to that degree of difficulty is the fact that more and more professionals are exploring other employment opportunities. Earlier this year, a new report from Gallup estimated that U.S. businesses are losing a [...]
Most professionals in the employment marketplace crave career growth and satisfaction. However, it’s all too easy to fall into a rut, one in which you’re focused so much on your current employment situation that you find it difficult to devote time to your career overall. Then, when you realize you’re in a rut, you find [...]
We’ve discussed before what it means to accept an offer of employment from an organization. We concluded that accepting an offer means that you’re giving your word that you will leave your current employer and start work with that organization. We also concluded that you should not accept an offer of employment unless you are [...]
It’s no secret that retention is a problem for employers in the marketplace these days. Keeping top-shelf employees should be a priority of employers in every industry. And that includes within the Engineering and Information Technology fields. However, before you can stop an employee from quitting, you have to know in advance that they’re thinking [...]
Once upon a time, employers were NOT okay with job-hopping candidates. However, their collective attitude toward professionals who change jobs frequently has also changed. This provides an excellent opportunity in the marketplace for job seekers and candidates to grow their careers by pursuing new employment opportunities. So why have employers changed their minds? There are [...]
Believe it or not, there is less of a stigma attached to job hopping these days. One of the reasons is that people are simply changing jobs more frequently. This is especially the case with younger professionals, namely those who are members of the Millennial Generation. You would think that under these circumstances, people would [...]
In a previous blog post, we addressed how to spot exceptional candidates on the resume. Now we're going to switch our attention to the face-to-face interview. One of the most important clues to look for during the interview is motivation. There are two types of motivation: Extrinsic motivation Intrinsic motivation With extrinsic motivation, a person [...]
During the course of your career, you’re not going to land every job for which you apply. (Unless, of course, you’re one of those “one in a million” type of candidates. If you are, then you just might.) As a result, disappointment is inevitable during your career. So it’s not a matter of IF you’re [...]
There are many different ways that a professional can brand themselves in a positive fashion. That’s because personal branding is all about the experience that you provide for other people. That experience can consist of what you say, what you look like, and how you act. Body language plays a role in personal branding. That’s [...]