1. Don't wait till you start looking for a job, before you start looking.

Be up to date with your industry and conditions of your employment environment all time. Make this part of your job description in every job you hold. It could save you weeks when it comes time to find a job.

2. Keep your resume up to date

Find a template or layout that you are comfortable with and maintain it. Update it twice a year at least. It will save you mad scramble to put it together and possibly a lost opportunity because you were unprepared.

3. Network Network Network.

Keep in touch with all your contacts in industry. This includes workmates, employers, contacts at employment agencies, contacts in similar companies etc. You never know what other people will be doing tomorrow, or what opportunities they may have for you.

4. Accept interviews even if you are not interested in opportunity, or not looking for a job.

Interviewing is a very specific skill. Keep that skill honed. Keep practising skill. You don't want to lose "perfect" opportunies because it is your first interview in 5 years and you need to get your answers back up to scratch. Remember you do not have to accept job.

5. Keep a diary of your experiences.

Do you have a person in your staff who is not performing as well as he/she should? Try these motivation tips. You can work miracles with even mediocre persons that are well motivated.

FEEDBACK IS THE BEST MOTIVATOR Feedback on results, especially positive feedback, is best way to motivate your people. If you only give feedback to your people when they do something wrong, very soon they will do as little as possible. They will either vegetate in company or leave it. If you tell person how well he/she did something, right after it happened, you’ll be increasing his/her motivation more than if you did anything else.

PRAISE OFTEN Praise people often, as soon as they do something right. Praise them when they exceed standards and even when they consistently meet standards. The most common mistake managers make is to fail to praise. Catch your people doing something right and praise them. Don’t take their good performance for granted. You must motivate them to keep it up. Don’t hold back your praise. Whenever you see somebody doing something right, make sure you praise that person. Make it a point. Don’t let it go without mentioning I to person or you’ll be wasting a valuable opportunity to boost person’s morale’s and motivation.

MONEY ISN´T EVERYTHING Money is important. But regardless of how much we ear, we like more in a job than just money. Most of us like to know that we’re doing something useful and worthwhile – that our work is of real value to somebody. Mush as we need money, we also like to feel we are contributing something o human race. We like to be recognized and appreciated.

THREE FUNDAMENTALS How do good employees think and feel? 1.They are interested in their work and think it’s important. 2.They think of themselves as individuals who are making a real contribution – not as tools being used by someone else. 3.They take price in themselves and their work.