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Leaving your job is a big decision. Whether it’s due to dissatisfaction or the desire for greater career opportunities, how you leave will have a lasting impact on your future prospects. If you are leaving for negative reasons, don’t make the mistake of thinking this is your big chance to set some people straight that…
What does it mean to be a valuable employee? Webster defines valuable as having desirable or esteemed characteristics or qualities; or being of great use or service. Does that define you as a worker? Whether you are soaring high or barely skimming the surface of the value spectrum, here are some principles that will help…
You’ve probably heard it a thousand times, but it’s an admonition that cannot be stressed enough. Your social profile is a sure giveaway to who you are as a person and as a worker – and employers know it. It’s not an HR tactic used only by forward-thinking companies. Employers everywhere are searching your social…
If you are in the market for a job and you have yet to join LinkedIn, you are missing an incredible networking opportunity. The world’s largest Internet-based professional network, LinkedIn has more than 150 million members spanning more than 200 countries—including executives from all Fortune 500 companies! Can you say opportunity? My goal today is…
We all know people at work who just seem to have it all together. It’s as though nothing can make them flinch or falter. They know what they want and they go after it. What makes them so successful? In a word: confidence. Confidence is a quality that will propel your career forward like nothing…
What word best describes the experience of a student? Learning! While your days in the classroom may be over, the drive to learn, understand, discover and achieve is a lifelong quest! Ben Franklin grasped the concept well when he said, “An investment in knowledge pays the best interest.” Learning will always enrich your life and…
Whether you’re fresh out of school or changing careers, it’s crucial that you have the right skills and training for the jobs you are pursuing. But, how do you get the experience you need if no one will let you through the door? The answer: Work through a staffing firm! According to the American Staffing…
Technology has reinvented the way companies interview. It is estimated that more than one billion people connect to the Internet via their mobile device. With easy access to video conferencing apps, an interview can take place just about anywhere nowadays! As a job seeker in today’s high-tech marketplace, it’s not uncommon for an employer to…
Skills, talent and determination will take you a long way in your career, but they must be accompanied by one very important quality: respect! How you treat others in the workplace will have a direct bearing on how they treat you. If you want to advance in your career, you can’t reflect an image that…
Agreeing for the sake of being agreeable will get you nowhere in your career. If you have a different point of view, respectfully share it. Great ideas and strong strategies are born from such boldness. While it may be easier to agree, the best leaders are those who are unafraid to share their insights in…