Making Time to Learn

Making Time to Learn

As a longtime executive recruiter and career coach, I can appreciate the recent articles offering quick opportunities for people to supplement their incomes with “gig” type jobs. Pet sitting, running errands, doing telemarketing work, getting a part time...
Mutual Benefits in the Workplace

Mutual Benefits in the Workplace

Having meaningful relationships with people you work with has many benefits. For starters, work is much more enjoyable when you get along well with those around you. The happier you are at work, the more productive you will be. Having good working relationships is...
How to Make the Most of Your Workday

How to Make the Most of Your Workday

Do you often find your workday spiraling out of control? You start each day with a plan to get so much done, but soon find yourself becoming distracted, focusing on low-priority tasks and, simply, procrastinating. So how can you regain control of your time?...
Improving Workplace Culture

Improving Workplace Culture

At the heart of every successful organization is a thriving company culture. People are your greatest asset, and when they feel connected to a company’s mission and values, they’re much more likely to produce their best work and improve the business. To...
Building A Personal Brand

Building A Personal Brand

Gone are the days when personal branding was only for celebrities or executives. Personal branding is a way of establishing and consistently reinforcing who you are and what you stand for in your career and life. Everything affects your personal brand: What you wear,...
Core Beliefs of Great Bosses

Core Beliefs of Great Bosses

Great bosses change us for the better. They see more in us than we see in ourselves, and they help us learn to see it too. They dream big and show us all the great things we can accomplish. Great leadership can be a difficult thing to pin down and understand. You know...
Tips For Improving Your Public Speaking Skills

Tips For Improving Your Public Speaking Skills

It doesn’t matter how far you get in your professional career, the idea of speaking in front of your peers and managers can reduce even the hardiest CEO to utter terror. There’s no way around it though, to succeed in business, public speaking is a hill...
Why Social Media Background Checks Aren’t Effective

Why Social Media Background Checks Aren’t Effective

In the 21st Century, it is commonplace for candidates to have at least one method of social media. Whilst many candidates take care to set their social media settings to private, many employers still look into prospective candidates’ social media pages to decide...
How to Read the Virtual Body Language Of Remote Workers

How to Read the Virtual Body Language Of Remote Workers

Remote workers are becoming increasingly popular. In this day and age, staff are no longer tethered to just working at their desks in an office. With technological advances, we are now capable of working anywhere we wish as long as we have a laptop and wifi. We have...
How to Make a Great First Impression

How to Make a Great First Impression

Networking events are a great place to meet future business partners, clients, and employers. It is surprising then, that many people do not know that the best way to be successful at an event is to make a great first impression People make an impression of you within...