Career Advice

Ah, spring, a time of new beginnings – even in the workplace. With diploma firmly in hand, eager new graduates fill offices with renewed energy, fresh perspectives . . . and plenty of rookie behavior. Time often proves the best…

"Sorry, but I didn’t get your email." "Sorry, but I can’t make it to that meeting." "Sorry, but I have a question." If you tend to start most of your sentences with “Sorry, but....” you may be hurting your career.…

If you are in sales, you know that leads are the most important thing in the world. If you've quoted a customer for a sale, and another salesperson takes that lead and sells it from under you, you're going to…

Transitioning out of a job can be stressful - there’s a rush to complete open items and look ahead to the next stop in your career. However, for a variety of reasons, it’s important to ensure you make your exit…

Personality tests are frequently utilized by companies and individuals to improve career success rates. Most often designed by psychologists, psychiatrists and other mental health professionals, personality tests take into account human characteristics and interpersonal relationship dynamics. Whether you’re a recent…

Perhaps you have a special talent in expanding and embellishing your skills and past experience in a job interview. Whatever the manager asks about, you say “Of course, I can do that!” thinking you’re smart and will figure it out…

Experts agree, the U.S. economy is overdue for a recession. Whether it's a small or short pullback, some type of slowdown is coming. The best way to improve your job security is by taking a continuing education course, seminar or…

We've all known a disastrous boss's favorite. This is the person you're least happy to see on Monday morning. You stride in to work, refreshed from your weekend, ready to tackle that project -- then you see the disastrous boss's…

How did this happen? You had a great interview with your future boss. Everything clicked: same values, same interests, same working style. By the second week, you realize you made a BIG mistake. There’s either too much work or not…

When you think of dangerous jobs, you probably think of commercial fishing or logging, not composing emails in a cubicle. But office jobs can take a toll on your health, especially if you’ve adopted unhealthy habits at work. Want to…

"You never get a second chance to make a first impression," according to Will Rogers, and that's one reason LinkedIn recommendations are valuable tools in finding jobs and building careers. Glassdoor reports from an ERE survey that every corporate job opening results…

When we’re going through something in our personal lives, those issues don’t stay tidily contained to our existence outside of work. Instead, they tend to bleed into and affect every aspect of our lives, including our jobs. When you’re dealing…

Calling in sick can be very stressful on an employee. People experience severe anxiety, and several questions come to to mind. "Is my boss going to fire me for missing a day?" "Will my work get done?" "Will they believe…

The importance of online reputation management for companies is obvious — customers and clients want to know they can depend on the company, and online reviews have become a strong tool for building trust. A positive online reputation is just as…

Knowing how to make a good first impression on the job is important. It's helps you fit in and gain immediate respect with both management and co-workers. Initial reactions from others can affect your career and any success with the…

Being an executive assistant is an arduous, and often thankless job. It’s easy to overlook how important executive assistants are in nearly every major industry. They’re the cogs that turn the gears, and make sure everything is running smoothly. Being…

When it comes to pay, compensation for employees has benefits and drawbacks beyond just the numbers on a paycheck. While hourly employees make a set amount of money for every hour they work, salaried employees make the same amount each…

It happens. Perhaps you downplayed your accomplishments during the interview enough to slip through the screening process. Now you’re paying the price—growing cynical in a position you thought you graduated from years ago. Or it could be you started out…

They are an inevitable part of every business -- those one or two challenging customers who make every interaction problematic. Learn how to deal with difficult clients to get a head start in critical client relationship management that generates customer satisfaction and maintains…

Building friendly, professional relationships at work creates a happy, productive environment. With fewer problems in the office or on the factory floor, positive energy gets channeled into creative discussions and a constructive workflow so that everyone can meet deadlines and…