What’s Your Leadership Style?
Every leader – just like every person – is different and unique. But there are some common leadership styles that you’ll adopt, whether you’re heading up a project, a team, a department, or an entire company. Here are a few common samples. Can you identify yourself in any of them? (Hint: To achieve optimal effectiveness, […]
How to Answer the Most Common Interview Questions
The number and range of questions asked during an interview are limitless. So, how do you begin to know what to expect as you prepare ahead of time? Here’s a look at some of the most common inquiries that come up as hiring managers narrow down their decision – and how to reply: Classic Questions […]
How to Avoid the “Deadly Sins” of Hiring
The U.S. Department of Labor estimates the cost of a bad hire at 30 percent of an individual’s first-year earnings. So, you do the math. For an employee starting at a salary of $50,000, that’s a $15,000 hit to your bottom-linehealth. It’s beyond sobering to think of the cost when a senior level hire goes […]
How to Anticipate Your Employees’ Needs
Employee turnover is inevitable. Your goal is to manage attrition with a focus on retaining high performers and enabling all your workers to achieve their maximum potential. This includes keeping them motivated, engaged and satisfied, thus boosting chances of growing their careers with your organization. How can you keep your finger on the pulse of […]
Employees’ Demand for Workplace Flexibility Continues to Grow
Recent research supports a premise that’s long been acknowledged by employees across virtually all industries – probably since the first time a worker kissed his kids goodbye and left the family farm to work outside his home: We need more flexibility and work/life balance. It’s not limited to working parents versus singles or dual-income-with-no children […]
Should You Accept an Internship after Graduation?
If you’re preparing to graduate from college, don’t eliminate a post-graduate internship from your options or fall to the myth that internships are for current students only. Companies all over the world are seeking recent grads to add to their teams. Internships offer not only experience, but in many cases, pay and benefits, networking opportunities, […]
Kick Start 2014 with these Job Search Tips
The world is gearing up for the Olympics –and who doesn’t love the pride, passion and Cinderella stories that emerge as athletes break records, scale new heights and enter uncharted territory in achieving lifelong aspirations? Okay, so that’s just a little bit dramatic. But what better time than now to think about jump starting your […]