Description
Identifies and creates rental service and sales opportunities to achieve rental and sales revenue goals. Develops relationships with key decision makers and end users to promote customer satisfaction within assigned area.
•Promotes products and negotiates rental contracts to achieve assigned rental and sales revenue goals. Enhances customer satisfaction by developing rapport with key decision makers and end users at job sites.
•Develops and executes strategies to achieve revenue goals that reflect an understanding of market conditions and trends. Employs territory analysis and targeted sales and marketing research to identify top prospects.
•Addresses customer service issues in the field by managing customer expectations and coordinating with sales team.
•Develops, implements, and sustains quality process improvements that focus on safety, financials, operations, and customer service.
•Company car provided.
Qualifications
•High school diploma or equivalent required.
•Minimum 1 year sales experience required.
•Valid driver’s license required.
•Bachelor's degree preferred.
•Construction equipment experience preferred.
•Experience in the attainment of challenging sales goals and managing accounts within a designated region.
•Effective verbal and written communication skills and ability to successfully engage all levels of customer base.
Contact me @ kimberly.hughes@rightthinginc.com to apply
Just how happy are you at your workplace?
No matter how well you do your job, you may not always be appreciated or rewarded for the work you do.
You could also face a number of challenges in your workplace such as:
• Little fulfilment
• Long hours and tight deadlines
• Conflicting demands on your time and loyalty
• Little balance between personal life and work commitments
• Strained relationships with the important people in your life
• Lack of any say at work
• Internal politics and a rigid company structure
• Bullying within the workplace
• Few promotional opportunities
So just how do you cope?
At the end of the day, you want to be involved in fulfilling, rewarding and enjoyable, get recognition and promotion for your efforts, and be appreciated for the work you do.
But at the same time, want a balanced life with time for the things you really want to do with a full and interesting social life. Of course you want to have clarity about your career, job duties and you want to continue to be healthy, fit and stress free.
It seems a lot to ask for - and the key for resolving these seemingly conflicting challenges is to get clear about just how much you love the work you do?
Is what you do for work make you jump out of bed every morning?
Or would you rather be doing something else?
No matter how good things are in other parts of your life such as family, social life and relationships, work is a major part of your life, and not to be neglected.
Since for now you have chosen to be in the job you are in, it is up to you for the time being to make the most of what you do. Of course in the long term, you can either change your job or even embark on a new career. But for now, you can get to love more of what you do right now.
Assuming that in the short term you are not able to change jobs, there are a number of things you can do to begin enjoying more of what you currently do.
Ask yourself - is it the job or is it you?
And what can you do to make your current work more enjoyable?
Stop acting the victim. YOU are responsible for your life and if you can’t immediately change the job you are in, then it is up to you to make the most of it.
Here are 12 tips to enjoy more your current job.
1. Get motivated to face the day
On the way to your workplace, think of how the work you have allows you to have your life outside of it, such as a great social life. A positive attitude will make the day more pleasant and productive.
2. Keep your work in perspective
You can only do the best you can in each situation. Look beyond yourself and your work, and consider the bigger picture. Do some voluntary work to gain a broader outlook. Find a way to contribute to society in general.
3. You are more than your work
Do not have your identity too strongly tied to the job you do. Give up thinking that your work life “should” be a certain way. Such expectations of what you were supposed to be, as set by your parents and teachers, stop you from enjoying what you currently do.
4. Plan your time and create a to-do list
In this list, include long term projects as well as the more imminent things that need doing.
Prioritise your to-do list - do the most important things first. When performing any task, ask yourself - is this the best use of my time? Schedule in enough time for your studies etc.
5. Concentrate on the task at hand
Do not let yourself be distracted by worrying about all the other things to be done or losing energy over the undesirable situation you find yourself in. Stay in the moment.
Be ruthless and take care of a task before it gets on a possible procrastination list. For example, sort your morning post immediately in one go – open it, file it, act on it or bin it there and then.
6. Be clear about what's expected of you
Clarify immediately, any time you are not sure or where you are faced with conflicting demands. The more clear and upfront you are with your manager and the other people you work with, the better it will be for you in the long term.
