Category: Your Job
5 Tips for Successful Salary Negotiations
A few years ago, a friend was asked by a potential employer, “What would you need to get paid in order to not resent the fact that you have to do the work?” Talk about being straightforward. For me, salary negotiations have always been a bit of a stumbling block,Read More
How to Deal with Criticism
Recently I received an email from a coworker, clearly angry in tone, berating my performance on a project I completed. My first reaction was irritation, then defensiveness, then I resorted to blaming everyone that did or didn’t have a hand in the project. As a perfectionist, I have a toughRead More
7 Ways to Finish Difficult Writing Projects
Whether you’re working on creative writing for yourself or freelance writing for business, you’ve undoubtedly come across a project that has gotten you stuck. You’ve either rewritten it more times than you can count, or you just can’t seem to get started. These mental blocks have a way of pilingRead More
Layoffs – How to Navigate the Threat of One
It’s easy to say that within the past few years, the majority of the population has been affected by mass layoffs in one way or another. Whether you’ve been asked to pack your bags or you’ve seen how losing a job has adversely affected a friend or family member, it’sRead More
6 New Trends in Employee Benefits
I work for an amazing company that offers employee benefits I never expected to encounter in a job. And, no, I don’t work in one of those offices with a pinball machine and a beer fridge. I work for a company that has thought long and hard about providing employeesRead More
6 Steps to a Career Change
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, willRead More
How to Approach a Job Search After a Lay-off
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” orRead More
How to Get Headhunted Online: 5 Ways
Perhaps you are looking towards a future career move but are unsure how to start the process, because chances are that your future career opportunities lie in the hands of ‘headhunters‘ aka executive search specialists. There are in fact many similarities between marketing yourself and that of a company, yetRead More