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The Integrity Dividend – A Book Review
How many times have you bought a product on someone's recommendation? Or just because you knew that the designer was well known and respected in his/her field? If you have two job offers offering you the same money and responsibilities but one [...]
7 Rules you must Follow when Working from Home
If you telecommute often or have a home-based business here are some great tips that will help you remain focused and organized when the scheduling depends only on how you manage your time. Follow these essential rules when working from home: Rule 1: Have [...]
Is the Bleak Economic Scenario affecting our Lives at Work?
Yes of course we see it now, the economy is very much down there in the dumps and not much good news coming around either to boost spirits at work or home; how is it all affecting your workplace life? Are we [...]
Recreate and Diversify in a Recession
If you want to live and thrive through a recession and not just survive as a either a fence-sitter or blanket sulker, then your best bets today lie in being creative and in your knack to diversify quickly in the areas that [...]
My Stress My Addiction
In a very interesting book by Debbie Mandel titled Addicted To Stress - A Woman's 7-Step Program to Reclaim Joy and Spontaneity In Life – the present day working mother will find herself staring at that large uncomforting magnifying mirror but one [...]
The Hill is always Steeper for a Career Woman
No, this post is not about Hilary Clinton or Sarah Palin. No doubt they have been high up on the ladder and are finding it tough to reach the highest rungs and there have been many around the world who have been [...]
Tips on Dealing with Stressful Workplace Changes
A report, "Leading Global Change: A Best Practices Report", conducted by PeopleNRG, a change management consulting firm, found that organizations and employees are dealing with as many as three to five different change efforts at a time. "Employees are overwhelmed with constant change", says Lawrence Polsky, managing partner [...]
Going Back to College – A Good Move during Recession
Your skills are the invaluable wealth and the only possession that you can truly call your own. Whatever be your next step in this recession or even when the hiring resumes to normal - your skills will take you places. Never underestimate [...]
Coffee at the Workplace and the Fresh Fruits Challenge
Is the coffee at your workplace keeping you alert during the working hours? How much coffee is too much? Is the teetotaler next to your cubicle less alert than you are? This post is not a case against drinking coffee at work; [...]
Moms and work at home jobs – the perfect fit – Guest Article
From the past, the role of the woman in society has been centered with the household chores. A mother is expected to take the upper hand looking after the children while contributing to the betterment of the family. The rat race in [...]
2 Years to Satisfying Career Happier Life Blog
It is now two years since I started on my blog and has it been an enlightening journey!Recently a couple of my friends have asked me why I never thought about changing the title of my blog- Satisfying Career - Happier Life [...]
Poor Communication Skills can Cost you the Job
Most jobs require the candidate to have good written and oral communication skills. The oral communication becomes more important at the workplace and in fact supersedes the written communication in many ways (unless of course you are applying for a writing position). [...]
Effective People Management through Performance and Talent Management Ensures a Company’s Success — An Interview with SuccessFactors
This article features an interview with Steve McMahon (Interim vice president of HR) and David Cain (director of marketing, SMB) of SuccessFactors, world leading provider of Performance & Talent Management solutions to small, mid-sized and large businesses. This interview highlights how the [...]
Running a Service based Business – Pros and Cons
All of us have our own set of skills and areas of expertise—all you really need to possess is the drive, dedication and the desire to turn your skills into a revenue generating opportunity. A service based business is difficult to start [...]
Time to Revisit your Performance Review and Employee Talent Management
Whether it is the 360 degree feedback to the employees or the managers or the personal one-on-one performance appraisal, it is time to revisit your goals and perform a detailed work analysis at the middle of the year. If you are working [...]
Mind your Speech and Blogging at the workplace
True indeed, Freedom of Speech comes to the US citizens as a right, but it may not be so at the workplace. There have been a few instances of employees being fired from a workplace as they expressed "views" on a blog. [...]
Illuminate your Career
NOW is the time to ILLUMINATE YOUR CAREER! Welcome to Careerbright! This blog is dedicated to all things related to careers - from job search tips to career advancement strategies, and everything in between. Careers are never linear, whether you're just starting [...]
In a Tough Economy will Freelance Thrive
Freedom is that instant between when someone tells you to do something and when you decide how to respond. ~Jeffrey Borenstein And that to me is what freelancing is all about.A freelancer, freelance worker, or freelance is a person who pursues [...]
Why Hitting the Gym can get you Ahead at Work
Tired of being a slave to your Blackberry 24/7? Are you skipping the gym, family events, or doctors visits because of a crushing workload? According to Marty and Joshua Seldman, authors of the new book EXECUTIVE STAMINA, working too hard for too [...]
Are you Dealing with Angry People at Work?
Are you dealing with angry people at work? If yes, how are you managing them? I was just reading this interesting article on Seth Godin's blog, titled: Angry people are different. He has two good and well known tips here - avoid [...]
I Can Work from Anywhere – Virtual Technology at the Service of the Global Workforce
Working virtually and with teams from around the world is the norm of the 21st century workforce and with the world getting smaller and technology enabling the global workforce to collaborate from one end of a globe to another, the global workforce [...]
Google Yourself often to see if Employers might find your Cyber-skeletons
According to a report in careerbuilder.com, hiring managers checked out job candidates online and discovered these cyber skeletons: 31% lied about qualifications 24% were linked to criminal behavior 19% bad-mouthed their former company 19%boasted about drinking and doing drugs 15% shared confidential [...]
Green Habits you can easily follow at your Workplace
"If there is to be an ecologically sound society, it will have to come the grass roots up, not from the top down." - Paul Hawken, The Ecology of Commerce It is not easy being "green". After all, we have been brought [...]
Careerbright Blog Features on Alltop
It is great to be associated with the ace blogger and VC Guy Kawasaki and the association is in reference to his latest venture Alltop which features the Careerbright blog on it's Career site. Providing a one stop, single page, dynamic, theme-based [...]