7. Delegate wherever appropriate
Decide if there is anything that can be delegated, or that more fairly belongs to someone else's work load. Always remember the “3D” rule – do it, dump it or delegate it - never handle a piece of paper twice.
8. Have regular breaks
Get away from your normal workplace even if only for five minutes. Try taking a break from the laptop, emails and do leave the mobile behind. Make sure that you do have that lunch break – it is not just for food but also for fresh air and a mental break.
Eat a healthy lunch and if you must snack, make sure it is healthy too – an apple rather than a bag of crisps. Look for ways of energising yourself, other than from adrenaline and caffeine.
9. Learn to relax
No matter how challenging the work gets or how demanding your bosses become, it, at the end of the day it is only a job and you are much more than that. In years to come, you will look back and wonder what the fuss was.
10. Make your workplace more pleasant
Contribute towards creating a pleasant work environment. Do not gossip in the office as it just creates negativity all around. Do not listen to any gossip either. Minimise your time with people that you do not resonate with or like.
Learn to have more fun at work. Laugh more and chill out. Perform with a more fun orientated approach.
11. Review your day before you leave for home
Look at what worked well, and what could be improved the next day. If you feel satisfied with the day’s work, then why not reward yourself later that day. You deserve it.
12. Switch off once you leave work
You are already at work a third of your time, so do not continue to keep it buzzing in your head during your supposed free time. Mentally say good bye to your work space the moment you leave for home.
See your work as a game. Life is meant to be fun and if you are going to spend a third of it at work, you might as well enjoy the game.
Enjoy your work - and if it comes down to it, you can always find something better in the medium to long term.
Arvind Devalia is a writer, blogger, life coach and social entrepreneur living in a leafy part of central London. Arvind was born in Kenya, his heritage is Indian and he has lived in the UK for over 20 years. A true citizen of the world.
Arvind is the author of the best-selling book Get the Life you Love. His blog is called Make it Happen
No matter how well you do your job, you may not always be appreciated or rewarded for the work you do.
You could also face a number of challenges in your workplace such as:
• Little fulfilment
• Long hours and tight deadlines
• Conflicting demands on your time and loyalty
• Little balance between personal life and work commitments
• Strained relationships with the important people in your life
• Lack of any say at work
• Internal politics and a rigid company structure
• Bullying within the workplace
• Few promotional opportunities
So just how do you cope?
At the end of the day, you want to be involved in fulfilling, rewarding and enjoyable, get recognition and promotion for your efforts, and be appreciated for the work you do.
But at the same time, want a balanced life with time for the things you really want to do with a full and interesting social life. Of course you want to have clarity about your career, job duties and you want to continue to be healthy, fit and stress free.
It seems a lot to ask for - and the key for resolving these seemingly conflicting challenges is to get clear about just how much you love the work you do?
Is what you do for work make you jump out of bed every morning?
Or would you rather be doing something else?
No matter how good things are in other parts of your life such as family, social life and relationships, work is a major part of your life, and not to be neglected.
Since for now you have chosen to be in the job you are in, it is up to you for the time being to make the most of what you do. Of course in the long term, you can either change your job or even embark on a new career. But for now, you can get to love more of what you do right now.
Assuming that in the short term you are not able to change jobs, there are a number of things you can do to begin enjoying more of what you currently do.
Ask yourself - is it the job or is it you?
And what can you do to make your current work more enjoyable?
Stop acting the victim. YOU are responsible for your life and if you can’t immediately change the job you are in, then it is up to you to make the most of it.
Here are 12 tips to enjoy more your current job.
1. Get motivated to face the day
On the way to your workplace, think of how the work you have allows you to have your life outside of it, such as a great social life. A positive attitude will make the day more pleasant and productive.
2. Keep your work in perspective
You can only do the best you can in each situation. Look beyond yourself and your work, and consider the bigger picture. Do some voluntary work to gain a broader outlook. Find a way to contribute to society in general.
3. You are more than your work
Do not have your identity too strongly tied to the job you do. Give up thinking that your work life “should” be a certain way. Such expectations of what you were supposed to be, as set by your parents and teachers, stop you from enjoying what you currently do.
4. Plan your time and create a to-do list
In this list, include long term projects as well as the more imminent things that need doing.
