Building Relationships for Your Pocketbook and Soul
It’s not what you know, it isn’t even who you know, it’s WHO KNOWS YOU that counts today.
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Would YOU Give Someone a BAD Performance Appraisal?
If you perform Performance Appraisals with your team, then it’s likely you have needed to give someone ‘bad’ feedback. But did you follow through? Giving someone a bad review is not easy (it’s hellish!) but it’s also very necessary if we have the reviewees best interests at heart.
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Your Job Search: Do Jobsites Serve Your Location Well?
If you’re conducting a job search, I’ve added a new job listing widget, which should be showing you job vacancies from your area. Question is, does it serve your location well?
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To Totally Rock Your Performance at Work, Your Self-Esteem is Key
The Key Influencing Factor in your performance at work is not your skills, your status, your experience. It isn’t even who you know, or who knows you. All these things are important, but there is something fundamental that is required to make all these things attain value. It is your Self-Esteem.
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8 Ways To Create an Extra Hour in Your Day
Could you use an extra hour in the day? Want to know how to create one? Here are 8 tips to materialize another 60 minutes in your day without too much compromise.
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Stunning New Desktop Wallpapers from National Geographic
Most wallpapers that our IT departments add onto our desktops are… well… lame. And who wants a desktop that looks like that loser’s over there too? Now you can download exquisite wallpapers from the National Geographic website.
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10 Great Desktop Gadgets
Whether it’s to kill boredom, impress your buddies, or to find that unique Secret Santa gift, desktop gadgets are without a doubt COOL. How many times have you seen one on a colleagues desk and thought ‘That’s awesome!’? Here is a round-up of ten such gizmos.
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5 Simple Things to Get Noticed in Your Workplace (#1)
We all want recognition as a great colleague, employer and corporate citizen, don’t we? (Even if it isn’t the ONLY thing we want recognition for!) Getting noticed is a sure-fire way of creating golden opportunities later on. This is the first of five simple tips on getting noticed.
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Avoid a Nightmare: Don’t Bungle Your Text
Have you ever texted (SMS from your cellphone) the person you’re moaning about, rather than to the person you intended? If you have, then you’ll know what an embarrassing, toe-curling nightmare it is.
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The Dictionary of Corporate Bullshit
People say the dumbest things, right? Especially in the workplace! The invasion of consultant-speak means we all have to sift our brains for the meaning of what should be a simple statement of words. I don’t know about you, but I have had enough…
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[Video] The Top 5 Reasons Why Graduates are Finding it Hard to Get Work
If you’re a graduate struggling to land your first job, then you really must watch this short video that shares some insightful research. Your struggle could be explained in a different and surprising way!
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10 ‘Funny’ Workplace Stories
Sometimes, a story is so unbelievable it must be true. Occasionally, we’ll read something that sounds so ridiculous, that you couldn’t make it up! Here are ten stories that will make you laugh and cringe…
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Has Social Media Replaced Your Water Cooler?
Social media is taking over as the gathering point for gossip. Has it for you?
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The Find-a-Better-Job Challenge
Would You like to join me in searching for a better job than we are currently in right now?
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Powerful Phrases for Effective Performance Reviews
If you could buy just ONE BOOK to help you with your Performance Review, which one would it be?
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What Should You Do If Your Boss Hates You?
Your boss hates you – what should you do?
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How to Describe an Achievement – Pro Style
Whether it’s in a resume or in a job interview, knowing how to describe an achievement is critical. Here are 7 tips for effectively communicating them.
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How To Strike the Balance Between Personal and Positional Power
A leader has five sources of power, and each has its place. Using power wrongly often means that leader’s lose their influence (and then their followers). How should the balance be struck?
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Freelancers, Could You Benefit From The Bartering Economy?
Could the ‘bartering economy’ help your freelance business? Thousands of businesses think so. It could save you shed loads of money and build new business relationships too.
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Use Twitter to Find a Job
Did you know you can use Twitter to find a job now? Thousands of job postings are entering the twittersphere, if you know where to look and who to follow. If you haven’t discovered it yet, there is a great service that specializes on this channel – it’s called JobShouts.com and it’s free to join.
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