Category: Career
The Best Professional Advice You Ever Received
Throughout our careers, we accumulate a wealth of professional advice. These are the words that echo in our heads during our most challenging moments and help shape us into the professionals we want to be. They are the reminders we tack to our wall to glance at when we needRead More
Are You Getting Paid Enough? Do a Salary Comparison
Sure, it sounds like the start of a hokey pyramid scheme – but unless your office is very transparent about salaries, it’s hard to know if you are in the top, middle, or bottom of what you should be earning. Money isn’t everything, and you’ve been able to help yourRead More
How to Get Promoted: Break The Rules
Being “good at what you do” is an asset to your career, and it fosters a great attitude and a solid self-esteem boost. But, unfortunately it’s not enough to get you a promotion. In fact, if you’re excelling at your current position, it might be a good reason to keepRead More
How Your Spouse Can Help Your Work-Life Balance
I don’t need to tell you how challenging it is to balance work and life. In this economy, it’s hard to say no to working more hours. You want to spend more time with your family but need to make enough money to pay the bills. What works for manyRead More
Managing Your Personal Brand Online
No matter your field, there are several advantages to establishing a presence online. You can connect with colleagues and customers, learn new things and help others learn, as well. But as you establish your online identity, it’s important to think about your personal branding. Just like Pepsi and Starbucks, weRead More
What Are You Doing to Impress Your Customers?
What do you do to show your current clients the difference between you and your competition? There seem to be two schools of thought on this topic: Do an excellent job on exactly what the client is looking for; Do a good job on the project, and provide additional valueRead More
How Much Vacation Time Is Necessary?
When I was living in the United States, we had 2 weeks off per year as standard vacation time – although I did work somewhere where we only had 1 week off. Not so in Europe. Many countries there give employees 5 or 6 weeks off per year. The argumentRead More
Giving Dressing Up a Dressing Down
WorkAwesome has offered quite a few articles about dressing professionally. Some suggest that helps you to get promoted and gain respect in the workplace. It’s certainly good advice; dressing well is a positive statement about your attitude and preparedness. But, how big of a statement is it? Should we be takingRead More