Prioritise your to-do list - do the most important things first. When performing any task, ask yourself - is this the best use of my time? Schedule in enough time for your studies etc.
5. Concentrate on the task at hand
Do not let yourself be distracted by worrying about all the other things to be done or losing energy over the undesirable situation you find yourself in. Stay in the moment.
Be ruthless and take care of a task before it gets on a possible procrastination list. For example, sort your morning post immediately in one go – open it, file it, act on it or bin it there and then.
6. Be clear about what's expected of you
Clarify immediately, any time you are not sure or where you are faced with conflicting demands. The more clear and upfront you are with your manager and the other people you work with, the better it will be for you in the long term.
7. Delegate wherever appropriate
Decide if there is anything that can be delegated, or that more fairly belongs to someone else's work load. Always remember the “3D” rule – do it, dump it or delegate it - never handle a piece of paper twice.
8. Have regular breaks
Get away from your normal workplace even if only for five minutes. Try taking a break from the laptop, emails and do leave the mobile behind. Make sure that you do have that lunch break – it is not just for food but also for fresh air and a mental break.
Eat a healthy lunch and if you must snack, make sure it is healthy too – an apple rather than a bag of crisps. Look for ways of energising yourself, other than from adrenaline and caffeine.
9. Learn to relax
No matter how challenging the work gets or how demanding your bosses become, it, at the end of the day it is only a job and you are much more than that. In years to come, you will look back and wonder what the fuss was.
10. Make your workplace more pleasant
Contribute towards creating a pleasant work environment. Do not gossip in the office as it just creates negativity all around. Do not listen to any gossip either. Minimise your time with people that you do not resonate with or like.
Learn to have more fun at work. Laugh more and chill out. Perform with a more fun orientated approach.
11. Review your day before you leave for home
Look at what worked well, and what could be improved the next day. If you feel satisfied with the day’s work, then why not reward yourself later that day. You deserve it.
12. Switch off once you leave work
You are already at work a third of your time, so do not continue to keep it buzzing in your head during your supposed free time. Mentally say good bye to your work space the moment you leave for home.
See your work as a game. Life is meant to be fun and if you are going to spend a third of it at work, you might as well enjoy the game.
Enjoy your work - and if it comes down to it, you can always find something better in the medium to long term.
Arvind Devalia is a writer, blogger, life coach and social entrepreneur living in a leafy part of central London. Arvind was born in Kenya, his heritage is Indian and he has lived in the UK for over 20 years. A true citizen of the world.
Arvind is the author of the best-selling book Get the Life you Love. His blog is called Make it Happen
Thursday, January 19, 2012
Ever watch a movie and think, “Oh my God, that is my LIFE?”
Yeah, that happens all the time. And especially when it comes to your career, sometimes the movies just so perfectly represent where you’re at.
In our (maybe not-so-humble) opinion, here are the eight best career movies and the crazy lessons they teach us:
1. The Devil Wears Prada
Plot: Girl gets everybody’s dream job at fashion magazine. Boss is bitch, takes over girl’s life with ridiculous demands. Girl becomes pretty, learns valuable career lesson.
Valuable career lesson: Sometimes from the outside it seems like we should take that amazing-sounding job or do that one little thing for our bosses that’s actually completely inappropriate – until one day we find out the job has completely taken over our lives. When it comes to drastic career moves, trust your gut on what feels right and what feels like too big a compromise.
2. The Pursuit of Happyness
Plot: Man who’s always struggled to make ends meet gets custody of his son, becomes homeless and manages to become a fancy pants stockbroker with a lot of determination and elbow grease.
Valuable career lesson: It’s never too late to change your career and “make something” of yourself. Also? Life is hard. Deal with it.
3. The Social Network
Plot: Facebook. ‘Nough said.
Valuable career lesson: Sell out your friends, be an asshole and you will be one of the most successful people on the planet. But that doesn’t mean you won’t Facebook-stalk your exes just like the rest of us.
4. Jerry Maguire
Plot: Sports agent has an epiphany about the future of his industry and gets fired because of it.
Valuable career lesson: It is, in fact, possible to love what you do, make a difference and have an “important” career without being a completely asshole in the process.
