What’s Your Ripple Effect? 3 Ways to Measure Your Impact
Many times over the course of your professional career, you’ll likely be judged on the impact you’ve made to your organization, as well as your outside contributions if you’re looking for new work. So, when you’re sitting across from your boss or a hiring manager,…
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How to Land a Promotion Before It’s an Option
This year, employees can expect, on average, base pay to rise 3%. Whether that’s a huge bump or just a little increase, one thing is clear: promotions and pay raises will only happen to those who deserve it. However, how do you land a promotion…
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Cutting edge apps, software, websites and gadgets are sparking big changes in the workplace. Consequently, traditional performance reviews are no longer making the cut, and with good reason. How are social and digital tools changing performance reviews? Check out Morgan’s post on Mashable to find…
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Why Work Portfolios Are The Modern Day Resume
Work portfolios are a necessary complement to any resume. They help paint a better picture, while at the same time showcasing what you’ve done right. However, can they do more than bullet points on a piece of paper? Obviously, there’s no replacing the resume, but…
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6 Ways to Retain Remote Workers
Working from home is a growing phenomenon in the modern work arena. A virtual workforce offers many benefits for employers — for instance, it reduces major office costs. Employees also enjoy the flexibility of being able to work from home and not having to spend hours…
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Check Your Pulse: 3 Ways to Stay True to Your (Professional) Self
For many, it’s hard enough keeping a job these days, let alone staying true to the career goals they’ve made for themselves. However, if career professionals want to have a fulfilling work outlook, they need to figure out how to stay true to what matters…
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Surviving Performance Reviews: Questioning Your Goals
We’ve said it before: not many people are fans of the dreaded performance review. They don’t do much to make better employees. In fact, most performance reviews are severely inaccurate since they measure workers through standard benchmarks, which aren’t catered to the individual. However, when…
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Boost Your Career! 5 Ways to Be a Remarkable Employee
At some point or another, we all need a career boost. Whether you’re going into the dreaded performance review or just need to find a new job, expanding and grooming your professional brand will always be a priority if you want to advance yourself. But,…
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6 Steps to Engaging Young Professionals
It’s a problem many employers face: how do you engage a younger workforce? How do you get a new generation, a generation that considers themselves “digital natives” interested in their jobs? Additionally, how do you get them to produce lasting results without forcing an iron…
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The 7 Top Performance Review Survival Tips for Gen Y
Generation Y is different from other generations. Compared to its predecessors, Gen Y’s members are markedly more tech savvy, civically-minded, and especially media-centric. Why does this matter? Because, as we ease into 2012, more and more Gen Y-er’s are entering the workforce, flooding the market…
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