It’s happened to each of us. You are cruising along through your interview. You feel confident in your answers and developed a great connection with the interviewer. And then it happens! You are asked that one question you really do not know the best way to answer. It is the one that you now agonize over for days and
Building and managing effective teams is a critical skill that contributes to a leader’s success. Nowadays, working in a global workforce, teams take on a variety forms, sizes, and locations. Some are located under one roof. However, it is becoming more commonplace for team members to be located on different floors, buildings, states, time zones,
Here is a sad truth: some people never really leave high school. Even as adults you will still find them hanging out and spreading the latest gossip with their friends. The problem is that no matter how they go about it, a workplace gossip is absolutely killing their own career. It is one thing to
As a human resources consultant, I have conducted many employee surveys over the years to ascertain what employees like about their workplaces and what they think needs to be changed. In many cases, one of the key recommendations from employees to make the workplace better is “provide better communication.” What do employees want to
Sometimes it’s an easy choice to leave a company. However, one of the most important choices that you can make in your career is to leave your current employer in the right way. Like any other relationship, there are faults and virtues with every company. At the end of a relationship, people tend to focus
What you may have been taught in school no longer applies to the job searching skills needed in today’s competitive job marketplace. The rules have changed from resume creation through the interview process. Don’t be caught with an “objective statement” on your resume, or asking the interviewer questions you should have researched on your own.
Ever since Mary joined her company two years ago, she noticed that she wasn’t really that welcome in the department, at least, as far as some of her co-workers were concerned. There was a small group of women that always sat at the top of the game before Mary came along. Excited and eager to
Let’s face it! A job search can be a lengthy and time-consuming process. The reward can be be your dream job which will make your efforts well worth it. But in the meantime, you need to be sure that you avoid the mistakes that can sabotage you from obtaining the results you are trying to
Do you have a winning resume? As a recruiter, I’ve seen thousands of resumes ranging from very qualified and capable candidates all over the nation. These candidates span from every industry and from administrative professionals to C-level corporate executives. Each time I review a resume, I would review it under the eyes of the hiring
What is the EEO-1 Annual Survey? The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission recently announced that the EEO-1 Annual Survey is now open. The information collected from the EEO-1 Annual Survey includes employment data by race/ethnicity, gender and job categories. The subsequent EEO-1 Report that is produced is used by attorneys, human resources professionals, and consulting agencies