7 Reasons to Ditch Multitasking

Tina Daniels 17th April Goals 4 Comments

We may have more than ever on our plates at work, and it can be tempting to try to knock several things out at the same time. And let’s be honest — sometimes that technique gets the job(s) done.

If multitasking has become a constant in your work day, however, you may want to read on. New research shows that multitasking not only doesn’t help us, it can do quite a bit to hurt.

Here are some of the most important reasons that multitasking is bad for you. A quick tip: Don’t try to do anything else while you read them. Click Here to Read Article …

How to Play Pretend to Energize Your Work Day

Kelly Gregorio 15th April Health 2 Comments

When we were younger playing grown-up was a fun game; we could be artists, police officers, doctors — all in one afternoon. Yet, while admittedly it’s been awhile, I don’t think playing ‘the overtired employee in the third cubicle’ was ever high on the imaginary rotation.

Still, here we all are, just trying to get through the workday with enough energy to battle the evening traffic. Keeping with the ideal of working smarter not harder, below are 4 pretend roles that, when played correctly, will make your workday feel like it just got a juice box of energy to energize your work day. Click Here to Read Article …

How Do You Succeed in the Job Search Today? [INFOGRAPHIC]

Pooja Lohana 12th April Career Leave a Comment

Sent out multiple resumes without avail? How about reciting your elevator speech so much you could say in your sleep? And what about stalking a company career page until the position is unfortunately filled?

We’ve all been there. Thankfully, there are ways to deal with these issues — it just starts with being informed about the job search today. Click Here to Read Article …

How to Get the Retirement You Deserve

Jack W 10th April Retirement Leave a Comment

It may seem a million miles off, but if you want a comfortable standard of living in retirement you better get saving soon – that is the message from finance industry experts. According to large-scale research by Aon in the US, a 25 year old with just a 401(k) plan will need to put aside 15% of their income to retire at 65 with “adequate resources.”

Wait until 30, and the figure is 19%. And all of this assumes that your employer makes an almost matching contribution!

It’s the same story for workers in many other western nations. In the UK, for example, HSBC found that retirees were expected to live for 19 more years, yet only had the savings to cover, on average, 7 of these years. Click Here to Read Article …

3 Reasons Goals Are Better than Resolutions + Lifetick Giveaway

Shane Maloney 8th April Giveaway 21 Comments

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The New Year period is now but a distant memory as we’ve approached the quarter mark of the calendar year. So too sadly, are most people’s New Year’s Resolutions.

Consistently, it seems to be something people are willing to attempt to undertake despite knowing fully well the likelihood of success is minimal at best. The question must therefore be asked: Why is it we get excited about resolutions? When you dissect it all, it really comes down to one word: Hope. Click Here to Read Article …

3 Simple Tips to Get Noticed by Recruiters

Pooja Lohana 5th April Career 2 Comments

When searching for a job, the first step can sometimes seem the hardest – actually getting someone to read your CV.

The fact is, recruiters often have to sift through hundreds of job applications for a single position, and as a result yours could be overlooked. This is why it’s important to make your CV easy to read, concise and quick to the point.

But there’s also other things you need to consider when job hunting. Here are a few tried and tested tips that should make your search a little easier: Click Here to Read Article …

How to Conduct a Health & Safety Training that Employees Love

Felix Marsh 4th April Management Leave a Comment

As an employer or employee, you will surely be familiar with the typical reaction from staff when the subject of health and safety training comes up. People’s eyes glaze over immediately and they may even take on the physical appearance of a child who has been sent to tidy their bedroom.

Considering how difficult it can be to find anyone able to recall attending a health and safety training session that was anything like fun or engaging this is to be fair, quite an understandable reaction.

Health and safety training sessions have a bad reputation. Staff will tell each other how they sat watching power point presentations for hours, just to learn how to pick up a box on a manual handling course, whilst others will be able to tell you exactly what type of biscuits they were offered during the breaks but have no idea what the trainer was droning on about all day because their brain switched off shortly after arrival. Click Here to Read Article …

3 Biggest Career-Killers and How to Handle Them

Emily Bennington 1st April Career 2 Comments

In folklore, the hob (short for hobgoblin) is a grotesque little creature that exists for the sole purpose of making trouble for human beings. In our world, the hob is that annoying inner critic who always seems to find merciless new ways to say, “Here’s why you suck.” Now, of course there are a million different reasons to wrestle your hob into submission but, for our purposes, this is the biggie:

Bold thinking always precedes bold doing. Click Here to Read Article …

6 Fast Proofreading Hacks for Perfect Writing Every Time

Jack W 29th March Communication 3 Comments

Let’s face it: Proofreading is a mundane and boring task. You’ve just spent time pouring all your efforts into a piece of important writing and now you have to go back through it and nit-pick at it for grammar and punctuation flaws.

It’s tedious and tiring, but essential nonetheless. If you find yourselves whining at the thought of proofing a piece, follow the proofreading hacks below to get unstuck: Click Here to Read Article …

Remote working — Yay or Nay?

Pooja Lohana 27th March Freelance 3 Comments

The internet is awash with differing opinions about remote working, showing many businesses are divided in their views on the subject. This heated discussion was sparked by a leaked email by Yahoo! informing employees that remote working would be banned from June of this year.

The internal memo said: “Some of the best decisions and insights come from hallway and cafeteria discussions, meeting new people, and impromptu team meetings. Speed and quality are often sacrificed when we work from home.” Click Here to Read Article …

Review: Timetastic — The Easier Way to Manage Staff Leaves

Rebecca Watson 25th March Business Leave a Comment

Every place I’ve worked, from my first job cleaning hotel rooms to my last marketing gig at a software company, the time off request procedure went something like this: Fill out a request form, hand it to your supervisor, spend three weeks waiting to hear if it’s approved, follow up with your boss and get the approval.

Once you’ve got the approval though, it wasn’t over. You had to remind folks you were going to be out, sometimes repeatedly, and whoops! The boss scheduled too much holiday, so would you mind taking a little work with you? OK to be fair, that wasn’t the case when I cleaned rooms, but it happened enough everywhere else.
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