Entering the workforce for the first time or starting a new gig can be challenging. Making it even more difficult: being new to a tenured team – a team that has already spent years or decades creating their culture, developing common ways of doing things…
When you’re considering taking a big career leap, it’s easy to be dissuaded by fear. Whether you’re thinking of starting your own business, making a major career change, or taking a leap of faith to pursue a passion, it’s normal to have doubts and hesitations about the…
Imagine you’ve just finished interviewing with several employers. Out of all of the interviews, you received one job offer. It wasn’t exactly what you wanted. Do you accept it? If you’ve experienced a long-term job search, you’re probably feeling like you should take what you can get.…
Is there one thing you can say in a cover letter that will guarantee it accomplishes its purpose? Absolutely! A cover letter serves as an introduction to your resume—and to yourself as a candidate for employment. It’s the place to show your interest in the…
You’ve probably heard plenty of advice about finding a career path that brings you satisfaction every day. One quote that often comes to mind is, “Do what you love, love what you do.” Some people may support this idea wholeheartedly, while there will be others…
An interview is something that should help you to highlight your strong suits. The problem is that a lot of people put an emphasis on the bad parts without even realizing it. Body language can turn out to be a huge problem. If it is…
You may not know it yet, but while you are working hard to build a respectable personal brand – you may be doing the exact opposite. While you labor to expand your sphere of influence – you are actually limiting your potential. All because you’re…
When you are an employee, you spend the majority of your day following someone else’s rules: Surely your office space is somewhere that you can relax and operate according to your own rules, right? Wrong. Well…sort of. On the one hand, the space is not…
The ups and downs you’ll experience throughout your career are what will make you a stronger individual, inside and out. There will be those moments when you feel like you’re on top of your career, like receiving a job offer or a new promotion. On…
It’s easy to be just another straw in the haystack when applying for jobs. Many employers (especially top-rated ones) have hundreds, if not thousands, of applicants for each job they post. If the applicant crawler system doesn’t weed you out initially, the HR reps are…