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Why You Need a Professional Mentor
If you hit all your projects out of the park, why you may need a boost up the corporate ladder.
5 Secret Skills of a Great New Hire (According to Your Boss)
Managers won’t say it during an interview, but they really really really hope you come with this set of secret skills.
Body Language to Avoid During an Interview
…because you want to be remembered for your skills and accomplishments, not your over-the-top gesticulating.
5 New Year’s Resolutions for HR Managers
Employee WellnessWorking Smarter
Health, communication, and staff development–it’s all here to make your staff stable and successful in 2016.
7 Ways to Increase Productivity at Work
End on a high note by increasing productivity instead of succumbing to the pre-holiday slump.
Don’t Get Caught in These Four Resume Lies
Finding yourself in the “caught” category spells bad news for landing your dream job, and even worse news if you’ve already been hired.
5 Interview Questions You’re Getting Wrong
When it comes to interview questions, there’s a difference between giving a creative answer, a cliché answer, and a flat-out bad answer.
Teaching Soft Skills to Millennial Workers
Millennials have a leg up on technology and will eventually build on-the-job experience, but first they need to bridge the soft skills gap.
How to Get Your Resume Ready for Mobile
It’s all too easy for your resume to become a jumbled mess on a mobile device, even if it looks great on yours.
Skills Every New HR Manager Needs to Know
Management IssuesWorking Smarter
Congratulations! You’re in the precarious position of representing both the company and its employees, and walking the line of what’s best for both.
How to Find Cultural Fit in a New Hire
Did you catch the last YES! Your Human Resources Solution blog, where we told job-seekers how to avoid a catastrophic cultural mismatch at their next company? This next installment is for all you HR professionals, small-business owners, and hiring managers who want to hire a good cultural fit: an employee whose values, beliefs, behavior, and […]
How to Avoid a Catastrophic Cultural Mismatch
If you’ve ever felt like you didn’t fit in at a company, this article is for you.
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The “better” way to conduct layoffs
Layoffs are hard on everyone. Even as business leaders and HR professionals, layoffs are one of the hardest things we have to do. Regrettably, many of us remember this from the all-too-recent pandemic layoffs. Layoffs are a reality we may soon face again as the threat of recession looms. And while we may not have […]
Resolve conflict like a champ
We’re hard-pressed to say conflict resolution is a fun or glamorous part of a Human Resources or leadership role, but it’s one of the most critical parts. How you mediate conflict impacts employee morale and retention, and also shows your leadership abilities and your willingness to tackle the tough stuff. Your conflict resolution skills can […]
Stop! and hire this candidate
It’s easy to criticize potential hires and spot reasons why we shouldn’t hire them. That one is too arrogant, that one lacks technical skills, and that one knows nothing about the company. Process of elimination, right? But too often we fail to recognize the positive reasons why we should hire someone. Positive flags can be […]
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