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6 Ways to Boost Your Happiness and Productivity at Work
It’s not always easy to maintain a positive outlook throughout the workday. Often, it’s simply not possible to control the stressors, your work environment, or the attitudes of your coworkers. With all of these factors, staying happy and productive at work can prove to be a challenge. However, maintaining a good mood at the office…
Read MoreAvoid These 6 Crummy Work Habits
Bad habits are hard to change, but make sure to carve out time regularly to reflect on your behavior — not just your work — at the office. Your reputation and employment may be at stake. Being Tardy to the Party Just because others are a few minutes late to the meeting, doesn’t mean you…
Read More5 Keys to Earning a Higher Salary
Wanting a raise is something of a universal human condition. In fact, you’d be incredibly hard pressed to find a single employee out there who wouldn’t gladly accept a higher salary, if offered. This means that you’re hardly the only one who’s asking themselves how they can gain entry into the next tax bracket. So…
Read MoreDon’t Know What To Do? Act!
Do you often find yourself stuck in a pattern of analysis, constantly looking at hypothetical scenarios without taking action? Indecision is a common problem that many people face, and the inability to move forward can freeze their progress and have a negative impact on their career. One of the best things that you can do…
Read MoreYour Guide to Scoring Employer-Paid Training
If you’re reading this article you are likely already knowledgeable about the importance of continuous learning and skills development. You know that learning new skills and technologies is critical to the success of a career and the sustainability of a business. Awareness of this fact is a great start, but you may have found that…
Read MoreThe Honest Road to Balancing Work and Family
If we’re honest, some seem to do this better than others. Balancing work and family while striving to advance your career can seem like a 25-hour project in a 24-hour day. Sometimes, it just doesn’t seem possible. Yet some people seem to be masters at the craft of discovering lost time in the day. However,…
Read MoreBeef Up Your Networking Skills
Cultivating your network is one of the most effective ways to get your foot in the door when other methods seem to get you nowhere. Online and Off The key to a successful job search is diversification, which means pursuing multiple avenues in order to land interviews. When you set out to build your network,…
Read More3 Things to Avoid When Your Hobby Becomes Your Job
It seems ideal: you finally find a way to get paid for doing something that you truly love! It seems like a dream, being able to make a living performing a function that you are passionate about and have spent countless hours perfecting as a hobby. However, even those among us who manage to land…
Read MoreMaking the Most of Multitasking with Technology
The rapid advancement of technology throughout the last few decades has led to huge leaps forward in our ability to collaborate, produce, and multitask in the workplace. However, with the influx of new technologies, we are now capable of multitasking even to our own detriment. When your focus is pulled in a hundred different directions…
Read More5 Words That Will Supercharge Your Resume
Writing a good resume is part art and part science. It takes creativity and attention to detail to craft a truly eye-catching CV, and there are no shortages of acceptable formats or structures. Different industries have their own unique standards for resumes and there is truly no one “right” font, format, or style. However, there…
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