If you are looking for employment, using a staffing agency can help you turbocharge your job search. Recruiters are experts in finding jobs for people. They have the know-how and the contacts to help you reach your career goals. Here are some tips to help you effectively work with a recruiter and achieve your goals:… Read more »
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How to Write a Compelling Email
Emails are a primary means of communication in both personal and professional life. We often use emails to dash off a quick note – a word of thanks, a question, or just to say hello – and for these messages, there is no need to follow any writing guidelines. But for many other emails that… Read more »
Giving an Effective Presentation
Giving presentations is an integral part of many jobs. One of the most popular ways of doing this is by using PowerPoint. But there are certain guidelines you should follow to make your presentation as effective as possible. Here are a few. The audience First thing to do is think about your audience, because this… Read more »
How to Handle Rejection
You recently interviewed at a company that you really want to work for. You thought the interview went reasonably well, but they have just notified you that they are hiring someone else for the position. What now? Here are a few tips. 1. Try to be stoical about it. Being rejected is certainly a blow… Read more »
Making the Most of the Performance Review
No one looks forward to performance reviews. Many see them as just a waste of time. They don’t believe that the reviews accomplish very much, with evaluations that are often vague and general and not much use to the employee. But performance reviews don’t have to be this way. They can actually be a great… Read more »
Improving the To-Do List
To-do lists are a common time management tool among many workers today. It’s a very basic tool for a simple purpose, but there are some easy tweaks you can make to your lists to make this tool more useful and effective in boosting productivity. Here are some of them. 1.Make multiple lists This will enable… Read more »
Having a Useful Night Time Routine
We all want to be as productive as possible. To do this, we generally focus on our time at work and how we can better manage our time, get more organized, prioritize tasks and plan assignments to get as much done as possible. All this is well and good, but to be as productive as… Read more »
Adversity and Career Success
Many of us are not well equipped to deal with failure in our jobs. And a lot of that has to do with our mindset, how we look at ourselves and our place in the world. Minor setbacks we have no problem with because they cannot harm what truly matters. And what matters is our… Read more »
Some Commonly Held Beliefs About Work That Are Not True
As in many other areas of human activity, a large body of conventional wisdom has accumulated surrounding work and managing workers. Much of it is accurate and helpful in improving performance and productivity. But not all of it hits the mark. Some fallacies and misconceptions creep in, which can create more problems than solve them…. Read more »
Showing Confidence at a Job Interview
If you’re going in for a job interview, you naturally want to make as good an impression as you possibly can. You want to appear poised and confident. The best way to make a good impression is to be prepared — researching the company so that you have as much information about it as possible,… Read more »