Career Management Tips - Climbing The Ladder To Reach The Top

Author: Christina Archer is a Senior Recruiter and Managing Partner of SterlingProfessions.com, talent acquisition and career management services.
Author Website: http://www.SterlingProfessions.com

It's no surprise to learn the CEO's, CFO's and the highest level executives in any company, did not reach this level by mere chance. The strategic planning, coupled with sheer ambition, as well as purposeful timing of upward movement within a company, result in the grooming of an ideal and superior business executive. Today, we're going to discuss the dos and don'ts of becoming a top executive in your target firm. We'll explore solutions to ensure your career is on a guaranteed "fast track," and how you can reinvent yourself as the next promotable professional in any industry!

Things top executives avoid when managing their career:

working with an employer who does not have a well defined mission.

accepting a position that does not increase career growth, with room for advancement.

stays away from companies who are experiencing profit losses in a strong economy.

avoids a company with a weak top management team.

researches all aspects of the company in consideration, and retreats from offers from a business with a history of questionable business practices.

Whether a professional is starting their first job, or is a seasoned veteran, making an informed decision about the company you wish to pursue an employment opportunity with is critical to your career outlook.

Effective career management involves several simple steps that guarantee the candidate's long term objectives are met. Let's take a look at the steps:

obtain the degree/education required for your target position.

continuing education beyond the minimum requirements, is the hallmark of a top performer. Maintain your own continuing education standards, to ensure you stay ahead of emerging technologies in your field, and ahead of your peers.

have a professionally written resume, and keep it up to date at all times.

a "fast track" career professional should never spend more than 2 - 3 years in any one position. He or she must focus on finding consistent and upward professional growth.

individuals who wish to get on this type of ambitious executive track, should consider joining a career management service; to make the process seamless.

What if you want to "fast track" your career, but you don't have the background, education, or experience? The good news is you can reinvent yourself and your career path at any point and time. One very important word of advice here. Take the time to really consider your short and long term goals, and evaluate your plan to reach your objectives. If you were a "job hopper" in the past, or had trouble finding your "direction," you will gain credibility from prospective employers, if, and only if, you can articulate your reasons for past decisions, and provide a full-disclosure as to how you are evolving - moving forward.

Whether you are a high school graduate, or are looking at middle age in a dead end job, connecting with a reputable career management company, and sticking to the actions that will ultimately help you reach short and long term career goals, will catapult you to become highly successful.

Article courtesy of the Recruiting Blogswap, a content exchange service sponsored by CollegeRecruiter.com, a leading site for college students looking for internships and recent graduates searching for entry level jobs and other career opportunities.

Sweden a ‘safe investment haven’

Sweden is one of the safest places to invest, according to a US study measuring corruption, accounting standards and economic policies in 48 countries.

The country tied with Australia for fourth position in the list, which was topped by Finland, followed by Hong Kong and Singapore.

The rankings were contained in the 2008 Opacity Index compiled by California-based independent think tank, the Milken Institute.

Sweden’s showing represented a strong improvement on the ninth place it received in the previous rankings two years ago.

The Opacity Index measures five factors: corruption, legal system efficiency, economic and enforcement policies, accounting standards and regulatory effectiveness.

Sweden scored well because its accounting standards for listed companies were “fully in compliance” with international financial reporting standards (IFRS).

According to the Opacity Index, opacity works like a hidden tax on business, costing countries growth, companies profits and investors higher returns.

Opacity is measured by small-scale but frequent risks, such as corruption and opacity in financial markets, that work as deterrents to economic growth.

Nigeria once again performed worst on the index, maintaining last year's 48th position. Second last was Lebanon.

Source: Invest in Sweden Agency

EU Presidency big challenge for Sweden

Source: Confederation of Swedish Enterprises

Work on a common 18-month programme for the Swedish, French and Czech governments is in its final stage. The troika’s programme gets formal approval at a top-level EU meeting within about a month. And the business organisations of the three countries have also put together their own list of priorities for the presidency period.

This week, government and business expectations were aired at a seminar in Brussels organized by Sweden’s International Association of Business and Parliament (SPN).

