Taking Charge During An Interview! Perhaps you've found yourself in the position of seeking a new position due to a layoff, cutback or downsizing and are now facing the interviewing process. As scary as that may seem, one of the most critical points to remember is that just because you're sitting in the seat opposite the potential employer doesn't mean you have no control.
Taking Charge Of Your Career Why is it that so few people have successful careers? The answer is that only a small minority of people ever decide exactly what is that they want to do and then take control of their career. The people who do this always succeed. You also have to possess transitional and transferrable skills.
Taking Your Words Seriously When we ordered the stained glass window as an accent piece for our home, the artist-proprietor told us he was a bit behind. "So," he said, "to be on safe side, plan on six months." That was two years ago. We still don't have the window.
Talented People I was asked last week for an article about employment, "What is your favorite 'employment phrase'?"
Tales From the Corporate Frontlines: Here Today, Gone Tomorrow In today's often volatile or contingent labor market, it's crucial to understand the level of security your employees feel about maintaining their jobs. Studies show that employees who do not feel secure in their jobs are less likely to be committed to best assisting customers. This article illustrates how a group of employees who survived downsizing dealt with their own fear and uncertainty and received help from management to get back on track and move forward.
Tales from the Corporate Frontlines: Career Opportunities for New Graduates Career Opportunities for New Graduates
Studies show that lack of career opportunity is one of the top reasons why employees leave an organization. Also, continually hiring open positions from outside the organization can be detrimental to morale when a qualified candidate is available internally. This article shows how one company obtained valuable information from the season's group of new graduate applicants and combined it with the results of their own survey to identify retention problems and find new solutions.
Tales from the Corporate Frontlines: Career Opportunity and Employee Retention Studies show that lack of career opportunity is one of the top reasons why employees leave an organization. Also, continually hiring open positions from outside the organization can be detrimental to morale when a qualified candidate is available internally. This article shows how one company changed procedures to offer new kinds of career opportunities to its workers and improve overall employee retention.
Tales from the Corporate Frontlines: Try, Try, Again Studies show that lack of career opportunity is one of the top reasons why employees leave an organization. Also, continually hiring open positions from outside the organization can be detrimental to morale when a qualified candidate is available internally. This article takes a lighthearted look at the career planning methods of some coworkers, and outlines one company's solid strategy for career development.
Tall Tales, Business Games and Hiring Are your company's Human Resources hiring policies systematically training individuals to tell tall tales and engage in deception?
Technology in the Workplace - Boon or Curse? Like all new innovations, technology in the work environment can either work for you or against you. What is good for the employer or is not always the same for the employee.
Telecommuting Interview Tips Interviewing for a telecommuting job is different then an offline job. Here are some tips of what to say, what not to say and other tid bits.
Telephone Job Interview Preparation Tips The telephone interview is the first screening that you must pass. These helpful tips will make sure your telephone job interview is a success!
Telephone Phobia: Make the Phone Your Job Search Friend You're pretty comfortable using the phone. It's something you do every day in your working routine; so why is it that as soon as you need to use it for career change or job-search it becomes too difficult?
Tell Me About Yourself If we agree that knowing yourself is important, how you address the job market and convey this to others is paramount.
Ten Careers For High School Seniors Who Hate School Let's face it…not everybody likes going to school and high school can be a terrible experience for many students. Whether you're the hands on type who preferred Shop class to English class, or an ath...
