5 Traits of Great Managers and Team Leaders – Being successful takes a lot of energy and the ability to make other people excited about your vision and plan for the future. Great managers have the potential to not only lead, but also to inspire their team to achieve more.
5 Stand Out Qualities That Companies Look for in Candidates
Everybody wants to know what they can do to stand out from the crowd in terms of landing a better job and improving their career. Are skills and talent a big part of standing out? Of course they are. However, they’re not the ONLY components involved in companies’ decision-making process. Here are five more qualities […]
Seven Habits of Spectacularly Unsuccessful Executives
You’ve probably heard of a book titled The Seven Habits of Highly Successful People by Steven R. Covey. As I got to thinking, I thought, what about a book, rather a blog on “The Seven Habits of Spectacularly Unsuccessful Executives”? Leadership is a hard thing to teach. I recently sent an email to my clients […]
How to Leverage Your Performance Review
How to Leverage Your Performance Review – Your employee evaluation isn’t just an introduction to your raise or an excuse as to why you haven’t received one. Get a copy of your performance reviews, and then leverage them when you’re looking for a new opportunity. How do you get them and what do you do […]
5 Strategies for Building Resiliency Professionally
Let’s be honest—you can’t eliminate stress from your personal or professional life. It’s going to exist, in one form or another, whether good stress or bad stress. Most people don’t think of stress ever being a good thing, but there are many things in life that can still add elements of stress to our every […]
Employee Satisfaction: Giving Your Employees the Attention They Need!
If superstar employees don’t believe that they’re growing in their current position and working toward something bigger and better, then they’re going to think about leaving. That’s why you absolutely need to know what their professional needs and career goals are.
What To Do If You’re Underpaid – 6 Strategic Career Steps
Once you’ve ascertained that you’re being underpaid, your top priority should be to prevent your wages from stagnating even further. This is the prime time for building and developing your career, and you’ll want to cast as wide a net as possible.
What Are You Worth in Today’s Market?
What are you worth in today’s market? A general principle for financial success in the stock market is to buy low and sell high. When that rule of thumb is applied to your career, it means that you should stay put in a poor job market and be open to making a move during a […]
What’s Your Plan? Making Passive Candidates, Exceptional Employees
Now that you’ve established your process for hiring passive candidates (and that it’s different than your process for active job seekers), it’s time to address the importance of having a workforce plan for implementing that process for the purpose of hiring exceptional people.
An 11-Letter Word for Building Your Professional Online Identity
Are you an early adopter? This marketing term that defines a set group of individuals that are willing to jump in also applies to job seekers. They’re the people that are shouting from the pool “Come on in, the water’s fine!” Are these thoughts running through your mind?