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When the Job Interview is Going Terribly Wrong
6 ways to save a job interview that's not going your way It’s every job candidate’s nightmare – you’re at a job interview and things are not going well at all. You are a little more nervous than usual because this is a job that looks really good and one that you...
Boosting Employee Productivity and Morale
Employers need happy and productive workers. Yet if employees don’t have autonomy, the freedom to make mistakes, learning and growth opportunities, a sense of mission, etc., morale and productivity often plummets. Two Sides of the Improved Productivity Coin This post...
Job Searching During the Holidays: Make it Ho-Ho-Ho, Not Humbug
Although hiring activities may slow during the holidays, they certainly don’t stop. Companies are still reviewing applications and scheduling interviews. They still need to fill openings and maintain their operations. Forging ahead with your job hunt over the holidays...
Prepare for Your Career Talk with Your Manager
Have you ever discussed your career hopes with your manager? No? You’re not alone: too many employees, unfortunately, are not having these kinds of conversations with their supervisors. Many supervisors do not talk about career development with their employees during...
Helping Employees Embrace Negative Feedback
None of us succeeds in our careers without receiving negative feedback at least once. Many of us understandably melt into a puddle of despair and never recover believing that if feedback is true (and when done correctly, it is) then we are losers of the first order...
Workplace Change: Constant and Disruptive
If there’s one thing employers and their workers can count on is that….they can’t count on much. What was there yesterday is gone today. Co-workers, clients/customers, technology: they all change. Change always has been with us, of course, but the rate of change today...
Here’s Why Your Colleague Got the Promotion and You Didn’t
You’ve been passed over for a promotion. And maybe not for the first time. It’s baffling. You’re a good worker, you do your job well, exceeding expectations. You feel that you have proven your value to the company. You work well with your colleagues and are generally...
Managing the Unseen Worker
More employees are working remotely than ever before. Some estimates claim as many as 70 percent of all workers around the world work remotely at least once a week. This has become a trend in large part because of advances in technology, making it easier to...
Employee Retention Strategies that Work During Boom or Bust
You know that employee retention in the Los Angeles and Orange County areas is a major issue today because you no doubt are struggling with this at your own company. You also understand that most employees leave because they are unhappy in some way (and it often is...