What Is Your Product Development Strategy?

Posted by Betsy Pruitt

Are you working on your product development strategy? Just like a traditional company thinks strategically about its market and how to expand its product portfolio, you need to be mindful of career trends and continually add new skills to your own arsenal. If you want to increase revenue, you have to invest heavily in product development to bring more value to potential employers and win new customers.

Looks Matter – Maintenance & Operations

Posted by Betsy Pruitt

It’s unfortunate, but looks matter. We judge people, products, and businesses instantly solely based on their looks. When they make a bad impression, they have to fight extra hard to convince us that they are great despite appearances.

The Maintenance and Operations departments of a company make sure the company’s facility looks sharp and that the company functions properly on a day-to-day basis.

Hard or Soft Sell? Sales & Marketing for the Business of You

Posted by Betsy Pruitt

No one can sell and market your unique skills and talents like you can. More than anyone else, you’re a subject matter expert on the benefits you can offer a company or client. In a way, you’d actually be doing them a disservice by not describing your awesome talents, which can help them grow and prosper.

Marriage is a Partnership – Legal Counsel for the Business of You

Posted by Betsy Pruitt

One of the biggest legal decisions many of us will make in life is marriage. That’s when the Business of You expands from a sole proprietorship to a partnership. And just like the Business of You can have a terrible employee or a great one (that’s you), you can have a great partner (aka your spouse) or an awful one.

Businesses hire an attorney or employ an entire legal department to provide advice on protecting its assets and minimizing liabilities that could limit continued success. Essentially, the legal department looks out for the business’s best interests. That’s exactly what a great partner does, too.

How to Find THE Job for You by Leveraging Human Resources

Posted by Betsy Pruitt

If you’ve wondered how to find THE job for you, it’s time to approach your search from a Human Resource perspective. In most companies, Human Resources initiates the search for job applicants, conducts initial interviews, and negotiates benefits. When you look for a new job or consider clients, you take on the role of a Human Resources manager. Therefore, you need to interview your potential employers and clients to see if they’re a good fit for you. Do they have what it takes to help you soar or better position you for success later in your career? Will working with them be energizing? If not, keep looking!

Your Career Advancement Depends on Good Accounting

Posted by Betsy Pruitt

Your career advancement depends on good accounting. In our current recession and down job market, good personal accounting can make the difference between feeling trapped in a dead-end job you hate and perusing your dream job.

Just like a traditional business has an accounting department to keep an eye on its books and make sure it stays on financial track, you should also spend some time to develop a written accounting plan to help you reach your goals. The process is pretty simple: make a budget to know where your money goes, save up an emergency fund, pay off your debts, and quit financing things.