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How to Set the Stage for a Better Work Environment
Part of creating a desirable work environment involves setting the proper tone. Since their environment heavily influences teammates' motivation,...
How to Explain a Gap on Your Resume to a Hiring Manager
Is the gap in your resume causing you to panic that you won't get a good career? If so, don't! There are many employees just like you who have taken...
Organization Habits to Set You up for Success in Your Office Manager Role
Working as an office manager comes with many responsibilities. One is keeping the entire office organized. Although you may be focused on other...
Nailing the Interview: How to Not Over Prepare
Ever heard of those pesky little things called behavioral interview questions? You know, the questions that start out with, “Tell me about a time...
6 Alternatives to Saying “I Hope This Email Finds You Well”
“I hope you are well” is not a great opening line for an email. This is especially true if you don’t know the recipient. If you say you hope they’re...
Using the Rules of Improv at Work
The rules of improv aren’t just for comedy scenes on a stage. They’re a great guide for moving ideas forward and creating an environment that...
Fired? How to talk about it in an interview
Heading into a job interview knowing you’ll be asked a question that reminds you of a bad time in your work life can add an extra degree of...
Goals Setting Obstacles
Once you’ve moved on from outside considerations, fear may kick in. That number is way too high...What if I fail? What if my co-workers resent me?...
To Tell or Not to Tell: Salary History
It turns out that one of the most stressful things for Americans to talk about isn’t politics or religion or even death – it’s personal finances. So...
Better Employees
One of the things managers often struggle with is how to get their employees to perform at a higher level. Not because their people aren’t doing...
Happiness at Work
We spend more of our waking hours at our jobs than doing any one other thing. So being happy at work matters - a lot. And what makes us happy at...
Helpless vs. Resourceful
Over the last several years of hiring people for our company we have tried to come up with some profile or some marker to look for how to determine...