04/06/2009

MBAs More Open to Small Business Jobs

With job postings from the corporate world down, career services officers at b-schools are reaching out to small companies to find jobs for MBA grads, Business Week reports. Babson College's Olin Graduate School of Business, for instance, is hosting a small business career fair this spring. While small businesses still can't compete on salary for MBA talent, the b-school placement offices have this advice for small-business recruiters: Use the personal touch, especially a phone call from your CEO and offer a broad experience, such as a chance to sit in on board meetings or mentorship from a top executive. --Jeff B. Copeland, Content Product Manager

03/16/2009

Teaching Old Dogs New Tricks: E-Learning for Business Analysts

Today's current economic conditions require new skills for business analysts tasked with analyzing how businesses work. Enterprise Agility has launched a new on-demand, customized e-learning series for business analysts. The skill-building series begins with an introduction to Business Process Modeling Notation, the building blocks of business analysis. -- Eve Lopez, Associate Editor

03/16/2009

Climb the Steps to Freedom

According to Terry Powell, the CEO of AdviCoach, business owners have a greater chance of success if they understand the path a typical business takes to reach its goal. Specifically, AdviCoach outlines "Five Steps to Freedom" -- the progression from being unknown in the marketplace, all the way to investing in expansion. AdviCoach, a part of Business Advisers International, specializes in helping small to mid-size businesses achieve their dreams through the use of relationship-based coaching and business education success tools. AdviCoach partners with E-Myth Worldwide, a leading innovator of modern day small-business coaching. -- Eve Lopez, Associate Editor

03/16/2009

Sales Team Losing Steam?

It's a tough economy to sell in. If your inside sales team is lagging, consider treating them all to a series of educational webinars presented by SalesBuzz.com. Created for telesales professionals by telesales professionals, the webinar series includes topics like "Uncovering the Prospect's Motivation," "Qualifying Your Prospect on Price Before the Presentation/Proposal Stage" and "Objection Handling/Closing the Deal." These webinars are offered in addition to SalesBuzz.com's online training materials. -- Eve Lopez, Associate Editor

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