What to do when your Supervisor does not Report your Complaints to the HR

You might be working with a difficult boss or co-workers and often reporting certain extreme complaints about your manager might not make it to the HR. Approaching the HR directly with your complaints may land you in the “trouble maker” books as you might anticipate and even part of your personnel record, but depending on [...]

Tips to help you be Proactive towards your Performance Review

Be it the year end review or the beginning of the year goal setting meeting, you feel as if it is just another meeting to get done with. Well, think again your performance management and reviews impact you in different ways. It could mean a higher raise, a promotion and even protecting you from a [...]

Best Jobs to have during Recession

What is recession?
According to Wiki definition, a recession is a decline in a country’s gross domestic product (GDP), or negative real economic growth, for two or more successive quarters of a year.
We fear recession since it could result in more than normal job cuts, financial tension and the burden of managing the needs of the [...]

Am I going to be in a Layoff?

What are the signs of a layoff?
Though not all discussed below may be concrete signs of an impending layoff, it is good to be aware of these reasons which could result in job cuts:
Recession – Downturn in Financial Markets
Also look up the world market health, in the 21st century the financial markets are all closely [...]

Sample Goodbye Emails to Colleagues

Since the last post on Saying Goodbye to coworkers, there have been quite a few requests on providing some sample goodbye letters to co-workers and manager. So here is a compilation of some recommended ones, and one ‘on the lighter side’ – an original that has traveled around the world through Emails.
Some Tips before you [...]

Countering Recession the Tax Relief Way – How are you going to Use the extra Bucks?

A slightly off-track blog post not focused on the career advice but definitely related to the present discussions on the US economy in recession.
In a recent announcement to help the “suffering” US economy, the US government is ready to shell out the extra $600 or so person towards tax relief to abate recession and help [...]

How to Talk to your Boss about your Career Goals

Performance reviews and appraisals are not the only time when you discuss your career goals with your boss, the goals can be set either at the very first meeting when you join in a new job or a new team/division or anywhere during project changes or set up in timely recurring meetings throughout the year.
Whether [...]

Creating more Jobs can help Abate Recession

Create more Jobs
Whether it is the creation of the green collar jobs or the blue collar jobs, the point is to create and keep those jobs here to help abate recession.
The government contingency plan must be to allocate money for free employment training to those looking for jobs or in a layoff this year. I [...]

Dressing up for an Interview

Tips for dressing up an interview are all over the place and even though you may have been to many interviews it’s very often the case that you stand in front of your wardrobe and think, “I have nothing to wear for this interview.” Or, “Would this be appropriate?”
I remember a job interview I was [...]

Managing your Career during Recession

Keeping your Job
With talks of global recession taking over the media and in general discussions, it is a good time to think on how to keep your present job and recession-proof yourself.
Keep abreast of news around your company’s performance and your division’s importance, be ready to evolve and also be ready to change. Remember that [...]

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