Webgrrls are either prospering or not feeling the effects of the current economy
Perhaps it is because they take their career and business more seriously, proactively leverage their network and participate in their community is why over 54% of Webgrrls are either prospering or not feeling the effects of the current economy or have only had to make minor adjustments to their budgets, based on the June Webgrrls QuickPoll,
We are seeing sky-high fuel prices, rising food prices, the dollar buys less and less. The value of our homes has plummeted, gold and silver prices are up (although suppressed) and the Fed printing presses are humming, small business are closing and more people are losing their jobs…all indication that we are in trouble as a nation and even globally.
Perhaps it is that Webgrrls are not affected because they are able to leverage technology to find efficiencies or they do not have to commute and can work from home or as the latest post in the Webgrrls blog, Webgrrls Wisdom, Technology: It’s Where the Jobs Are.
31% of the Webgrrls respondents have had to make major adjustments to their budgets and 15 percent have either lost their job or closed their business. Below are some quick tips to surviving the recession and I also, wanted to offer the following links to articles that have more tips to small business owners and entrepreneurs.
Webgrrls Quick Tips to Surviving a Recession:
- Watch your cash flow – cash is king during tough times
- Cut the fat/reduce your overhead – meaning all non-critical expenses
- Trim your staff – keep the high performers and replace those who are not performing well.
- Call in your accounts receivables on a more timely basis – remember the “squeaky wheel and the grease”
- Do not turn away business unless the opportunity will be unprofitable.
- Work on the business not in the business - Use this time to learn new skills or to do some retooling or get the planning done that you have put off for some time.
Other links to articles with more survival tips:
1. How To Survive Oncoming Economic Turbulence
2. Surviving a Slowing Economy
3. Survival Tips
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Technology: It’s Where the Jobs Are
For those of you who are contemplating a career in Technology, here is some good news: “A new survey shows growth across the country, with higher-than-average pay….and the demand will only rise“.
Read the full article on BusinessWeek.com. Also, make sure to see their slideshow of the Best Cities for Tech Jobs which showcases 30 cities boasting the most high-tech jobs per capita.
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Job Interview Preparation - What not to say
When interviewing for a job for the most part the job is yours to lose. The HR person’s job is to fill the opening, the company needs the staff, and you want the job…everyone in this equation is pulling for you to do well in the interview, including you, so it is literally yours to lose.
I work with a lot of people on improving their interview skills and techniques, organizing their thoughts, helping them to articulate their career history, guiding them as to the best way to answer the interview questions to highlight their experience, determining the best way to provide relevant anecdotes and even determining what the trigger words are for their responses.
I work with some very high-end executives and some mid-level management, sales and marketing professional and we prepare and practice and modify and practice and practice and practice…and it is through practice that you become prepared. I emphasize that everything has to be honest and based on supportable experience but, there are better ways of saying things and there are worse ways of saying things… you need to come across as pulled together, buttoned up and genuine and everything needs to be polished.
I came across the Careerbuilder.com article about the 8 worst things that you can say in a job interview and wanted to share them with you. The only exception that I have is number 7.
7…” Scripted answers, although accurate, don’t impress interviewers. Not only do they make you sound rehearsed and stiff, they also prevent you from engaging in a dialogue“.
My response is that you do need to script your answers. You need to be so prepared and know your information so well that you don’t sound scripted or rehearsed and you can be conversational and actually more engaged in the dialogue. You need to be so prepared that you are confident, conversational and seemingly spontaneous with your responses.
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Webgrrls’ Finds: Tips, tricks to work faster, smarter & with style
There are so many great articles that can really teach you a thing or two - but unfortunately they seem to be lost amongst numerous other “less-meaty” ones. Here are 5 recent postings that may help you do your job or run your business more effectively.
How to Kill CSS Bugs
Have you ever been frustrated because your CSS layouts are rendering differently between browsers? Or are you still trying to figure out how to achieve a certain look with CSS? This Noupe article covers more than 20 fixes for issues relating to fixing IE bug, positioning block elements, creating columns & tables, working with floats and more.
A Free Alternative to Visio
If you’re looking for a robust flow chart and diagram tool, you’ve most likely already looked at Microsoft Visio. But if you’re not ready to shell out the bucks for the program, a great alternative is the free, open source application, Dia.
SEO: What Not to Do
Life is a never-ending joust for the folks working in Search Engine Marketing. Just when you think you’ve figured the search engines out, they change their algorithms. This article from SEOmoz shares some tips on targeting multiple terms and phrases on a single page and also highlights the “tricks” to avoid.
The Best $100 You Ever Spent
If you are running a website for a small to mid-size company you should jump on this tool (if you haven’t already). Google has re-launched its Custom Search Business Edition service as Google Site Search. Starting at $100 per year (or free if you don’t mind Google ads on your site), this site search application will index your entire website and help users to find what they are looking for. New features allow you to input synonyms, boost the page ranking of newer content and determine which search terms are not returning results.
Free Project Management Tool for Startups
Running a startup is never easy but thankfully there are companies out there that want to give you a break. Fog Creek Software is one such company. It provides its FogBugz on Demand project management tool free of charge for 2 users to students and startups. And not only is it an excellent project management application, it also has tremendous bug tracking abilities. If you don’t qualify for the free version, it can be purchased for $199 or less or as a hosted solution for $25/month.
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Can Speed Networking Really Work?
Recently while I was reading a usability professional email list, I noticed an invitation for Speed Networking from the New Hampshire Chapter of the Usability Professionals’ Association. I couldn’t help but pause to google the term.
Turns out it’s all the rage. I even stumbled upon a speednetworking.com website, which quotes the New York Times as saying:
“The appeal of speed networking is that it eliminates the mundane chitchat and cuts right to the chase.”
And it quotes BusinessWeek as stating:
“Based on the popular courting concept, speed networking aims to supersize your contacts.”
Now I’ve heard of speed dating, but speed networking? I have never attended a speed dating event, though I can imagine why it might be successful. Many of us are good at identifying pretty quickly whether we spark with someone. And if two people spark, maybe they agree to meet for coffee to see where it goes. Is the same true with business relationships? And even if we identify quickly that I have something you need and you have something I need, how can both parties learn to trust one another with such an abrupt start?
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