Call it an overdeveloped sense of duty. Perhaps the boss is so cheap that they don’t offer sick days. Or maybe people are fearful of “missing something” while out of the office. Or simply having imminent deadlines dangling overhead that must be met otherwise heads will roll…. Whatever you call it, it’s an ugly workplace truth. Time… Read more »
The Secret “Sauce” to Any Job Search
Go out and do a Google search on how to conduct job searches, and you’ll come up with literally a billion different articles and pieces of advice… with a lot of the ideas out there contradicting each other. One person says, “Do it this way” and then the next person has a different take on… Read more »
Hitting the Moving Target: How Many Versions of Your Résumé Do You Need?
A lot of times, job seekers will contact me with help on their career document, then start rattling off a whole list of COMPLETELY different functions that they want to cover in the résumé. One recent client was hoping to try and cover human resources, event planning, and communications all in one document. Unfortunately, in… Read more »
Be A Workplace Hero
So you’ve been working away in your career, and have cultivated a strong reputation with your co-workers. Want to kick it up a notch? Be indispensable. Here’s the trick: the most valuable employees are the ones who are the generous experts who give back. What you learn and how you share it can make you the workplace hero. … Read more »