CAREER SELF-HELP2020-09-06T11:39:38-04:00

How to Slay Your First Day on the Job

This is a guest post by Marja Norris. You’ve spent six months looking for the perfect job. You’ve prepare for and sweated through seventeen interviews. Now, at last, you’ve landed the job of a lifetime. But what can you do to face that [...]

Earn More Throughout Your Career With These Simple Tips

We all have different goals in our careers. However, earning more money is one target that unites us all. But only you can make it happen. The sooner you appreciate that, the better. Taking your earning power into your own hands isn’t [...]

Taking The Reins On Your Earning

There aren’t many people out there who couldn’t do with more money. Few of us dream of being rich, but having enough to get by would be ideal. That shouldn’t be too much to ask, but it often feels as though it [...]

Office Wear: Summer Attire Do’s and Don’ts

What's the right work attire to choose when it's hot outside? Leave the Daisy Dukes and flip-flops at home to present a positive professional image and avoid making a fashion faux pas. Most of us have heard the advice that you should [...]

How You’re Holding Back Your Own Career

Some professionals manage to really hit the ground running in their careers, getting an entry level job and swiftly working their way up through an organization. Then, after some time, things can begin to slow down, and many people can wind up [...]

Technology Is Creating Safer Workspaces

The technological advances of today are doing a lot of great things to improve our safety at work. They are making workspaces a safer environment for employees and workers. That sure means more productivity, less worry for accidents and more trust building [...]

Tips on Overcoming Career Obstacles

Few are fortunate enough to enjoy the perfect career void of obstacles or moments when we feel like giving up. Most of us often encounter low points during our working lives. Being able to push through the barriers is the calling card of a true [...]

What a Messy Desk Says About You [Infographic]

Now that spring is in full swing, is it time to clean up your desk at work? According to a survey from staffing firm OfficeTeam, more than half of senior managers (54 percent) said the most distracting or annoying aspect of employee [...]

Challenge Yourself To Give Your Creative Career A Boost

If you’re a creative type who’s working in a job where you have to stick to a lot of professional parameters, it’s natural to feel a little dissatisfied. The job market is full of highly creative individuals whose heads are bursting with [...]

Want More From Your Career? What’s Stopping You?

There are few things more frustrating that having a job or career where you just feel stuck. Whether it's because you don't feel challenged, you're not passionate about the work that you do, or perhaps it's simply because you're bored, there comes [...]

Get Yourself Ready For The Career Change Of Your Dreams

Career changes are great ways of improving your life. But what’s the point in changing career if you are just going from one bad job to another. If you end up in another rut you’ll become sad and maybe even depressed. No, [...]

5 Tips on How To Work From Home Effectively

Working from home is becoming a more popular and practical option, cutting out the commute and saving everyone involved money. However, working from home does take a certain amount of self-motivation. Ensure that taking the following measures in order to stay productive [...]

Top Computer Skills to Help You Land the Job with Ease

There is little doubt that if you want to forge a career in the modern workplace, having some usable computer skills is a real must, and if you can demonstrate your dexterity with a keyboard, there will be some useful doors opening [...]

10 Ways To Utilize Online Retargets To Boost Your Career

The growth of online communication has changed the business world forever. However, the company owners aren’t the only beneficiaries of those increased opportunities. Quite frankly, the internet has opened new doors for workers in almost all industries. Even employees in areas that [...]

Why It’s Never Too Late To Find The Job Of Your Dreams

As you get older, it can feel like life is slowing down because you aren't young anymore. As times change we adapt to different lifestyles and what has changed over the years is how we work. There are numerous career options and [...]

Career Advice No One Tells You [Infographic]

When it comes to self-growth and growing your career, it's always best to read as much self-help and career growth books as you can. They are written for a reason anyway - to help you achieve your career goals whether it's to [...]

Specialize to Expand Your Career Opportunities

Is your career currently in something of a rut? Are you struggling to find an alternative job that gives you an opportunity to go further than the job you do right now? If so, you are in good company. The vast majority [...]

Are You Getting The Salary You Deserve?

In our workplaces, we are entitled to be paid fairly. Working takes up most of our working week, so it’s our right to be paid fairly for the services we provide to businesses around the world. It can be hard to know [...]

4 Ways to Make Any Job More Meaningful

This is a conversation with Rabbi Daniel Cohen. Do you find your work meaningful? Most people want their jobs to mean something, whether it’s making the world a safer place or helping others to have a better quality of life. Yet sometimes [...]