Posts Tagged: tips for success
How to Handle the Office Party
The office party. It’s meant to help boost morale and help people get to know each other better. But it can also present challenges – a tricky maze to navigate. What workers should always keep in mind about the office party is that it is another aspect of the workplace, and they should act with Read more »
Market for Online Learning Growing
The market for online learning — where users go at their own pace and on their own schedule — has been growing constantly, led by the corporate sector, one of the top users of online training. Small- and medium-size businesses also are using online training much more than in the past. According to a recent Read more »
Health and the Workplace
According to a recent survey on employee health, workers could do more at work to eat better and be more active, while employers could improve workers’ health by doing more to encourage healthy lifestyles. The issue has become important because about three-fourths of Americans will be overweight by 2015, according to healthcare experts. And the Read more »
Changing Careers
Taking on a new career path is more prevalent now than in the past. Different reasons have been given for this – the rise technology, the pace of change. The days when someone spent their entire career at one company or in one job are certainly becoming less common. People change jobs for many reasons. Read more »
How to Land a Promotion Quicker
If you’re looking to move up your company’s corporate ladder relatively quickly, the quickest way to do so is to become problem solver for your firm. You’ll need to be proactive, finding problems that need fixing before they even develop (or at least before anyone else knows they’re a problem). Problem solvers get hired before Read more »
The Do’s and Don’ts of Career Networks
Online career networks such as LinkedIn and even Facebook and Twitter have been career lifesavers for many professionals, allowing them to showcase their backgrounds, skills and education and how they can help a new employer. But many professionals have made mistakes online, sometimes to their career’s detriment. Here are some tips to help you keep Read more »
Working for a Difficult Boss
If you’re working for a difficult boss, our heartfelt sympathy goes out to you. Still, sympathy doesn’t make the bad boss go away. So here are some tips on how to work with a difficult boss. First of all, if your boss is making your life miserable, here are a few things you should not Read more »
Should You Stay or Should You Go: Weighing a New Opportunity
If you’re currently employed and — lucky you! — have been offered another position — in this economy! — you now have some thinking to do. Taking the new job may not be an automatic no-brainer. Here are some tips to help you decide if you should stay where you are now or if you Read more »
The Benefits of Contract Work
If having more control over where and for whom you work appeals to you, if the idea of having many different workplace experiences and duties pleases you, if the chance to make more money per hour than you would working as a “permanent” employee intrigues you, work as a contract employee may be right for Read more »
Why It’s Imperative to Build a Professional Network on LinkedIn
Have you put your profile on the professional networking site LinkedIn? That is, did you put up your name, a few of your past employers/positions, asked to link with a few former and current co-workers and then left it at that? If so, you haven’t really used its power. Here’s a short primer on the Read more »