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The Executive Resume - Moving Beyond Accomplishments
There is a major difference between conventional resumes and executive resumes. Accomplishments are usually the center point of a conventional resume (i.e., indicating how much money was saved, how sales increased, what processes were proposed, planned, initiated, implemented, or streamlined). The executive resume, on the other hand, has more than one focus. It alludes to the executive's ability to drive profits (accomplishments) and the capacity to lead (that is, to blend various "soft" skills) an organization.Successes are easier to hone in on. The result is clear, often quantifiable. After all, either you penetrated a market or you didn't, or either you were a top-performer or you weren't. It is ha

Method #1: Take three bids and throw out the high and low, and go with the middle. Knowledgeable janitorial companies know what to charge. If you take three bids, and hire the middle bidder you’re 100 times ahead of the game, than if you chose one of the other two.

Method #2: Ask your competitors who they’re using, and consider hiring the one they suggest. If you operate a large car dealership, then call other dealers and ask who they use, and if they’re happy with service. (After all, cleaning a dealership is much different from cleaning a law office.) After 3-5 calls, if the same name keeps being mentioned as a good company,

Career Advice: Money Management For a Major Career Crisis
“Norman” was experiencing sticker shock. After years of career success in the corporate world, he had accumulated a healthy nest egg.But now Norman faced a midlife career crisis. He had just learned his division would be shutting down. To keep his job, he would have to relocate to a distant part of the country. Finding a new job meant fighting age discrimination.So, Norman thought, why not launch an Internet marketing business? He began exploring and collecting information.Norman first encountered sticker shock when he learned about the world of Internet marketing seminars.“Over seven hundred dollars for two days? That’s outrageous!” he exclaimed.When you’re facin

Most business owners strive to increase profit, while decreasing cost. If they don’t do these two things, they probably won’t be in business very long.

But, there’s a third component to making your business successful. That component is: efficiency.

If your business isn’t efficient, then eventually your profits will decrease, your expenses will increase, and your business will fail.

When it comes to the janitorial expense, most business owners simply go with the lowest bidder, thinking that they’re keeping their cost low. However, ask yourself a question: how does the lowest bidder do it? How can they do what other companies do, while being 25-50% cheaper.

I know, and soon you will too. Consider the following:

1. The lowest bidder never intends to clean your facility at the level s/he tells you they’ll clean. In other words, they plan to “over-promise” and “under-perform”.

2. The lowest bidder may be planning to do a great job for the first couple of weeks or a month, and then come to you and ask for more money. After all, if you want the excellent quality and dependability to continue, you should be willing to pay more for it, right?

3. The lowest bidder plans to use illegal or criminal workers to clean your facility. Illegal workers will clean for far less money than legal workers will, usually because they’re paid in cash (thus they don’t pay taxes). Workers with criminal records may not be able to get a job that performs criminal backgrounds. So, they turn to the janitorial industry, and find a company that just wants a ‘warm body’ to show up. In addition, criminals LOVE to be in commercial buildings at night … alone … with several hours to themselves. (I wonder why?)

These unethical tactics are used every day in the cleaning industry. And, you know what the sad thing is, unfortunately, … they work!

Business owners will accept cleaning companies under performing, because they know they’re getting what they paid for. Owners will pay more to a company that under bid the account 30 days ago, hoping that service will continue at the current level. Businesses will allow cleaning companies to give out their keys and security codes, hoping they won’t be robbed, or worse yet, report to the authorities.

My question is this: Knowing the problems associated with the lowest bidder, why risk it?

For many business owners, the answer is, they don’t know what they should be paying. Until now!

Here are a couple of suggestions for business owner who want to pay a fair wage to their cleaning company.

Safe Online Job Searching
The computer age has changed the face of job searching tremendously. Massive job databases as well as individual company websites make it easy for jobseekers to find and contact those companies looking for new employees. Not only is locating and job matching made simpler, but submitting resumes is now an easier process as well. Cutting and pasting resumes into company forms as well as emails have negated hours of work that jobseekers once had to perform with older traditional methods of print and mail. Not only is it much faster, but job locating has become much more efficient by providing quick dialog between parties, diminishing the dreaded waiting period of hearing back from a company or employer. Though jo

do, while being 25-50% cheaper.

I know, and soon you will too. Consider the following:

1. The lowest bidder never intends to clean your facility at the level s/he tells you they’ll clean. In other words, they plan to “over-promise” and “under-perform”.

These unethical tactics are used every day in the cleaning industry. And, you know what the sad thing is, unfortunately, … they work!

My question is this: Knowing the problems associated with the lowest bidder, why risk it?

For many business owners, the answer is, they don’t know what they should be paying. Until now!

Here are a couple of suggestions for business owner who want to pay a fair wage to their cleaning company.

