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How to Be a Good Salesperson: The Key Steps to Take

Good sales reps will effectively earn the respect and the ongoing trust of their prospects. Great ones earn their loyalty, admiration, and new referrals. Good reps handle objections skillfully; great ones preemptively surface the concerns and eliminate them.

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What you must know during Job Search with a Criminal History

A staggering 65 million U.S. adults carry the stigma of an arrest or conviction, at a time when economic recovery is uncertain and jobs remain scarce. As one researcher found, job applicants with a criminal record are 50-percent less likely to receive a callback. Meanwhile, the use of [...]

Train and Retain Talent – the Cost of New Hires is High

Onboarding is costly; it is perhaps in the best interest of companies to train and retain current workforce.  As the infographic here shows us - the cost to hire a new employee is high.   Infographic target: complianceandsafety.com

Virtual Offices – An Introduction

Virtual offices – perhaps you have already heard about this new trend in the office space industry, or perhaps not. Well, no matter what, you are going to be hearing about it more and more in the near future, as it is [...]

A 5 Step Mental Workout that can rev-up your Performance

Just as our bodies can feel sick and weak as a result of poor lifestyle habits, our minds can get foggy, negative, and sluggish from overwork, media overload, and workplace stress. When that happens, the mind needs to detox. - Jason Selk [...]

What you must know about Occupational Safety when joining a New Job

Accidents records and statistics show that newly hired and inexperienced employees are more prone to accidents than others. ~ asiaiga.org Dependent on the level of exposure to occupational hazards, it is a must that employees and employers pay special attention to a [...]

25 Ways to keep Your Career Healthy – Always

Career management and advancement is an ongoing process. You must be proactive at taking charge of your career and keeping it healthy by nurturing it with the nutrients of career building skills and industry knowledge. Read and act upon these tips to [...]

Office Gift-Giving Tips and Etiquette

This is a guest post by Vicky Oliver. The holidays are approaching and you've noticed that your cubicle neighbor has a little box with a bow on it. It's making you sweat. What if it's for you? You didn't get her anything! [...]

How to make Work an Everyday Positive Experience

Everybody has experienced it at some point in their lives - the coworker you can't stand, the boss who treats you unfairly, or just the overwhelming feeling of working in an environment where you are unhappy or don't fit in. The truth [...]

4 Ways to Keep Your Mind Cool When Facing a Stressful Situation

Stress at the workplace is showing a persistent growth. Catching up on new technologies, competitiveness, stress due to lack of job security, job dissatisfaction, unfriendly work environment, economical pressures, work life balance … the list goes on; stress is on the rise [...]

5 Ways to Stay Focused in the Distracting Workplace

"People think focus means saying yes to the thing you've got to focus on. But that's not what it means at all. It means saying no to the hundred other good ideas that there are. You have to pick carefully. I'm actually [...]

4 Solutions for Easing Pains and Reducing Injuries at the Office

According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, nearly two-thirds of all occupational illnesses reported, were caused by exposure to repeated trauma to workers upper body (the wrist, elbow or shoulder). With most part of our day spent sitting at our desk [...]

5 Things Great Leaders Do…and Failing Ones Don’t

Are you a GREAT leader or an “AT RISK” failing leader? How do you know? What would your staffers say? What would your own supervisor say?   “While there is a seemingly endless list of things to consider when asking yourself ‘how [...]

What Can An MBA Do For Your Career?

High unemployment means an intensely competitive job market. That probably comes as no surprise. However, whenever the competition for jobs becomes this fierce, those looking for jobs are looking for a foot in the door while those with jobs begin looking for [...]

10 Ways to Enliven a Boring Work Life

Now you’ll say why don’t leave it if you have boring work? Well, you know at times, you just can’t. A family to take care of, loans to pay off and other compelling circumstances make it not so easy to wriggle off [...]

Workaholism – Detrimental to Productivity and Health

Are you a workaholic? Guest post author Anita Brady takes a look at how workaholism has become a growing problem with the American workforce. The words "workaholic" and "workaholism" evolved in the mid-1960s and '70s to describe a growing problem, particularly in [...]

The Art of Leaving Your Job Gracefully

“There's a trick to the Graceful Exit. It begins with the vision to recognize when a job, a life stage, a relationship is over -- and to let go. It means leaving what's over without denying its value.” ~~  Ellen Goodman   [...]

7 Effective Ways to Fight Burnout

This is a guest post by Beverly Flaxington. The usual prescription for employee burnout is to work less. However, that so-called remedy doesn't take into account why we feel unhappy at work in the first place, why we are suddenly stressed out [...]

How Your Job Burnout is a Hostage Crisis

Burnout News Flash:  One in three workers expect to burnout out on the job and is seriously considering quitting work due to job stress (www.mercer.com). It’s amazing how common job burnout has become. That means that every three cubicles you pass at [...]

12 Ways to Create a Killer First Impression

This is a guest post by Vicky Oliver. In the business world, you only get one chance to make a first impression. Will others see you as meek, ill-mannered, and inexperienced or confident, courteous, and curious? It's up to you. Here are 12 ways [...]