Warning Signs of a Bad Candidate
Hiring the wrong candidate can cost the employer time, energy and money. Therefore, employers should be careful when assessing the candidates for the job. As an employer, you should not only look if the candidate’s skills and experience is a good fit for the job but also watch out his/her manners during the interview. If …
Advantages of Diversity in the Workplace
The development of technology makes the world more connected than ever. Nowadays, you can do business anytime and from anywhere you want. This means that you can also have clients, vendors or business partners from anywhere around the world. Since businesses are dealing with a more diverse marketplace, your staff should also reflect this diversity. …
Ways to Motivate Millennials in the Workplace
Millennials are the generation born between 1980 and 2000. Currently, they make up almost 33% of the US workforce so one in three employees is a millennial. While millennials are highly educated and technology capable, they are unfortunately the most frequent job hoppers. Studies show that this generation generally stays in one job around 2 …
Communication is Key to Winning
Everyone could use a little help with communications skills from time to time. The same is true for the work environment. Since we all have limited time to communicate, we should try to make the best of it. When you talk with people, you define your relationship with them. Choose your words carefully and you …
Body Language Mistakes to Avoid at Work
Communication is not only verbal but also includes mimics and gestures. Therefore, you should be careful about how you use your body when expressing yourself if you don’t want to create any conflicts between your body language and the point you are trying to make. Below you can find the most common mistakes to avoid …
Attitude Edition: The 5 things that can help you succeed
The Five Things That Can Help You Succeed: the Attitude Edition
The information is ubiquitous: our attitudes color how we see the world, how we respond to stimuli, and can even affect our health. So how can we cultivate the kind of attitude that helps us succeed at work? Here are five attitude factors …
7 ways to WOW your customers
At a recent outing in San Francisco, I stopped at Burberry to shop. Most experiences I’ve had shopping at places have been OK, some great; but rarely do I have an experience where I need to tell the world just how spectacular it was.
By providing over the top, knock your socks off service to …
How Evan Mathew Weinstein Built A Career In Indie Filmmaking
I recently had the pleasure to sit down with Evan Weinstein, an independent film director whose film “Leaving Circadia” has garnered a lot of success at various film festivals such as the Manhattan Film Fest, Soho Film Festival, among many others. The film will also be available on Video On-Demand in the coming weeks.
Christian …
Balancing High School And Being a Top Hip Hop Publicist with Lloyd Ellis
Earlier today I had the chance to sit down with Lloyd Ellis the teen publicist behind some of hip-hop’s biggest names. Lloyd chats with us about how he got into the music industry at a young age and how he does it all while still being in high school. After having this conversation I am …
How to Hire International Candidates
There are many educated and talented international job seekers in the US and companies can hire them easily with the right paperwork and this is not as costly as the employers think. Employers only need to file a work visa called H-1B in order to hire the international candidate. Especially, employers in STEM fields are …