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Performance: Examining Optimal Levels of Productivity as an Organization, Employee or Job Seeker
Dictionary.com offers eight different meanings of the noun performance and 19 synonyms were listed on thesaurus.com. Both include the...
Aug 15, 20163 min read


Soft Skills and Leadership: Developing and Implementing Traits that Go Beyond the Task
Effective leaders do not take for granted soft skills. New workers may ignore discipline, empathy, and motivation as hardly more than a...
Jul 18, 20162 min read


Change Happens: Aim for a Blend of Introspect, Retrospect and Prospect
Some people prefer to perceive change with their own eyes, ears or other senses. Yet other people prefer to follow their intuition or gut...
Jun 20, 20162 min read


May Mortarboard Momentum: Hail to the College Graduate!
Transitioning from backpacks to briefcases is no longer a cut and dried line on graduation day. Many students have already experienced...
May 16, 20162 min read


Overcoming Bad Career Moves: Forward Focus From Now On
Just because you have made one (three? sixty?) bad career moves, doesn’t mean you need to continue that pattern. Unless you have ossified...
Apr 18, 20162 min read


Warming Trends: Career Areas Are Springing Into Action
As one reads about the unique opportunities that exist or are coming into existence, it would be easy to fall into the trap of dwelling...
Mar 21, 20162 min read


How to Work Like an Entrepreneur: Whether You Are One Already or Aspiring to Be!
“Yes…And” – two key words entrepreneurs must learn to use wisely. Spoken to a customer, it sounds like this, “Yes, I can do this for you...
Feb 15, 20162 min read


New Year, New Hires: Helping New Employees Feel Welcome
If you can remember your first day at your current job, or the very first day of your very first job, you might recall feeling excited,...
Jan 18, 20162 min read


Tips from the Non-Business World: Career advice is not just for or from business professionals
Business is not the enemy. There is no need to abjure the business world. Yes, there is much to be learned from business professionals...
Dec 21, 20152 min read


Working for a Purpose: Strive to Banish Meaningless Activities
Watching a four-year old play, with an educator’s eyes, it is fascinating to see the movements of the body and imagine the activity in...
Nov 16, 20152 min read


Working Internationally: A Passport to an Enhanced Career
Ordinary people may fear there is something abstruse about wanting to work in another country. But it doesn’t take an adventurous calling...
Oct 19, 20152 min read


Positive Reactions and Healthy Encounters with Disabled Workers: Ameliorate the Ignorance
Movies and television can have substantial influence on our perception of the disabled when we do not have a living example right next to...
Sep 21, 20152 min read
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