How to Find a Model Agency
There are thousands of agencies in the US alone not to mention foreign countries. So, where do you start?This first depends upon your look and physical charateristics. If you meet the physical requirements discussed in Chapter One, then I would suggest that you start at the top of the modeling market and work your way down.The Major Modeling MarketsMost of the major modeling agencies are based in large cities such as New York, Miami, Los Angeles. You can sometimes find branches of these model reps in other medium to large cities throughout the USA.Below, you'll find links to more information on some of the top model agencies in the country and you may want to contact several of them

l clean for far less money than legal workers will, usually because they’re paid in cash (thus they don’t pay taxes). Workers with criminal records may not be able to get a job that performs criminal backgrounds. So, they turn to the janitorial industry, and find a company that just wants a ‘warm body’ to show up. In addition, criminals LOVE to be in commercial buildings at night … alone … with several hours to themselves. (I wonder why?)

These unethical tactics are used every day in the cleaning industry. And, you know what the sad thing is, unfortunately, … they work!

My question is this: Knowing the problems associated with the lowest bidder, why risk it?

For many business owners, the answer is, they don’t know what they should be paying. Until now!

Here are a couple of suggestions for business owner who want to pay a fair wage to their cleaning company.

Advertising Education or Condemnation, Stream of Thought
Lets talk about images in advertising for a moment. Most advertisements for clothing (i.e. bathing suits etc), show shapely thin women and men. This has led our country to think that fat is demeaning and not socially accepted. This type of advertising has caused everyone to want to look like the people in the ads. Diets of all sorts have been developed to try to meet these expectations. But when their goals are not reached it causes depression, low self-esteem that in turn causes a poor image is developed. In my opinion these advertisements have a negative outreach. Who is to say only thin people look great? Advertisements do! These ads also have created anorexic teenagers, which has led to serious health

ing, because they know they’re getting what they paid for. Owners will pay more to a company that under bid the account 30 days ago, hoping that service will continue at the current level. Businesses will allow cleaning companies to give out their keys and security codes, hoping they won’t be robbed, or worse yet, report to the authorities.

My question is this: Knowing the problems associated with the lowest bidder, why risk it?

For many business owners, the answer is, they don’t know what they should be paying. Until now!

Here are a couple of suggestions for business owner who want to pay a fair wage to their cleaning company.

10 Ways to Get Fired: Decisions That May Cost You the Corner Office
Among Fortune 500 CEOs and entry-level employees, Donald Trump’s “You’re Fired” mantra has become more than a catchy phrase. Gone are the days when employees sought to remain with a company until retirement. Today’s technically charged-fast paced-global market fuels competition for competent employees who only maintain three to five-year shelf lives. Ideally, finding a good career that provides stability is preferred for most people. However, committing to a company for decades at a time comes with a price. Long work hours that outweigh pay and recognition are usually what cause people to deviate from the standards that got them hired. Rather than list the obvious, outlined below are decisions that lead to bei

Method #3: Do the math yourself. If you want to know what the going rate is for service, figure it up for yourself. http://www.breakthecycleokc.com/Janitorial_Cost_How_Much_To_Pay.html

Here’s how to do it:

Calculate the total number of cleans per week and multiply that number by 4.33 (That is the number of weeks there are in a month.) Write that number down. We’ll call this point A

Next estimate how long it would take YOU to clean the building yourself. However, you should base this number on one thing… how long would it take to clean AFTER you had worked an eight-hour day. Most janitors have day jobs, and clean buildings in the evening for extra money. A person who has rested all day can clean faster than a person who has been at work all day. So, figure the number of hours it would take you to clean your facility AFTER you’ve worked an eight-hour shift. Write this number down. We’ll call this point B.

Next, go to your local 7-Eleven (or other major convenience store) and ask the manager how much do they pay new employees. Take that figure and multiply it by 1.75 and you’ll have the GROSS hourly wage, including taxes, insurance, profit, etc., a cleaning company may charge you. Write this number down, and we’ll call it point C.

Finally, multiply point A, B and C together and you’ll have an approximate monthly cost that a cleaning company may charge you to service your building.

Let’s put some numbers to this formula:

You want your building cleaned five days per week. So, you’ll take ‘5’ and multiply it by 4.33, and discover there are 21.66 cleaning days per month. (Point A)

Next, you estimate that it will take 4 hours per night for a person to properly clean your building. (Point B)

Finally, you find out the starting wage at your local convenience store is $10.00 per hour. Multiplying that number by 1.75, you come up with $17.50 as the GROSS hourly wage. (Point C) Now, simply multiply 21.66 (cleans per month) X 4 hours (per clean) X $17.50 (gross hourly wage) and you’ll come up with a monthly cost $1,516.20.

So, using Method #3, you should expect to pay approximately $1,500 per month for janitorial service.

No matter what method you use, use common sense in choosing your next janitorial company. After all, they may be with you for years to come!

D. Brownlee http://www.BreakTheCycleOKC.com

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