5. Office Space
Plot: Group of friends hate their jobs. Layoffs affect the office place. Group plants a virus to steal money from the company but it all goes horribly wrong! And by “wrong” we mean “oh-so-right.” (This is easily one of the best movies ever and so perfectly depicts what it’s like to be in a job you hate.)
Valuable career lesson: Co-workers are everything. The best thing about this movie is the cast and how the characters work together (and sometimes completely mess with each other). They teach us how you can stand even the worst job when there are awesome people involved. And also that if you don’t have awesome people, you may or may not “set the building on fire.”
6. Clerks
Plot: Classic Kevin Smith movie about two slightly obnoxious guys who work at a convenience store.
Valuable career lesson: Be nice to the people behind the counter. “Just because they serve you, doesn’t mean they like you.”
7. Up in the Air
Plot: Guy has a job that involves firing people. His home is essentially – wait for it – up in the air. He’s all lonely and empty and stuff.
Valuable career lesson: Even with a job as glamorous as constant travel, coming back to a proper home is worth more than you’d think. There’s something to be said for downtime and, as Americans, we rarely get that in the workplace. Which means home needs to be a place where you feel safe, relax and chilled out. We promise it will make you more productive and better at your job in the long run.
8. Wall Street
Plot: It’s called Wall Street, people, which means it’s even more relevant today than in 1987. Stockbroker is ambitious. Stockbroker makes a few dirty decisions.
Valuable career lesson: Don’t work on Wall Street. Greed is bad. Watch out for shady stockbroker mentors.
What awesome movies did we miss?
Marian Schembari is a blogger, traveler and all-around social media thug. She’s based in Auckland, New Zealand, hails from Connecticut and blogs at marianlibrarian.com
Source: http://blog.resumebear.com/acting-jobs/the-8-best-career-movies-of-all-time/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+resumebear%2FLZbo+%28ResumeBear+Blog%29&utm_content=Google+Reader
Seeking preferably local candidate with heavy equipment knowledge and some sales experience.
Solicits and services new and existing customers to maintain and increase the company’s customer base and to achieve rental, sales and service revenue goals.
Manages new and existing customer accounts by negotiating terms, managing customer expectations, and resolving customer problems, issues and concerns. Develops new accounts by marketing company product lines and offering value-added services.
Prepares bids on new and existing jobs and projects.
Identifies and develops new service contract opportunities. Receives customer orders and serves as the customer contact point on rental equipment.
Develops a referral network to assist in increasing the client base.
May assist in orienting customer on equipment and vehicles.
Assists in implementing, sustaining and developing quality process improvements that focus on safety, financials, operations and customer service.
Qualifications
High school diploma or equivalent required.
Bachelor degree preferred.
Minimum 1 year customer service or sales experience required.
Construction equipment experience preferred.
One to three years experience in sales required. Equipment rental sales experience preferred.
Effective verbal and written communication skills and ability to successfully engage all levels of customer base.
Contact me to apply!
Solicits and services new and existing customers to maintain and increase the company’s customer base and to achieve rental, sales and service revenue goals.
Manages new and existing customer accounts by negotiating terms, managing customer expectations, and resolving customer problems, issues and concerns. Develops new accounts by marketing company product lines and offering value-added services.
Prepares bids on new and existing jobs and projects.
Identifies and develops new service contract opportunities. Receives customer orders and serves as the customer contact point on rental equipment.
Develops a referral network to assist in increasing the client base.
May assist in orienting customer on equipment and vehicles.
Assists in implementing, sustaining and developing quality process improvements that focus on safety, financials, operations and customer service.
Qualifications
High school diploma or equivalent required.
Bachelor degree preferred.
Minimum 1 year customer service or sales experience required.
Construction equipment experience preferred.
One to three years experience in sales required. Equipment rental sales experience preferred.
Effective verbal and written communication skills and ability to successfully engage all levels of customer base.
Contact me to apply!
Tuesday, January 10, 2012
From: http://www.recruiter.com/articles/why-recruiting-looks-easy/
There is an absolutely wonderful children’s book called 20 Heartbeats about a painter who paints a horse for a very wealthy man. I hate to ruin it for you, but I have to say what happens.
