Sooner or later it’s something we all must deal with – failure. How we respond to it and how we learn from it can make a significant difference on the path our career takes. How should we approach failure? How should we think about it? Here are a few thoughts on thinking about something we’d… Read more »
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Bringing on Temporary Staff — Orientation and Training Best Practices
When you need to fill a personnel gap quickly, you may need to rely upon the services of a staffing firm such as Winston Resources to help you find a temporary professional to help you during a crunch time. Although the professional we’ll find you is temporary, we’ve found that our most successful clients don’t… Read more »
Amount of Vacation Taken Depends on Employee Level
Just where an employee stands in a company’s pecking order could well determine when and how that worker spends his or her vacation time. Throw technological advances in communications into the mix and many of today’s vacationing executives can be instantly contacted regardless of where they are. Studies show that there is a definite difference… Read more »
Tips for Managing Your To-Do List
“Hit the ground running” often sums up a typical day on the job in which we are seemingly tugged and pulled throughout the day, handling the many tasks that come our way. You know the routine. As soon as you cross one job off the list, another two pop up in its place. So how… Read more »
How Much Can Employers Dictate Workers’ Appearance?
While wisdom teaches us not to judge a book by its cover, practicality in the workplace says otherwise. Employers are at odds over the issue of appearance on the job. Today there seems to be an ever broadening palette of choices when it comes to things such as clothing, hairstyle, weight, and yes, body piercing…. Read more »
Reaching Your Goals Step by Step
Having trouble reaching your goals? Here are few suggestions for getting where you want to go from Heidi Grant Halvorson, a motivational psychologist. First, be as precise as possible. When you set a goal to find a new job that you enjoy, for example, you need to specify the exact type of job you want,… Read more »
We Tend to Judge Faces Instantly — Be Aware as You Interview
When we see a new face, our brains decide almost unconsciously how attractive and trustworthy a person is. The whole process takes no more than a fraction of a second. It happens so fast that it is possible that the rational part of our brain does not even get involved in the assessment. Because this… Read more »
Today’s Vision of Retirement
The figures are eye opening. One study shows that close to two-thirds of current workers plan to remain on the job at least one year beyond their expected retirement date. This is an increase of nearly 10 percent from the previous year. And there is more. More than 25 percent of workers today believe they… Read more »
Keys to Reducing Your Time to Hire
Looking for a new hire in a timely fashion can be a trying experience. Done properly, filling a vacancy with qualified workers takes a bit of skill to maneuver through the murky waters to which most human resources managers are subjected. Before placing an ad for a vacancy, HR departments should look at their hiring… Read more »
Your First “Real” Job Search and Your Internet Presence
As employers increasingly use social media as part of their job screening process, job seekers are responding by changing their social networking sites to present a more professional image. A survey of recent college graduates looking for entry-level positions found that more than one-third of had changed or planned to change the information on their… Read more »