Does Your Career Path Need GPS?
March 7, 2017
Feel like you’re stuck on the side of the career highway changing a flat tire, while your friends and co-workers are speeding past you with…
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How to Prove Organizational Impact in Your Cover Letter
- February 28, 2017
Anything but a formality, your cover letter introduces you to the hiring manager and explains why you should advance to the next step in the hiring process. Many candidates make the mistake of hastily throwing a few generic paragraphs together — or skipping this step entirely — and wonder why they don’t receive an invitation [...]
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What’s the Right Way to Answer “Where Do You See Yourself in 5 Years”?
- February 27, 2017
When in an interview, you want to prepare by going over the usual questions about experience, how you handled a difficult work situation, etc. But one that sometimes gives pause is, “Where do you see yourself in five years?” You want to give a good answer that comes out as truthful but not too truthful [...]
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The Secret to Getting Over a Career Setback
- February 24, 2017
When you’re on track to take the lead on a career-changing project, about to land a big promotion or take another major step up the ladder, it can be devastating to have things come to a screeching halt. It doesn’t matter if you made a serious blunder that caused you to get passed up or [...]
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How to Retain Your Top Employees
- February 22, 2017
Retention of top-performing employees is a key measure of the overall health of your company. It helps ensure customer satisfaction, strong sales, satisfied co-workers and effective succession planning. Failure to hold on to key team members can mean a huge hit to your bottom line in terms of candidate searches and added training and investment. [...]
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Creating Kick-Ass Customer Service Just Got a Whole Lot Easier
- February 22, 2017
Your customer service team is the front line of your organization, so each and every person must be incredible. Just one poor experience can turn a customer away from your company forever — and many will take to social media to share the encounter with their followers. PrideStaff Las Vegas — a top Las Vegas [...]
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What You Should Be Learning from References
- February 20, 2017
If you are seriously considering a candidate for your open position, do not overlook the importance of checking with their past employers and talking to their references. This should be a prerequisite to making a job offer. The harsh truth is: A significant percentage of applicants lie on their resumes. In one recent survey, 56 [...]
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What to Do When You’re Suddenly the Boss of Your Friends
- February 17, 2017
It’s great when you move up in your job: You’ve moved up a rung on your personal career ladder, you’ve got a little more responsibility, a salary increase, and obviously the higher-ups feel you can do it. But what happens when that means you rank higher than your work colleagues? How do you manage relationships [...]
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How to Shield Your Workplace from Sickness
- February 15, 2017
Workplace illness affects virtually every employee. Each year, 98 percent of U.S. workers are affected by minor illness. The good news is: The right knowledge and some simple but effective measures can reduce the probability of infection from colds and flus in your workplace by about 80 percent. Be in the Know Knowledge is power [...]
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Do You Love Your Job?
- February 13, 2017
If you work full time, you may fit into the majority of similar people in the United States who, according to recent statistics, spend an average of 37 hours a week, or 7.4 hours a day, at work. Those who are happy with their jobs are 12 percent more productive than others. It’s encouraging to [...]
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