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Interviewing is a complicated dance that often requires interment knowledge of communications skills and the law. It may be surprising to learn that there is still a significant number of interviewers that ask questions made illegal by the Equal Opportunity Employment Commission. Some employers suggest they simply weren’t sure whether or not the question was… Read more »

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Do you sometimes look at your LinkedIn account with contempt? Maybe you just don’t know what to do with it. LinkedIn does have a purpose in today’s modern job landscape, but you can only get out if it what you put into it. Treating your LinkedIn like a digital, live resume will help you understand… Read more »

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Many people are looking to advance their career in the direction of management, but how do you know if you’re management material. For your first leadership role you will be testing yourself, learning what works, and enhancing your skills for the long term. So how do you become a leader when you accept a leadership… Read more »

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Regardless of the work you do there will be times in your career where you will need to interact with others on the job. In fact, the secret to success could actually be in developing relationships with your coworkers. That’s right, if you connect more with the people you work with, you may start to… Read more »

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Messing up at work is an embarrassment to you and a lot of trouble for the people around you. Making a mistake happens to everyone, but what you do after that will be far more important. “I’m sorry,” is the most common answer when a major disaster happens, but what if there are phrases or… Read more »

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When you put so much time into a job and you’ve realized that you’re no longer satisfied, how do you know it is the right time to leave the company behind? There is a lot of advice available for the restless employees out there, and not all of it is great or useful. Leaving a… Read more »

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So much has changed with technology just in the last two decades. How did we keep up with far-flung friends and relatives before Facebook? Have you noticed that people tend to speak in 140 character snippets? And are emojis the new hieroglyphs of modern language? Whether you want to admit it, or embrace it, or… Read more »

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The Holy Grail of hiring is to bring in an employee so competent and skilled that they can be trusted to run the company in your absence. Someone with all the skills that your company needs and a personality that matches your current staff sounds so impossible. Many hiring managers aren’t sure where to find… Read more »

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A promotion is usually a great moment of celebration. You’ve worked hard to get where you are, so why shouldn’t you be excited about it? But there are often many considerations when accepting a promotion and whether or not you are promoted ahead of your colleagues can be one of the most intimidating ones. Should… Read more »

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Mistakes happen. In fact, they probably happen pretty frequently. However, the true test of a successful person is how they handle the mistakes and what they do after the fact. Your team will inevitably make mistakes, both small and big ones. Before it stops them in their tracks, it is important to find a way… Read more »