First Office Job Expectations
If you’re preparing to start working your first “office job”, we’re willing to bet that you have a lot of questions. Don’t worry – you’re not alone! Everyone goes through something of an adjustment period when they’re entering into their first office-based working environment. While it’s true that starting your first office job can be […]
Goal Setting: Learn How to Teach Your Team to Reach For the Stars This Year
For individual employees as well as for teams as a whole, the ability to continuously set new, ambitious, and achievable goals is an absolute prerequisite for success. By striving to set our sights on new professional horizons, we lay the groundwork for our ability to acquire new skills and overcome future challenges. As managers, it’s […]
Fix Resume Mixed Signals
It’s difficult to overstate the impact that a resume can have on landing a new job. In addition to conveying the facts about your work experience, qualifications, and professional skillset, it will also (typically) be the very first point of contact that you have with potential employers. As such, candidates must cover all of their bases in ensuring that they make a positive […]
The Ultimate Template for Your Next Cover Letter
When it comes to applying for a new role, some things will never go out of fashion. Submitting polished and comprehensive resumes and arriving early for an interview, to name two examples, are tactics that will always be sure to catch an employer’s eye. Another crucial component of the job search process is the drafting […]
Soft Skills for Jobs
Most of us are familiar with the hard skills – i.e., the teachable, technical skills such as programming or graphic design – that are prerequisites for success within our industry. However, there are a whole other array of “soft skills” which are mentioned far less often in professional circles but are nonetheless equally important for […]
Learn How to Network! 5 Tips for Building Better Business Relationships
You have likely heard it said that who you know can be almost as important as what you know…if not more important. It is a proven fact of business life that having a vast network of professional contacts can drastically tip the scale in your favor. It is the reason top executives join numerous professional […]
Enhance Your Job Search
While it is almost universally acknowledged that a strong resume enhances employment potential, it is often “soft skills” that can make or break a job search. Simply put, soft skills encompass emotional intelligence. High academic scores and honors are desirable, of course. But, emotional intelligence during a job search and after hiring is a key […]
Five Ways to Stay Motivated at Work
Last year, a Gallup survey found nearly 1 in 4 employees feels burned out, either always or often. While a lack of motivation may not always be caused by feeling “burned out,” there is little doubt that finding it difficult to stay motivated at work is a common issue. Fortunately, it is an issue that […]
How to Nail Your Next Phone Interview
After you’ve spent hours polishing your resume and contacting potential references, the next critical step you’ll likely face in the hiring process is the phone interview. Hiring executives and recruiters often use the phone interview as an important step in the screening process. In particular, they use phone interviews to give them a sense of […]