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6 Ways to Boost Your Happiness and Productivity at Work
It’s not always easy to maintain a positive outlook throughout the workday. Often, it’s simply not possible to control the stressors, your work environment, or the attitudes of your coworkers. With all of these factors, staying happy and productive at work can prove to be a challenge. However, maintaining a good mood at the office…
Read MoreKeep Your Career Moving Forward With These Tips
Everyone wants to move forward in their career, but some people don’t realize that they’re making critical mistakes and sabotaging their own progress. Understanding these potential slip-ups can help you to avoid them so that you can stay on the fast-track path to career success. Here are a few things to avoid: Micromanaging is Required…
Read More5 Keys to Earning a Higher Salary
Wanting a raise is something of a universal human condition. In fact, you’d be incredibly hard pressed to find a single employee out there who wouldn’t gladly accept a higher salary, if offered. This means that you’re hardly the only one who’s asking themselves how they can gain entry into the next tax bracket. So…
Read More3 Ways Multitasking is Killing Your Productivity
On the surface, multitasking seems like a good idea. Why not do two, or even three things at the same time, instead of one? It may sound like a good idea in theory, but when it comes to real life, multitasking isn’t effective. In fact, it’s probably killing your productivity without you knowing it. Here…
Read MoreYour Guide to Scoring Employer-Paid Training
If you’re reading this article you are likely already knowledgeable about the importance of continuous learning and skills development. You know that learning new skills and technologies is critical to the success of a career and the sustainability of a business. Awareness of this fact is a great start, but you may have found that…
Read MoreCreate an Effective Elevator Speech and Open Doors
When you are looking for a new job, networking is a critical step to help you connect with other people in the industry. You’ve probably heard the saying that you only get a single opportunity to make a good first impression, and networking with an effective elevator speech can make-or-break your job hunting efforts. What…
Read MoreBeef Up Your Networking Skills
Cultivating your network is one of the most effective ways to get your foot in the door when other methods seem to get you nowhere. Online and Off The key to a successful job search is diversification, which means pursuing multiple avenues in order to land interviews. When you set out to build your network,…
Read More5 Surefire Ways to Stress Less At Work
Stress in the workplace is inevitable. But chronic, debilitating stress is not, even if you work in an inherently stressful profession. Research shows that ongoing pressure accompanied by increased demands contributes to stress at work. In order to keep your sanity, there are surefire ways to assist, even at the most stressful times. Consider following…
Read MoreDon’t Be Busy, Be Productive
Do you feel busy? In fact, would you go on to state that you are constantly busy with little time for yourself or new projects? Well, if your answer is yes, then stop it. Stop saying you are busy and stop being busy as there is a far better way to live life. Busy has…
Read MoreAvoid These 6 Crummy Work Habits
Bad habits are hard to change, but make sure to carve out time regularly to reflect on your behavior — not just your work — at the office. Your reputation and employment may be at stake. Being Tardy to the Party Just because others are a few minutes late to the meeting, doesn’t mean you…
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