How do we deal with work-from-home post COVID? While there are people who can work from home and do so effectively, actually most are not wired to do so. Look around you at work. How many people struggle to pay attention, keep looking at their cell phones, may already dislike their work but can’t seem […]
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“Don’t judge each day by the harvest you reap but by the seeds that you plant.”― Robert Louis Stevenson “Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that.”― Martin Luther King Jr. “There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing
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A colleague recently asked about increasing soft skills, including resources and how to go about it. Here is my answer and the link to the article she wrote from it. Lezlie, thanks for asking about leveling up soft skills. Blessedly, there are tremendous free and low-cost options for people to obtain professional development online and
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I recently commented on an article shared via LinkedIn regarding the emotional anxiety faced by job seekers. Please read the post below and the article link if you know someone who is in the midst of a job search and could use your support. “Amen, this is a huge issue and something that people who
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My clients regularly ask the following question: Is LinkedIn actually necessary? Yes, it is, and let me share why with a few statistics. –Percentage of Recruiters that use LinkedIn to vet candidates: 94% Sourced from “22 Interesting LinkedIn Job Statistics (2019) by the Numbers” DMR Business Statistics and Craig Smith from Expanded Ramblings.com –LinkedIn is
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Challenges and mistakes are opportunities for learning. Instead of seeing an issue, error or new software as a pain, see it as learning – an ability to expand your mind, obtain a new skill, or to ensure you don’t make the same mistake a second time. Your resistance is usually fear of the unknown, or
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Well, it just happened again, and I doubt the trend will stop. Employers firing an employee without cause (they are never told why), or just making up something despite video, performance review, or other evidence to the contrary, to downsize or replace employees. If you are going to downsize, do it formally and publicly and take the
According to an October 3rd, 2019 article in the Harvard Business Review: Closing the Gender Wealth Gap by Nicole Torres, the trend of companies to do little to nothing in closing the gender pay gap continues. “In the United States, women who work year-round earn somewhere near 82 cents for every dollar earned by men. But they
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Let’s face it, we already knew our online public data was being used for targeted marketing purposes and for public search information (both paid and free). What about data analysis for your company’s use? Are you comfortable with that potential? What if that supposed “free data” was being used to determine if you were going to leave your
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From 60-75% of the candidates who ask for more money, get it. So, if you don’t ask, you will always wonder if you could have increased your salary from the start. You can either have a number in mind, for instance: I was hoping for closer to $55,000 versus $49,000. What can you do to
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