Posts Tagged: career success
Do Job Search “Gimmicks” Work?
With the job market as bad as it is, most job hunters are looking at ways to make themselves stand out from the crowd. In other words, doing something that is unique and creative as part of the job search. This obviously is not anything new. Job seekers always have tried unusual ways of getting Read more »
How to Tell Employers What They Want to Know
“Tell me a little about yourself.” That’s a common line in any job interview. It’s something you should know is coming and something for which you should prepare. You should have some idea as to how you are going to answer such a question, so you’re not left stammering or giving a rambling, hard-to-follow answer. Read more »
Post-Interview Follow Up
Looking for a job is an arduous and time-consuming process. It takes a lot of effort. But when that effort begins to pay off, remember the work is not done until you have a definite job offer in hand. That means don’t slack off too soon – follow through with all the details. You may Read more »
Maintaining a Great Relationship with Your Staffing Service
If you want to increase the chances of having a successful relationship with your staffing firm, here are a few things to keep in mind when your company makes a request for contingent employees. The first tip for making things go as smoothly as possible is to make sure you notify the staffing service as Read more »
Temporary Employee Benefits
For many of those who are looking at staffing services to find work, an important consideration is the kind of benefits they offer. Many staffing firms offer a variety of benefits, including health insurance, as a way to recruit and keep workers. One international staffing service, for example, offers up to five different healthcare plans Read more »
Made a Mistake? Here’s What to Do
Sooner or later, every person in a position of leadership is going to make a mistake, one that will also entail the obligation of an apology. We’re only human. It might involve a snafu on the job, some action that was taken or not taken, or something that was said that shouldn’t have been. Once Read more »
Seven Steps to Mental Well Being
We have lots of ways of measuring our physical well being that help us determine when our bodies are healthy and when we are pushing them too much. But what we don’t have is a good measure of our mental well being, and it’s something we need because we’re pushing ourselves like never before. We Read more »
It’s True: Nap at Work and Be More Productive!
If you were upset at hearing about air traffic controllers falling asleep on the job, you shouldn’t be, according to Tony Schwartz, a business consultant. The problem here is basically biological. We have evolved to be awake during the day and to sleep at night. The later it gets, the more tired we become. Some Read more »
Managing Yourself to Greater Success
One of the most vexing things for otherwise talented and ambitious business professionals is when they fail to reach their full capabilities, when they are less productive than they could be. Often this is because they are reluctant to take on new challenges and new ventures, preoccupied with the worry that their performance in this Read more »
How Keeping a Work Diary Will Help Your Career
Keeping a diary is ordinarily not something we associate with a work strategy, but recording daily thoughts and events can actually help in providing focus to what we are doing, in giving us more patience, in providing ideas to help with planning, and in helping with personal growth. At first, keeping a diary may seem Read more »