The Swedish government has made public its five priorities for the troika programme talks:

climate and energy issues,
jobs, growth and competitiveness,
a safer and more open EU,
Baltic cooperation and relations with immediate neighbours,
the EU as a global actor and the Union’s continued expansion.

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Fraudsters target foreigners in Sweden

By Chris Bolwig on May 11, 2008

According to reporters for The Local, a Swedish newspaper, foreign students studying at universities in Sweden have been targeted by fraudsters. Students from abroad have been tricked out of their identities and had products bought in their name.

Waseem Akhtar, a student from Pakistan, was studying at the Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm (KTH) to become an IT engineer when he encountered the fraudsters. He had been in Sweden for just a few months when he received a false notification from the Tax Authority (Skatteverket) in the mail, claiming he had moved.

Luckily, Akhtar took note of the notice and contacted the Skatteverket and rectified the change, but in the meantime the new Visa card he had ordered had disappeared.

“How can Skatteverket change my address without checking with me? I did not think that anything could go wrong with the Swedish system,” Akhtar said.

Unfortunately something had gone wrong, as Akhtar began receiving notifications in the mail of purchases he had not made. The Swedish Enforcement Authority (Kronofogdemyndigheten) also sent him notices of unpaid bills. In total, Akhtar now owes more than 50,000 kronor (USD 8,250) for goods he never authorised.

Unfortunately there is very little the students can do, particularly if the police are unable to locate the fraudsters. A spokesperson for Skatteverket advised students to contact companies directly about the unauthorised purchases as soon as possible.

Rice due in Sweden and Iceland May 28-30

US Secretary Condoleezza Rice will visit Sweden and Iceland from May 28 to May 30, during which she will attend a UN conference on Iraq in the Swedish capital Stockholm, it was announced Thursday.

"In Stockholm, she will participate in the International Compact with Iraq, which remains a central focus of our efforts to work with the Iraqi government on a clear, measurable plan of economic reforms," the State Department said.

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Reports: Sweden ranks world's best place for mothers

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Sweden has once again been rated as "the best place to be a mother in the world" by a U.S.-based charity in a report assessing the well-being for mothers around the world.

The report, released by the aid agency Save the Children Tuesday, illustrates where mothers fare best and where they face the greatest hardship.

Save the Children has done the assessments of such aspects as longevity, drinking water quality, maternity leave allowances, women's political participation and the mortality rate of children under five.

Norway ranks second on the list of 146 countries in the State of the World's Mothers' index, followed by Iceland which ranks third.

Among the top 10 countries on the list are also New Zealand, Denmark, Australia, Finland, Ireland, Germany and France.

The low-ranked countries include Niger, Chad, Yemen, Sierra Leone, Angola, Guinea Bissa, Eritrea, Djibouti, Mali and Ethiopia.

The organization releases its report annually since 2000 in a bid to arouse public concerns about life quality for mothers around the world.

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Siesta! Music Fesitval 29-31 May

Siesta is a festival on it's sixth year running, set in one of the old regiment areas in beautiful Hässleholm [hes:leh'ål:m], Sweden and the highlight of the year for many people over here. Come and listen to many fine musical geniuses from Sweden and abroad, veterans stand stage by stage with the newcomers and together they form an intrinsic ingredient in the superb summer happening that is Siesta!

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Sweden tops corporate social responsibility league

by: David Wiles
Sweden leads the world in corporate social responsibility (CSR), according to an influential report from the non-profit organization AccountAbility. Dr Simon Zadek, the organization’s chief executive, explains why.

Source: Sweden.se

Europe’s most digitalized nation

Sweden has retained its status as Europe’s most networked nation in the 2008 scorecard published by the London-based Economist Intelligence Unit.

With a score of 8.85 out of 10 – the same number of points as in 2007 – Sweden topped the European standings and came third in the world, after the United States and Hong Kong.

While Sweden has maintained its digital momentum, the EIU noted that other Scandinavian nations were struggling to maintain their status as digital leaders.

Denmark – last year’s global leader – and Finland both slipped down the rankings.

