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Welcome | |
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Market News | |
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Food For Thought | |
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Career Support Program | |
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Career Humour | |
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The most recent news about the recruiting front from our top executive recruitment team. This section is divided by specialty but be sure to read each one as it may pertain to you! Operations, Logistics & Engineering
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State
of the Market The job market for accounting and finance professionals finally appears to be heating up a bit. If you are working with a recruiter, make sure you are working with someone who has your best interest at heart. A good recruiter knows that to service his client (the hiring company) properly, he also has to service the candidate (you) properly by helping you find a position that is a very good fit according to your criteria. Keep in mind that a recruiter's job is to be a facilitator. The recruiter should be facilitating an open and comprehensive exchange of information between both parties so that the hiring company and candidate can each make a properly informed decision. If you find yourself being pressured to take a position when you still have some significant unanswered questions, don't cave in. Seek another interview with the company or get your questions answered some other way. By making sure you complete your due diligence before making a decision, you minimize the risk of finding yourself in a job you don't enjoy. Our Finance/Accounting Consultants:
Click here to view current positions on the fulcrumsearchscience.com website!
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The market is heating up, summer slow-down not withstanding. Consequently, you may soon find yourself in the enviable position of entertaining multiple offers - congratulations! When this happens, it is often very difficult to leave the emotion out of the situation, and to try to objectively evaluate one offer against the other(s). Research has shown that in the long term compensation is a "hygiene factor". According to Herzberg and others, adequate compensation is a satisfier, not a motivator. The things that motivate us to stay in a job are the more intangible aspects like challenge, opportunity, recognition, peer acceptance, etc. Consequently,
assuming the various compensation offers are "adequate",
it is best to try to evaluate your multiple opportunities in the
light of the potential for personal and professional satisfaction,
without letting compensation enter into your assessment. You can
always negotiate the compensation package up a bit once you have
determined your best option, if necessary.
Click here to view current positions on the fulcrumsearchscience.com website!
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Too often during my career I have seen wonderful candidates applying for positions which seemed suitable on the face of it based on their skills, experience and education, however, some months later, already on board and fully engaged in their jobs, they realize how unhappy and perhaps even miserable they were, even though the skills and experience were there, and they even performed the same tasks as they had done in their previous jobs! What
happened and why? These job seekers failed to recognize the cultural
environment factor within the organization, namely all those "soft"
aspects that make organizations what they are. So, the next time you're on a job hunt, don't overlook these "soft" characteristics and try to learn about the organization as much as possible, through the web and media, talking to actual employees, and even analyzing how you feel after having a job interview with your potential boss. By
understanding the organizational culture you will be able to determine
if there is a good "real" fit. In this way you will enhance
your chances of picking just the right job and staying happy with
it!
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Gutfeeling: Listen When It Nags by Peter Urs Bender |
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Each quarter we present a topic that we feel would be of special interest to our candidates. This quarter's topics are:
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Financial
Planning Tips
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Everyone Needs Estate Planning What is Estate Panning? And why is it important? Estate
Planning is the process of developing and maintaining a plan to
preserve your wealth and ensure an effective and beneficial distribution
of your assets. The Estate Plan should outline the framework to
ensure the timely distribution of your assets upon death, while
minimizing taxes and other fees. There are three basic steps to Estate Planning: ·
Listing of your assets and liabilities In order to establish this process, you should seek the advice of experts, such as an Investment Advisor, Financial Consultant, tax and legal professionals. Everyone needs Estate Planning. Richard
Bruton, B.Comm. (Hons.) MIAC
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WELLNESS
TIPS FOR THE PROFESSIONAL
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Evaluating Educational and Helping Services While the majority of educational and helping services associated with stress are competent and ethical, others are not. The following are some questions you should ask an organization before becoming involved with it: 1. What is the nature of your organization or services? 2. Briefly describe what will take place in a typical session. 3. Who will lead the sessions? Will this person be supervised? What are the supervisor's qualifications? To whom are these people accountable? 4. How much of my time will be involved and for how long? 5. Can I drop out if I wish? 6. What is the total cost of the service? Is it covered by my provincial health care plan? 7. How does your organization ensure that confidentiality is respected? Avoid the following situations or organizations: 1. An organization whose contact person will not answer questions clearly or to your satisfaction. 2. When your involvement is due to pressure from a third party. 3. If you are promised money as a reward for participating. 4. If you are asked to sign a document that might compromise your civil rights (e.g. testimonials, contracts with fixed obligations). 5. If success is "guaranteed". If you are already getting help... but things are not working out, a number of things may be happening. It may be that you are not yet willing to accept a problem or focus on its solution. However, it may be because you have chosen a resource that's not "right" for you. If you have a "helping" person who: doesn't
give you time to explain your problem,
Reprinted with permission from The Canadian Mental Health Association, Toronto Branch, http://www.cmha.ca/english/coping_with_stress/index.html.
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The Career Support Program© was created in response to a perceived need for greater and more personalized support for individuals that we have built relationships with in the past. The mandate of this program is to assist business professionals in realizing their career ambitions to their fullest potential.
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If you are interested in hearing about career opportunities on a proactive basis, please e-mail us at careersupport@bagg.com. Our career support staff will contact you and spend approximately 10 minutes with you on the telephone to create a searchable profile to be included in our database of business professionals. Then as our recruiters have positions that could be a good fit for you, we will proactively make you aware of career-advancing opportunities! Our career support staff will also provide free advice on:
We welcome your questions and concerns! Please contact us on any matters regarding your career or professional growth. If we can’t help you directly, we will be more than happy to refer you to someone who can! Career
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Humour is an effective tool to help us cope with the increasing stress of our workday. It can also help us increase productivity and creativeness. "Humour is a universal language." Joel Goodman |
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1. When you take a long time, you're slow. When your boss takes a long time, he's thorough. 2. When doing something without being told, you're overstepping your authority. When your boss does the same thing, that's initiative. 3. When you take a stand, you're being pig-headed. When your boss does it, he's being firm. 4. When you overlooked a rule of etiquette, you're being rude. When your boss skips a few rules, he's being original. 5. When you're out of the office, you're wandering around. When your boss is out of the office, he's on business. 6. When you're on a day off sick, you're always sick. When your boss has a day off sick, he must be very ill. 7.
When you apply for a leave, you must be going for an interview.
When your boss applies for a leave, it's because he's overworked.
Source: www.comedy-zone.net/jokes/laugh/work/work009.htm Copyright
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Cathy
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For More Information Visit - www.fulcrumsearchscience.com Thank
you for reading our Quarterly
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