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Career Self-Help
How to Not Ruin Your First Day On The Job
When you first start a new job there's a lot going on in your head: stress over impressing your employers, jitters over learning new software or administration procedures, a new sleep schedule, etc. It can be hard to think rationally about how to approach the first day or two, but this is your best time to learn about the company and your place within it. This is when you can find out how your … [Read More...]
Higher Paying Job Or Better Company Culture
This is a guest post by Susanna Cha. This is the question that I had been asking myself once I received three job offers after an extensive job hunt. Before going into this, I’d like to share the techniques that I used in finding a job. My Background I’m a recent MSc Marketing graduate and I therefore thought it was of importance to find a job whereby I can turn all of the … [Read More...]
Effective Learning Programs Crucial to Top Performers Retention
Never become so much of an expert that you stop gaining expertise. View life as a continuous learning experience. ~ Denis Waitley Your most productive investment lies in employee development. In a highly competitive workforce, it is important to attract, engage and retain skilled professionals. You don’t usually see bored, highly skilled employees in your cubicles because they’ve already … [Read More...]
Stay Healthy and Safe at your Workplace
There is clear legislation in place regarding the responsibilities that employers have when it comes to health and safety in the workplace and those who are in breach of these guidelines can be liable for work accident compensation claims to be made against their businesses for negligence should either a member of the public, or a member of staff, suffer injury on the business premises as a result … [Read More...]
5 Stress Buster Tips for Business Travelers
Efficient Planning for Packing If you travel often it is a good idea to keep aside at least two suits that you would not use for your daily office wear. When you know it is time to travel on a short notice, deciding what to pack should be the least of your worries (easier said than practiced though!). Pack light, travel light and pack an extra backpack - just in case you buy something else … [Read More...]
Career Insight
Career as a Restaurant Sustainability Consultant
Restaurant Consultants assist restaurant owners or managers on running the business more efficiently and profitably. Consultants are typically hired as contractors by the owners and are non-full time employees of a restaurant. Now let's add the sustainability component to your consulting job description - when preparing for a career as a Sustainability consultant you would add another role to … [Read More...]
What you must know when Transitioning to a Food Service Career
*By 2020 the National Restaurant Association expects 1.3 million restaurant jobs to be created across all areas of the industry.* Cooks and food preparation workers held 3.0 million jobs in 2008. Employment of cooks and food preparation workers is expected to increase by 6 percent over the 2008–18 decade. Job opportunities for cooks and food preparation workers are expected to … [Read More...]
Interview Questions for a Marketing Research Analyst Position
What does a Market Research Analyst do? According to the BLS Occupational Outlook Handbook, Market and survey researchers gather information about what people think. Market research analysts help companies understand what types of products people want, determine who will buy them and at what price. Gathering statistical data on competitors and examining prices, sales, and methods of marketing and … [Read More...]
Do you want to be a Software Engineer
With above average salaries, office jobs with perks and the demand on the rise, a career as a software engineer sounds lucrative. This article presents the basic info you need to know if you want to be one. What is a Software Engineer? According to Bls.gov: Software engineers first analyze users' needs. Then they design, construct, test, and maintain the needed software or … [Read More...]
Career in Human Resource Management
In the Careers series on Careerbright Blog, we feature an interview with Alan Collins, President & CEO at SuccessInHR.com and author of: "Unwritten HR Rules: 21 Secrets For Attaining Awesome Career Success in HR". Alan was formerly VP HR with Pepsi and Quaker Oats - with 25 years of field, managerial and executive leadership experience in human resources. Alan has written over 100 articles and … [Read More...]
Job Search
How to Naturally Perform Better at Job Interviews
There's no shortage of tips on how to perform better during a job interview. However most advice in this regard tends to overload the reader with tactics and strategy that sounds like it's coming from the fast-talking mouth of a no-nonsense Atlanta life coach. Subsequently, come interview time you're thinking more about the advice itself than how to come off as a viable candidate. To avoid this, … [Read More...]
3 Tips for Professional Networking When You Don’t Feel Like It
For some people, networking is a way of life. It’s a critical part of gaining new clients, marketing for a business, getting new ideas and keeping up with the competition. It is a key to surviving and thriving in an ever more challenging corporate environment. And, in spite or because of these things, it can also be a huge drag. Let’s face it: sometimes networking is no fun. And, doing … [Read More...]
6 Ways to Create A Memorable Resume
What makes a book memorable? The story, writing style, remarkable or instant human connection, a powerful message, just a serene simplicity, overall beneficial message or something unusual that keeps it a page turner and a book to remember for long. Can you use such skills when writing your resume? In the ever-rising pile of resumes on the HR desk or folders - what can you do to make it easy … [Read More...]
Boy, I Really Messed Up That Interview
Guest contributor Dave Thomas shares his experiences on the various job interviews he has been to in the last 20 years or so and the lessons we all can use to ensure success at the next interview. Even though the national unemployment rate still hovers around 9.1 percent, millions of Americans go on job interviews each and every day. The goal, find positions that will put some money back in … [Read More...]
Essential Tips to Rise above the Competition in any Job Interview
The job market is tight these days, with fewer positions available and more demand than ever before. As a result, it takes much more for a candidate – even a qualified one – to rise above the masses and secure a desired position. While your impressive educational or employment background may have once been sufficient to get the job, there is a good chance that many other applicants are just as … [Read More...]
