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Set of clocks as gears working together, all set to different times.

Time Management Tip: Try Time Chunking

People often ask how I organize my time since I have a bit of a crazy schedule. From owning a full-time business, to public speaking, to being my church’s choir director, to volunteering and/or holding board memberships on multiple committees/boards around the Kansas City area, and helping out on my church’s website and social media, […]

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How Long Should You Have To Consider A Job Offer?

I saw an article today discussing how long you should take to consider a job offer, and wanted to put forth a few thoughts.  First, never be pressured on the spot at an interview to take a job, that is a huge warning sign that something is wrong in the organization.  If they can’t wait for a

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Brown paper torn, with ambiguous written underneath the tear.

Adapt well to changing plans and priorities and deal comfortably with ambiguity: Who Writes This Stuff?

Well, this should NEVER be in a job ad: “Must adapt and deal comfortably with ambiguity.” However, I have been seeing it quite a bit in recent years.  Particularly since COVID.  That isn’t an excuse to put such a statement in a job ad.  Certainly, this occurs in a workplace occasionally, but ambiguity is defined

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It's All About Control

It’s All About Control

It was National Employee Appreciation Day last month, but you can’t tell.  While individuals are increasingly seeking a better balance in their work, companies are pushing back.  Despite the fact things changed permanently after March of 2020, many corporations haven’t recognized this reality.  All that wonderful talk about taking care of people has been replaced

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September is Update Your Resume Month

September is Update Your Resume Month

Our industry is celebrating its annual International Update Your Resume Month this September.  However, I am here to tell you that every month should be Update Your Resume Month, because keeping track of your career successes should be a regular part of your monthly tasks.  If you only do this once a year, when it

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RETAIN YOUR GOOD EMPLOYEES?

Companies complain they are bleeding experienced employees, or laughing off the exodus by saying it’s just part of the Great Migration.  If you are seeing this happen in your company, ask yourself some serious questions, and stop making assumptions.  Every talented employee is a loss of productivity, innovation, brain trust, and good will.  How long

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Job Search

Is Your Technology Stopping Your Search in Its Tracks?

Expect everyone to text you? Rarely listen to real voicemail messages? Utilizing voice-to-text or text-to-voice technology to screen your calls (those are some unusual messages)? Well, you are losing out on REAL interviews that could lead to REAL jobs, from REAL companies. While I often write about challenges of the jobseeker, this one is about how

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Work-Life Balance

The Ideal Work-Life Balance: Companies that are Getting It Right!

Thank you to Casandra Andrews and HerMoney.com for my latest interview with their publication. Here is the article in its entirety: Here’s how some companies are helping staff members strike a healthy balance between home life and their jobs. There’s nothing like living through nearly two years of a global health pandemic — with much

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