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6 Steps to a Career Change

Samantha Springs 25th June Career 2 Comments

There comes a point in many people’s careers where they find themselves unchallenged, unappreciated, or just plain unhappy. Many people will trod through these discouraging emotions and remain in their career due to fear of the unknown, apprehension about starting over, or simple economic necessity. Some audacious idealists, however, will not accept the feelings of living a life less than that of their dreams, and will begin the trek down the meandering road to changing careers.

Imagining a career change may seem like a daunting task, with the threat of the unknown causing even the bravest of individuals to cower. However, with the assistance of this helpful guide, anyone with an idea, two working legs, and an Internet connection can make their way through the uncharted territory and hopefully find their own El Dorado. Click Here to Read Article …

How to be More Productive in Outlook with TaskCracker

Wally Peterson 24th June Productivity 1 Comment

Tasks are meant to be a helpful piece of the productivity puzzle, but managing them sometimes becomes an unproductive task in and of itself. This problem becomes particularly acute when many or most of your tasks are essentially emails in your inbox that you can’t get to right away. Different email platforms have different systems for making these emails-turned-tasks somewhat manageable, but not many of them are optimal. If you use Outlook as your email client, software solutions such as TaskCracker offers a compelling solution to this problem. Is your Outlook inbox filled with emails that you can’t delete just yet? Often those emails have important tasks, approvals and decisions that you are going to need in the future. As a result, your inbox is constantly full and cluttered, which is counter-intuitive to productivity. Click Here to Read Article …

Tips for Working Efficiently from Home

гость 18th June General Leave a Comment

The global economic environment has changed significantly with the rapid growth of the Internet.

One of the most fascinating new possibilities is that some people are now able to use the Internet to enable them to work from home. Understandably that is a very appealing dream for many, given that you would eradicate droll early morning commutes, but it is not without difficulty for those that attempt such a career path.
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Improving Workplace Posture Improves Performance

Nicki Anderson 17th June Health Leave a Comment

As more people become tied to their computers, posture is often compromised. Though the importance of good posture is typically understated, long hours hovering over a computer, iPad, or smart phone, sets the stage for chronic health issues including lower back pain, reduced circulation and increased risk of disease. Fortunately, for those that spend 8 hours at a desk, there’s plenty you can do to offset the affects of a bad posture and improve your health.

The word posture comes from the Latin verb ponere, meaning “to put or place.” Posture is the position of the limbs or the carriage of the body as a whole. The body was designed to move however, long hours spent at a desk with shoulders and back rounding, head jetting forward triggers not only poor posture but health risks. Click Here to Read Article …

Win a $100 Visa Gift Card (RoboForm)

Tina 17th June Competition 3 Comments

Enter for a chance to Win a $100 Visa Gift Card and 1 of 20 RoboForm Licenses for Free.

Click here to enter now. Contest closes on July 1, 2013 or until 2000 entrants have been received.

I’m personally a fan of RoboForm. Seriously. I’ve got the RoboForm plugin for Chrome, and it remembers all the personal info I commonly enter into online forms (like my name, address, phone number) so that I don’t have to do a lot of redundant typing. I personally use it to quickly fill out online forms when requesting for online Free Samples. It’s a time saver. It’s also great for remembering passwords. Click Here to Read Article …

3 Rules to Dressing Awesome at Work & Impressing Everyone

Fresh out of college, at my first job, I showed up at my office in a pink sweatsuit. It was a marketing firm, where the casual dress code was pretty liberal, but this was a downright horrible choice.

After receiving some feedback on my outfit, I never pulled that sweatsuit out again, and fully realized the power of personal image.

You may never make the same “dressing for success” mistakes that I made, but ever wonder why some people look so poised and powerful in their work attire? Strolling through the office, their appearance is impeccable and people respect them. Click Here to Read Article …

How to Approach a Job Search After a Lay-off

Maggie Tomas 12th June Career 4 Comments

It’s usually really easy to spot: the nervous jitters as he talks about his most recent position, the disdain he is clearly trying to hide about his supervisor or colleagues, the glossing over of the actual job conclusion.

By the time I ask, “so what prompted you to leave” or “what brings you in today,” I can almost recite the words that always include “laid-off”, “let go”, “downsizing”, “bad manager”, etc.

As a career coach, I encounter a myriad of clients who have a gap in their employment history. Typically these clients address this issue with me in one of two ways.

They either shy away from the topic (think example above) to avoid mentioning it until half way through the appointment — after the resume review — or they bring it up immediately and we spend the better part of an hour talking about this event that has defined them for the past several months of their job search. Click Here to Read Article …

5 Easy Tips to Help Those Who Think Too Much

Sarah Stevenson 10th June Health 2 Comments

Have you ever been stuck on a problem and the more you thought about it, the harder it seemed to solve? You’re not alone.

Six years ago I was a single mom, working full time as a behavior therapist for families of children with serious behavior problems. As my job became more stressful, I became lost in a dense, dark forest of chaos.

Not wanting to spend my life lost in the woods, I learned a secret: sometimes the answers to your conundrums are below the surface of the conscious working brain and surprisingly the answer is to stop “trying” so hard to fix it. Click Here to Read Article …

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