It’s every manager’s nightmare, your top-performing employee comes into your office and asks you for a well-deserved raise. Unbeknownst to the employee but known all too well to you is the budget and company policy. And you know for a fact there are not funds...
Resume myths: keep your resume to one page; list your GPA; list your college graduation year. Do you list your course work? Do these resume myths hold any weight anymore? Well, like many resume and career-search questions, the answer is ‘it depends.’ Let’s start with...
When everyone is continually looking to you for the answers, you may not think to stop and ask questions. But strong leaders ask as many, if not more questions than they give answers to. Leaders don’t need to have all the answers; after all, in the words of Steve...
Negative energy is poison in a workplace, and in a small office or team, it can make or break your team’s ability to succeed. There are immediate steps you can take to counter negativism such as addressing it head-on and showing your team you are an honest...
Don’t presume that your former employer won’t disclose the reason your job ended, your last date of employment or even your ending salary. Large companies typically have policies regarding the disclosure of former employee information, and who at the...