Hiring High Potentials
When making hiring decisions, it’s inevitable there are going to be those candidates you would love to hire, but they just aren’t a good fit for the specific job for which you are interviewing. You...
View ArticleSpelling and Grammar in Resumes and Cover Letters
In this era of texting, tweeting, Facebook, and everything shorthand, it might be surprising to learn that knowing how to compose well-written communication, complete with correct spelling and grammar,...
View ArticlePainless Performance Reviews
Across the board, performance reviews are generally greeted with dread. Employees approach the inevitable process with a sense of impending doom, while managers and HR professionals get stressed out...
View ArticleDoes Fun Belong in the Workplace?
Conventional wisdom used to dictate that work belonged in the workplace and fun belonged, well, someplace else. My, how things have changed! These days, fun is widely accepted as part of doing...
View ArticleQuestions to Ask When Interviewing an Office Assistant
The role of an Office Assistant, or Administrative Assistant, cannot be minimized. With the growing complexity of today’s global business world, these professionals are far more than “glorified...
View ArticleHow to Become an Effective Remote Worker
A generation ago, the notion of having employees who worked from home rather than in the office was a foreign one, to say the least. Management had a hard time accepting the idea that people could be...
View ArticleTop Resolutions for Top Managers
It’s a brand new year. Time for new beginnings, new challenges, new accomplishments. For most of us, exercising more, losing weight, or learning a new skill top the list of New Year’s resolutions....
View ArticleThe Changing Behavior of Job Candidates
It doesn’t take an extensive study to uncover how the habits of job candidates have changed the way companies need to approach them. Just take a casual stroll down the street. Most everyone you pass is...
View ArticleBuilding a Powerful Personal Brand
With the days of cradle-to-grave employment far behind us, it’s well-understood that professionals need to continually market themselves throughout their career. While companies spend vast amounts of...
View ArticleWhat Do Employees Want Out of Work?
It’s not hard to figure out why the vast majority of people work. With the exception of a lucky few, they need to make a living. Still, there are a number of drivers that compel people to enter...
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