SCENARIO: You've been asked to write the executive summary of for a sales proposal. Because you know your competitors are also writing proposals, you want to make certain that your proposal gets read ...

Very much like a for-profit commercial enterprise, a nonprofit must develop its mission and vision, how it will be organized and what kinds of services it will provide. This overview serves as the ...

Events move pretty fast in the day-to-day operations of your business. One way to keep your team efforts focused in a common direction is through the use of business activity reports. These reports ...

Some people hate to write about themselves. That is what Mary, 59, a Product Director, said to me yesterday as we began to create her LinkedIn Profile. She went on to reveal why. “I find it very hard ...

Whether you’re using your business plan to attract investors, support a business loan application or guide your internal strategy, providing a high-level snapshot of its contents up front is essential ...

No business can be successful without a solid business plan. In fact, a business plan could be the thing that makes or breaks your entrepreneurial enterprise, especially if you haven’t started a ...

As jobseekers scour jobsites for potential relevant openings, it behooves them to apply to as many positions as possible. Of the applicants who send out their resume 1 to 10 times, only 12.6% book 3 ...

A business plan is all conceptual until you start filling in the numbers and terms. The sections about your marketing plan and strategy are interesting to read, but they don't mean a thing if you ...

Recruiters don't spend much time on your resume — three to five seconds total, according to former Disney recruiter Simon Taylor. "Most recruiters have a scarcity of time," he says. They have dozens ...