“Both Finland and Denmark were unable to maintain previous ICT spending levels or to improve upon (albeit impressive) public and corporate access to digital channels,” the EIU said.

The EIU scorecard analyzed e-readiness – countries’ ability to harness digital channels for communication, commerce and government in order to promote social and economic development – in 70 nations.

Overall, countries continue to make progress in the digital domain and the gap between the “haves” and “have-nots” narrowed again in 2008.

“This is a hopeful indication of a contraction in the digital divide between developed and developing countries,” the EIU said.

Source: Invest in Sweden Agency

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Göteborg takes lead on shipping emissions

The Port of Göteborg is taking an international lead on cutting shipping emissions by offering high-voltage technology that allows vessels to turn off their engines and plug into the local power grid rather than burn diesel oil or sulfurous bunker fuel.

Shipping is responsible for about twice the emissions of carbon dioxide as aviation. Particles emitted by ships burning heavy bunker fuel contain soot that researchers say captures heat when it settles on ice and could be accelerating the melting of the polar ice caps.

Health experts say the particulates also worsen respiratory illnesses, cardiopulmonary disorders and lung cancers, particularly among people who live near heavy ship traffic.

In Göteborg, ship crews hook up vessels using a shore-side electricity system with a single, giant plug within about ten minutes of docking. The technology cuts emissions of sulfur, nitrogen and particulate emissions by berthed ships to nearly zero.

The system was pioneered in Goteborg eight years ago after Stora Enso, a Swedish company in the energy-intensive paper industry, asked the port for help to improve its environmental profile.

Costs for the system run from US$110,000 to US$1 million for each outlet and largely depend on how easy it is to connect to a nearby power grid.

In Goteborg, the costs of the system were shared by Stora Enso, the port and the Swedish government. The electricity comes from the local grid but Stora Enso pays slightly more for green electricity generated by windmills.

Some shippers already have succeeded in adopting cleaner methods and fuels. Wallenius Willemsen Logistics, based in Sweden and Norway, uses fuels that contain less than half the amount of sulfur that would be required under new rules proposed by the United Nations.

“We know customers want greener shipping companies as part of their overall supply chain,” said Lena Blomqvist, environmental and operations expert at Wallenius, explaining why the company was prepared to pay more for cleaner fuel.

Source: Invest in Sweden Agency

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Send your CareerView to Me!

Author Byline: the medical sales recruiter
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And send it to the other recruiters, hiring managers and networking partners you are working with…..I had a product management job (marketing position responsible for determining what next products within the research laboratory arena the client company should pursue) and had a candidate that was not a great fit approach me about the job. She was looking to move to the area of my client company and really wanted an opportunity to get in front of them. Spoke with the client company about her…they were reluctant to spend any time with her (didn’t see the fit). I asked the candidate if she would go to Interview on Demand’s website and under the jobseeker tab - sign up for and complete a CareerView. It doesn’t cost a penny. Two days later I get the link with the candidate’s CareerView. It was a one page profile of the candidate that included a short video of her answering a few interview questions, her resume and a short “why you should hire me” summary. Here is a sample CareerView. I forwarded the CareerView to my client. In less than 30 minutes I received an email asking me if the hiring manager could forward the clip to another hiring manager that had a specific need for this type of person!

So who is happy here? Me - the recruiter (did not know about the other job, did not know the other hiring manager and now I have a candidate in play and a whole new job order), the candidate - (could not have interfaced with the manager without the help of this tool, could not have interfaced with the other hiring manager - job isn’t posted), and the client company (they get to ”see and hear” a candidate with minimal investment and they think that this is great technology and since most of their hiring is remote, they think that using video job interviews is definitely something they need).

I know that candidates don’t think that they get attention from recruiters and hiring managers. At least not as much as they want. Here is a new, fresh way to get the attention you deserve!

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Are Swedish business people really that lagom?

by: Colin Moon
Swedish business people consider themselves lagom, meaning normal. They are often unaware that their international business partners may have a different opinion. Communications expert Colin Moon thinks they are amusing and, at times, really quite odd.

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