The rich man pays this famous painter to paint his favorite horse. But years go by and the painter won’t finish the painting. The rich man finally shows up at the painter’s house and demands the painting. The painter obligingly whips out a piece of parchment, dashes off a horse in black ink with his brush, and then hands the painting to the rich man. All this takes less than the time of 20 heartbeats.
The rich man is, of course, aghast. He storms after the painter to demand his money back. However, as he walks after the painter, he sees what has been taking so long.
All along the walls are hundreds and hundreds of painted horses. The painter wasn’t procrastinating, he was practicing. The rich man then finally takes a look at the painting that he purchased so long ago, now in his hands. It’s a perfect horse, a horse so real that he whistles to it.
As every art form takes discipline and practice to look easy, every kind of work takes years of diligence to perfect. Recruiting is no different, but few professions look so simple. It’s really hard to pass along a piece of paper, right? You can almost hear hiring managers thinking to themselves, “Yeah, I’ll bet your fingers are really tired from dragging all those resumes from a folder into an email. Real hard work.” Few jobs seem so easy to duplicate.
The end product of recruiting, for one thing, is someone’s else’s work – it is someone else’s talent, ability to interview, and everything else they have that gets them hired that is the end product of the recruiter’s process. It’s hard to pinpoint the recruiter’s exact role in this pseudo-science. Did they identify the talent? Spot them? Find them? Assess them? Understand the job? The culture? Have the right database? The right connections? The right insight into the department or hiring manager psychology? Did they make a lot of calls or know some secret strings to search for in Google? It’s hard to say what it is exactly that the recruiter does and so it’s easy to discount the recruiter’s role entirely.
However, we might be looking at it wrong. A recruiter’s value can’t be found within the process of a single hire. It can’t be found in that space that sometimes spans twenty heartbeats between talking to a manager about a job to the identification of a possible talent.
You have to look at everything that comes before that identification to see the value of a good recruiter. A great recruiter creates the conditions for that magic luck to strike. They don’t talk to a lot of different people. They talk to everyone. They don’t want to know their clients or their company’s competitors. They want to know everything that’s happening at every company in their area. It’s a massive amount of work that requires constant rejection, failure, stress, and is compounded by the minutiae of job offers and the uncertainty of human emotion.
That’s why very few succeed at recruiting. It’s not like there is anything special about that one placement. There is nothing about identifying a candidate and getting them a job offer that requires any particular kind of magic, or even a college degree for that matter. Unlike a beautiful painting, anyone or any recruiter can luck out and make a placement or two. But the background required for long-term recruiting success is much different. It involves the deep study of companies, products, markets, assessment, and professions coupled with a kind of brute force stamina to doggedly pursue the talents of other people. This is the process that forges the recruiter’s talent. This talent, when functioning at its best, is impossible to find.
There is an absolutely wonderful children’s book called 20 Heartbeats about a painter who paints a horse for a very wealthy man. I hate to ruin it for you, but I have to say what happens.
The rich man pays this famous painter to paint his favorite horse. But years go by and the painter won’t finish the painting. The rich man finally shows up at the painter’s house and demands the painting. The painter obligingly whips out a piece of parchment, dashes off a horse in black ink with his brush, and then hands the painting to the rich man. All this takes less than the time of 20 heartbeats.
The rich man is, of course, aghast. He storms after the painter to demand his money back. However, as he walks after the painter, he sees what has been taking so long.
All along the walls are hundreds and hundreds of painted horses. The painter wasn’t procrastinating, he was practicing. The rich man then finally takes a look at the painting that he purchased so long ago, now in his hands. It’s a perfect horse, a horse so real that he whistles to it.
As every art form takes discipline and practice to look easy, every kind of work takes years of diligence to perfect. Recruiting is no different, but few professions look so simple. It’s really hard to pass along a piece of paper, right? You can almost hear hiring managers thinking to themselves, “Yeah, I’ll bet your fingers are really tired from dragging all those resumes from a folder into an email. Real hard work.” Few jobs seem so easy to duplicate.
