Regardless of your education and experience, a job interview is a high stress situation. You can have all of the training and past success in the world, yet still find yourself clamming up when it’s time to explain to the interviewer what makes you a…
Wake up, get ready, eat breakfast, commute to work, work all day, commute home, eat dinner, unwind and sleep. Repeat, repeat, repeat, repeat and repeat. The monotony of many people’s working lives is enough to make anyone weary, uninspired and longing for more. So, how…
During a job search, toeing the line between confidence and arrogance is sometimes difficult. Sure, you might have strong technical skills and experience. You may have a great network and personal brand, too. And chances are, you probably can find a colleague who can write…
Do you feel like your work never ends? Are you leaving the office late every day and/or working on weekends? Then, it seems that you need to improve your time-management skills. If you want to be more efficient at work, implement the below steps to your…
You have a great idea for a new project—a marketing initiative that’s going to reach new audiences, a revamped tagline for a flagging product, or an efficient new way to organize the team's records. You’re probably feeling excited (way to innovate!) and slightly apprehensive (um,…
If a company said 15 years ago that they conducted interviews remotely through a camera in your computer, you would have thought you were applying to Hogwarts. Now, webcam interviewing is becoming a mainstream method of recruiting — saving employers both time and money while still giving…
In school, you probably had a “cheat sheet” of sorts to review before your exams – just to refresh your brain on the little things. Treat your interviews the same way. Here are 10 elements in an important interview prep checklist to review before the big day…
Your relationship with your coworkers can be wonderful! Unfortunately at some point in your career, it’s likely you’ll also come across at least one person who qualifies as a Toxic Coworker. While we’re all going to interact with people that we don’t click with in…
Let’s agree you should always send a cover letter, it’s just the professional thing to do. Nonetheless, statistics show 50% of employers don’t read them and the others scan it in 5-10 seconds. That being said, how do you craft a cover letter that quickly captures…
No matter where you are in your career, networking is one of the best ways to learn about an occupation, company culture and changes in the industry. If you have been with one employer for a number of years, you probably want to learn what…