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How Not to Annoy Your LinkedIn Connections
When you can’t keep your professional life fresh by going to work or networking events, it’s time for those LinkedIn efforts to shine! And hey, you’ve gotten pretty good by now, even if you’ve never used LinkedIn before or you’ve let your profile languish. You’re making new connections, sharing relevant articles, and posting a profile […]
These 5 Work Habits Will Hurt Your Reputation
News flash: other people’s perception of you impacts your chances for professional success. (No one said it was fair!) So at work, you want to present the image of yourself that shows the most potential. But are you hurting your image without even realizing it?
Improve Your Home Work-Life Balance
If we’ve learned one thing from working at home, it’s the importance of establishing work-life balance (and boundaries, because you try telling a toddler she can’t have a snack because Mommy is in a Zoom meeting). Balance just got crazy difficult now that work, school, and home are suddenly happening in one location. But balance […]
How to Gracefully Decline Extra Work
Many of us still working from home haven’t quite perfected the circus act of work, kids, pets, Zoom hangouts, and sleep. Without the distinct cues that once separated our daily grind, time and task seem to bleed together. This can lead to losing track of time, working off hours, and unwittingly throwing work-life balance to […]
Your Top COVID-19 Employer Questions Answered
As the country slowly reopens, you’re sure to have questions about what’s best for your business and its returning employees. We do our best to answer!
Are You Leading Productive Video Meetings?
How to grab and keep participants’ attention, fulfill your agenda, and keep everyone looped in.
Develop These Marketable Soft Skills Now
We’ve often said how stellar soft skills propel good leaders into great leaders—skills like communication, delegation, and teamwork, which will help you work better with your team. Some soft skills might come easily to you, while you might have to work at others. For those skills you haven’t quite mastered yet, now is the perfect […]
Maximize Productivity When Parenting and Working From Home
Working from home? Good for you. There’s so much gratitude for the opportunity to work from home, while so many companies are proceeding with hour cutbacks or layoffs. That doesn’t mean there aren’t challenges to working from home! But nothing compares to the challenge of trying to work from home while parenting or even homeschooling. […]
Get Promotion Worthy by Mastering These 5 Management Skills
So you’re ready to become a manager in 2020—this is your year to shine! But the path to shining greatness is paved with more than industry experience and people skills. To maximize your chances of promoting to management, you’ll first want to develop an understanding of five key areas.
Build a More Professional and Promising 2020
How confident do you feel about your career outlook in this new decade? If you have your technical skills down, have you been focusing on improving your soft skills? Let’s hope so! It’s often overlooked how much soft skills, particularly professional presence, can impact your shot at success. The good news? You can shape your […]
Types of Companies You Want to Work for in 2020
These companies show they know how to hire great employees like you and keep them happy.
You Haven’t Thought of These Ways to Stay Positive at Work
Some days, it’s hard to show up to work with a smile. We get it! But in HR, it’s especially important to stay positive as much as possible, because your attitude can impact the entire organization, from new hires to top execs. It can be difficult and intimidating for many employees to deal with HR […]
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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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