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By the numbers: 7 days, 7 marathons, 310 total kilometers run in a week, 73 pairs of shoes distributed to 73 happy boys and girls, 2 homes visited, and over $5,000 raised for YouMeWe. What an experience! And it’s not too late to donate! Day by day Day 1: 55 Kilometers from Tokyo to Kawagoe, runni...
p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px 'Helvetica Neue'} Welcome to this episode of Short and Sweet. Today we are talking about time management. Give you some tips for time management as a new manager. Often times as a new manager you’re inundated with so much to do and it can be ver...
Welcome to this episode of Short and Sweet where I’m going to give you 5 steps to help your interview process become the best it can be. Some small companies, don’t have processes in place they just wing it, or they don’t have a HR person to help guide them into that practice. So if you’re in thi...
p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px 'Helvetica Neue'} Welcome to Short and Sweet #12! Today we’re going to talk about how to ace a telephone interview. Telephone interviews are a bit different in their dynamic, in some ways their easier because you can take notes, but in some ways...
p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px 'Helvetica Neue'} Welcome to Short and Sweet #11. Today we are going to talk about, how to ace the interview. This is part 2 of our 3 part series on how to ace interviews. So today is what to do while you are in an interview, and how to leave th...
Hi! Welcome to Short and Sweet #10. Today’s question comes from Konno san who is a job seeker and had some questions about how to do a great interview. So the next 2 Short and Sweets are going to be about how to ace an interview. So before we get started, let’s remember one point about acting an ...
p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px 'Helvetica Neue'} Hi and welcome to Short and Sweet #9! Today I have a request from Kaneko-san asking me “how to create a great resume?” There’s 4 points I’m going to go through. Point #1 is remember that your resume is electronic. Traditionally...
p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px 'Helvetica Neue'} Hi! Welcome to Short and Sweet episode 8. Today we’re going to cover the very hot topic of sustainability, which is something that FocusCore has been working on thank you to the efforts to Cian Boland and Simon Jelfs within our...
p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica} Hi! Welcome to episode 7 of Short and Sweet! Today we’re going to speak about a question I got from a candidate: How do you choose a recruiter? Great question. There’s several ways to go about it. Step #1; take a look at the website o...
p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px 'Helvetica Neue'} Hi and welcome to episode 6 of Short and Sweet. Today we will talk about what to do before you start looking for a job? Many people come to our office and already thinking about changing jobs but haven’t given it that much thou...
p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px 'Helvetica Neue'} Hi and welcome to episode 5 of Short and Sweet. Today we will talk about what to do before you start looking for a job. Many people come to our office and are already thinking about changing jobs, but haven’t given it that much...
p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px 'Helvetica Neue'} Welcome to Short and Sweet episode 4! Today I want to talk about something that is fairly popular in Europe and US but not so much in Japan which is “Is your HR team and talent acquisition team having a marketing plan in place....
Hi! Welcome to episode 3 of "Short and Sweet." p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px 'Helvetica Neue'} Today I want to talk about values. I was doing some team executive coaching with an AI start-up this week. The teams gone from couple of founding members up to 80 people in just a ...
Welcome to the 2nd episode of Short and Sweet, FocusCore's video blog. People are often surprised to hear that I used to be a big fat guy. It wasn't until I came to Japan and started working in sales that I started and found my passion for running. The first time I went out running, I went out fo...
Hi and welcome to episode #1 of Short and Sweet, FocusCore's video blog, my name is David Sweet, Managing Director of FocusCore. Episode #1 I want to say thank you; we just have celebrated our 8th anniversary, and it's thanks to you, our customers, and everything you've done to help us be success...
日本語で読むにはこちらをクリック Take a look at the chart below. This is data on our 2019 Salary Guide. We've collected data through a survey to our clients and candidates, analysed it for easyer view. As anyone can see, the most important aspect for people was "Career progress," even over "Salary." This shows p...
This week I was honored to again be doing leadership training for some of Amazon’s global leadership team. Not only were there employees from Seattle, but also Europe and Asia joining as well. Much of what was covered emphasized DiSC for communication skills within a leadership teams. One of thei...
For the Business in Japan event this month, authors David Sweet and Dan Harris spoke on Cross-Cultural Selling. Fifty sales professionals from various B2B industries gathered to hear these long-time Japan sales pros talk about how sales people can improve sales, bust through the "Japan's too hard...
日本語で読むにはこちらをクリック Recently an eager job seeker asked me the top 5 things I could recommend for finding a new job. She asked me what mistakes to avoid and what would help her succeed. Here is a brief outline of our discussion. I hope it helps you as well! 1. Get on LinkedIn. For foreigners, joining...
日本語で読むにはこちらをクリック Miyamoto Musashi, the 16th century Japanese sword fighter said, “Never have a favorite weapon.” If you continually fall back on a specific method or skill-set over and over, you will grow predictable. You will be beaten. Napoleon, crushing the Prussian army in the battles of Jena...