The strangest ways you've killed time at work
Thursday, 02/07/2015
How inventive are you when you waste time at work?
How to survive being in-between jobs
Monday, 29/06/2015
Anger, relief and anxiety are just a few of the feelings I had the morning I received my termination notice. Granted, it was from a job whose shelf life had expired many years before—one of my predecessors had called it a "stepping-stone" position—but it was still a shock.
Missing some qualifications? You can still get the job
Thursday, 25/06/2015
"Being extremely prepared on the company, its competition and the key issues the business faces can set a candidate apart from the rest. Showing your understanding [of] the business challenges and where they have exceled reinforces your knowledge and research skills to understand their priorities."
5 unconventional ways to grow your professional network
Monday, 22/06/2015
Try stepping outside your usual roster of groups and events to grow your professional circle even wider. In fact, you might form deep friendships, which can easily turn into valuable business contacts, with these five unconventional approaches to networking:
How well protected is your workplace?
Friday, 19/06/2015
Still, the survey shows that some security threats are more concerning to workers than others. Fires, floods and other similar disasters are low on most workers' radars, with 85 percent saying their workplace is well protected against such physical threats. Similarly, 83 percent say the same about weather-related threats.
Post, tweet, pin, follow: How social media can help – and hurt – the job hunt
Wednesday, 17/06/2015
Depending on what hiring managers find, candidates' online information can help or hurt their odds of getting a job. Forty-eight percent of hiring managers who screen candidates via social networks said they've found information that caused them not to hire a candidate – down slightly from 51 percent last year.
Five steps to perfect your elevator pitch
Monday, 15/06/2015
"Keep all content in the pitch related to the target role and industry," says Adrienne Tom, resume writer and employment strategist with Career Impressions. "Telling people about your personal life in your elevator pitch is a waste of time as well as a lost opportunity to focus on how your value proposition aligns with the employer's needs."
How to get out of an awkward networking conversation
Monday, 08/06/2015
Did you come to meet a certain speaker or industry leader? Are you here to share your business cards or extend an invite to an event of your own? If you're spreading the word about your own career goals, make sure you've done so with your current conversation partner before you exit the awkward interaction.
Don’t let fear of failure hold back your career
Thursday, 04/06/2015
"What one might consider to be a failure, another might consider a wonderful opportunity to learn something new," he says. "A failure is only truly a failure if we do not gain new insight or take anything away from the experience. Making mistakes is simply a process to ensure that we learn from them and do not make the same mistakes down the road."
