Category: Your Job
How Do You Handle Layoff Rumors?
You’re at work and you accidentally overhear a conversation between your boss and his boss. You learn that they need to lay off one person in your division in order for the company to stay viable. They’ve got to decide between laying you off or laying off your teammate. YourRead More
Awesome Links #7: Defeating Distractions, Blog Boosting, Freelancing Fees
The 7 Secrets of Running a Wildly Popular Blog A top direct marketing copywriter shares his tips on using personality and likeability to build your blog’s popularity. 20 Strategies to Defeat the Urge to Do Useless Tasks Ever find yourself refreshing Facebook or cleaning out your desk instead of doingRead More
4 Simple Steps for Letting Go of Stress
We’re always on our way somewhere else. We hustle to get to work. Once we’re at work, we make mental to-do lists for chores we have to get done at home. When we make it back home, we’re often too exhausted to spend much time finishing up that to-do list.Read More
Are You Living for the Weekend?
Unmotivated at your day job? Do you start planning your weekend long in advance? Do you start thinking about what you’re going to do on the weekends as early as Monday morning? We all need something to look forward to. But people all around us remind us to stay inRead More
Inspirational Quotes for Work
Do inspirational quotes affect your daily life? Do you surround yourself with them in your cubicle or work space? I have found that being constantly surrounded by quotes is something that helps me get by, especially when I’m not having a real motivating day. Inspirational quotes for work are, ofRead More
Job Titles and Descriptions: Less is More?
Job titles were originally meant to succinctly describe a person’s basic duties in a few words. When you looked at someone’s business card or shook their hand in a meeting, their job title would give a general (but clear) idea of their role within their organization. Some titles have stayedRead More
Design is Not a Commodity: Graphic Design Pricing Examined
Stop me if you’ve come across this kind of job posting before: We’re looking to rebrand our business/website/product/publication, and we’re seeking a graphic designer to help us develop a new corporate identity. If interested, send us your concepts for our logos, layouts, typography and illustrations, and we’ll pick the bestRead More