Category: Your Job
7 LinkedIn Mistakes To Avoid
LinkedIn has become a pivotal tool when searching for a job and offers users multiple benefits. Your LinkedIn presence is becoming more and more crucial. A respectable presence on the Internet is required as internal and external recruiters use it to source their talent. In this day and age, itRead More
How to Deal with a Micromanager
At first you thought they were just being very responsible. Later you may have dubbed them “nitpicky.” Until finally you realized that the perfect word for them is “micromanager,” and it’s definitely not a compliment. Working with a micromanager can be extremely stressful and frustrating. The act of micromanaging usuallyRead More
How to Become a Leader
Leaders are usually admired and envied by everyone around. However, there are some people who find it relieving that they don’t have to take on big responsibilities. But this attitude is not really getting them far — only those who take chances are likely to succeed. What holds individuals backRead More
Why You Still Work at a Job You Hate
You hate your job, don’t you? You’re tired of the same schedule and the lousy pay. You’re tired of busting your ass only for your boss to get all of the credit. You’re tired of begging for days off. You’re sick of working when you’re sick. You’re fed up withRead More
Your Work-at-Home Checklist: 9 Tips for Finishing Projects
Home is where the heart is — not always the mind. Nevertheless, this is often where some of your most important projects must be done. Productivity in the work place is hard enough, even with a supervising boss, limited personal distractions and an atmosphere of like-minded coworkers. Rip away thatRead More
3 Tips for Settling Into Your First Job
You’ve just started your new job at a big engineering firm, fresh out of college. You go in with an attitude of part-anxiety and part-excitement to show off your youthful energy, even though you know that almost nothing that you learned in the last four years is going to beRead More
5 Questions to Find Meaning in Your Work
From 2002 to 2012, I shared my life with the four-legged love of my life, a Czechoslovakian Shepherd named Kona. He meant everything to me, and I wanted to give him the best of everything! However, almost from the day of his birth, Kona had health challenges, all of whichRead More
Your Lunch Hour Guide: 7 Tips to Make the Most of It
For many of us, the working day can become monotonous, and this can really hinder our productivity. A lot of us have tasks that need to be completed before the end of the day — having free reign over how to go about our work days is a luxury mostRead More