The end product of recruiting, for one thing, is someone’s else’s work – it is someone else’s talent, ability to interview, and everything else they have that gets them hired that is the end product of the recruiter’s process. It’s hard to pinpoint the recruiter’s exact role in this pseudo-science. Did they identify the talent? Spot them? Find them? Assess them? Understand the job? The culture? Have the right database? The right connections? The right insight into the department or hiring manager psychology? Did they make a lot of calls or know some secret strings to search for in Google? It’s hard to say what it is exactly that the recruiter does and so it’s easy to discount the recruiter’s role entirely.
However, we might be looking at it wrong. A recruiter’s value can’t be found within the process of a single hire. It can’t be found in that space that sometimes spans twenty heartbeats between talking to a manager about a job to the identification of a possible talent.
You have to look at everything that comes before that identification to see the value of a good recruiter. A great recruiter creates the conditions for that magic luck to strike. They don’t talk to a lot of different people. They talk to everyone. They don’t want to know their clients or their company’s competitors. They want to know everything that’s happening at every company in their area. It’s a massive amount of work that requires constant rejection, failure, stress, and is compounded by the minutiae of job offers and the uncertainty of human emotion.
That’s why very few succeed at recruiting. It’s not like there is anything special about that one placement. There is nothing about identifying a candidate and getting them a job offer that requires any particular kind of magic, or even a college degree for that matter. Unlike a beautiful painting, anyone or any recruiter can luck out and make a placement or two. But the background required for long-term recruiting success is much different. It involves the deep study of companies, products, markets, assessment, and professions coupled with a kind of brute force stamina to doggedly pursue the talents of other people. This is the process that forges the recruiter’s talent. This talent, when functioning at its best, is impossible to find.
In this position you will maintain and repair the most complex rental equipment and vehicles at assigned RSC and customer locations. In addition, you will ensure that equipment and vehicles operate effectively, efficiently and safely.
•Maintains and repairs of a variety of rental equipment, tools, and vehicles involving mechanical, hydraulics, and diesel, pneumatic and electrical systems.
•Assists in familiarizing and training customer on equipment and vehicles.
•Demonstrates orientation toward excellent customer service by conducting daily activities, communications and interactions in a cooperative, positive and professional manner.
Qualifications
•High school diploma or equivalent required.
•3rd year Apprentice, Journeyman, or Heavy Equipment Red Seal certification required
•Minimum of three years experience in mechanical, hydraulic, diesel, pneumatic and electrical repairs involving complex equipment, tools, and vehicles preferred
•Valid driver’s license required.
•Ability to diagnose complex mechanical problems and successfully repair the equipment.
•Ability to lift up to 50 lbs., bend, stoop, squat, reach, crouch and kneel, stand for long periods of time, work in unprotected weather elements, wear hard-toed shoes and other required personal protective equipment, enter and exit vehicle appointed to drive. Must possess necessary skills to perform all duties required on vehicle assigned to operate
Housing and Northern Living Allowance avaialble, shift either 14/7 or 10/4, 10 hour shifts.
Contact me @ kimberly.hughes@rightthinginc.com to apply
•Maintains and repairs of a variety of rental equipment, tools, and vehicles involving mechanical, hydraulics, and diesel, pneumatic and electrical systems.
•Assists in familiarizing and training customer on equipment and vehicles.
•Demonstrates orientation toward excellent customer service by conducting daily activities, communications and interactions in a cooperative, positive and professional manner.
Qualifications
•High school diploma or equivalent required.
•3rd year Apprentice, Journeyman, or Heavy Equipment Red Seal certification required
•Minimum of three years experience in mechanical, hydraulic, diesel, pneumatic and electrical repairs involving complex equipment, tools, and vehicles preferred
•Valid driver’s license required.
•Ability to diagnose complex mechanical problems and successfully repair the equipment.
•Ability to lift up to 50 lbs., bend, stoop, squat, reach, crouch and kneel, stand for long periods of time, work in unprotected weather elements, wear hard-toed shoes and other required personal protective equipment, enter and exit vehicle appointed to drive. Must possess necessary skills to perform all duties required on vehicle assigned to operate
Housing and Northern Living Allowance avaialble, shift either 14/7 or 10/4, 10 hour shifts.
Contact me @ kimberly.hughes@rightthinginc.com to apply
Tuesday, January 3, 2012
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