How to Delegate Without Appearing Too Bossy
When you are a leader of a team or department, you will have a variety of tasks and projects on your plate. And while you may be a go-getter, you can’t do it all. You need to delegate! Unfortunately, many individuals don’t know how to delegate or they avoid it altogether. Learning how to delegate […]
How social media can help you find work
Job seekers used to worry their social media profiles could keep them from landing their dream job. And for good reason. After all, photos of keg stands don’t exactly scream, “future executive.” Shying away from social media, however, is not the answer. With recent surveys showing that 92% of companies and recruiters use social media […]
To-Do Don’ts: Why Over-planning is Harming Your Productivity
Being organized at work is often considered a positive trait of a great employee — but is there such a thing as being too organized? While planning certainly has its place in the office, there can be detrimental affects if it gets out of hand. How do you know when you’ve crossed the line from […]
5 Career Tools To Keep Sharp and Ready To Use
Even if you’re not actively seeking work, it doesn’t hurt to be prepared. You never know when an opportunity will come your way and you want to be ready when it does. This could mean anything from an offer to work at a new company or a promotion within your own organization. When these openings […]
New Boss, New Rules? How to Cope With a New Manager
It’s one thing to decide to get a new job and understand that a new job means you have to get used to new rules and new expectations. But it’s quite another when you’re in the same job, at the same company doing the same thing. And then you get a new boss. Maybe it’s […]
Thanks, But No Thanks: Bad Job Search Advice
Tastes change over time. Trends become cliches. Yesterday’s cool is today’s bad joke. And career advice is no different — what used to be a good idea…just isn’t. Bad job search advice is dangerous when it’s an out of date strategy. And some bad advice always was. Either way, it can make a good candidate look […]
Career Advice: Things to Remember
Whether you have been in the market for five minutes or five decades, you’re constantly sifting through what’s important to remember in future decisions, and what’s additional noise. The truth is, everybody has an opinion. Everybody has advice. Not everybody is right. They can’t all be. And what’s important information to you, will be useless […]