Common Leadership Mistakes Managers Make With Entry-Level Employees
According to the National Association of Colleges and Employers, companies plan to increase their recent graduate hiring by 11% in 2016. To many hiring managers and recruiters, significant benefits come from recruiting fresh blood.
Paying lower salaries, off-setting pending retirements, diversifying the age range within the office and the allure of molding new talent into …
Is Your Daily Routine Killing Motivation?
A long list of have-to-do’s both personally and professionally, day in and day out, tends to dampen motivation. The second factor involved is your comfort level. Being comfortable prevents many from taking a leap forward. The question then becomes whether you are truly content and happy with where you are at, or deep down, do …
5 Reasons You Should Be Journaling on the Job
Journals are typically a private place for you to air out your thoughts, feelings and fear. They’re also typically found far outside of the workplace.
It turns out, though, that this notion should be ignored, as the benefits of journaling extend far beyond your personal life. The following five reasons prove it. Need more convincing? …
Questions to Answer Before Going to Graduate School
Whether you are a new graduate or a working professional who wants to make a career change, going to graduate school may be an option for you. It can also be the next step if you want to be a lawyer, doctor or professor. While going to graduate school can be a very fulfilling experience, …
If In Doubt Map It Out
What do you do when you’re trying to understand something?
Do you gather data?
Do you phone a friend?
Or do you get a pen and paper and write it down?
If you’re really trying to understand something sometimes it makes sense to write it down. This is especially true for kinesthetic learners. The act …
Is It Time to Step Out of Your Comfort Zone?
Being of strong mind with determination to succeed will land you improved opportunities. The same will get you in the door of the companies to which you wish to sell as well as in front of the higher level people with whom to connect online.
As far as business development is concerned, it is important …
8 Ways to Prepare for a Global Career
Working abroad is a good way to boost your resume. Aside from providing travel opportunities, a global career can also hone your marketable skills, increase your salary by as much as $25,000 assuming you’re bilingual/multilingual, and make you a better person.
However, it can also be intimidating. With hundreds of countries in the world, plus …
6 Ways to Increase Efficiency and Focus
Business moves at supersonic speed. While technology has facilitated easier communication and information gathering, it has also ushered in a new economy in which the common worker can be more readily replaced by technological advancements than ever before.
The option to utilize advanced algorithms, data visualization and robotics as opposed to human assistance has become …
3 Ways to Stay Authentic
I recently had the great pleasure of attending a VIP private performance with Pentatonix, Platinum selling recording artists and two-time Grammy winning American a cappella group consisting of five vocalists: Avi Kaplan, Scott Hoying, Kirstin Maldonado, Kevin Olusola, and Mitch Grassi. They are one of the most astute groups to engage and nurture a loyal …
Five of the Best Mothers Little Helpers
In honor of Mother’s Day.
This post is a reminder of the things we learned from our mothers.
Some are big and some are little, but they are things we can take away as Mothers Little Helpers. As I wrote this I thought of a lot of things I learned from my mother and worked …