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Negotiating Salary? Don’t Say This!
So you’re in the salary/pay rate part of the hiring process. (Congrats on getting to this point, by the way!) And you and your soon-to-be-employer both want pretty much the same thing, but with a BIG variant: each of you wants to come to a number both are happy with...
Help Your Team Members Stay Excited About Work
As a supervisor, a big part of your job is to ensure that your team members stay excited about work….but without working so hard and so fast that they become burnt out: Your newly hired college grad is so excited about her first job in a career she loves that she’s...
The Wisdom of Creating Your Own Brain Trust
CEOs have them. So do entrepreneurs. What they have is a small group of people – possibly five or so – that they go to when they need objective advice and strategy. This group is known as a brain trust and you should have one for your career. A brain trust is...
When Following Your Passion is a Bad Idea
We hear over and over to “follow our passion” when it comes to careers. But this may not be a good idea. After all, our skills and natural abilities must align with our passion in order to be successful within it. For example, if we have no sense of rhythm but still...
Having Difficult Conversations….with Your Boss
It’s natural – so work hierarchy goes – for a supervisor to call in a subordinate and have that conversation: You’re performance has been lacking lately. You come in to work late too often. You’ve missed two project deadlines in the last month. And so on. But...
Embracing the Up, Backwards and Sideways Career
Content No one’s career moves straight up. Most successful people see their share of failure and even simple treading water (no movement up or down). Just a few examples of people who failed on their way up: Walt Disney was fired from a newspaper because he “lacked...
Looming Shortage of “Middle Skill” Healthcare Workers
Are you already noticing a shortage of medical coders, billers, patient intake admins, and other “middle-skill” healthcare pros here in Southern California? If not, you will soon. The Pasadena Star News reported last year that 42 percent of the demand for these types...
Should You Start a Telecommuting Program?
Employees tend to love being able to work remotely/telecommute. In fact, it’s a sought-after employee benefit for candidates and offering it as a perk of employment definitely can help attract top talent. But it’s not always a win-win for a company – or even for the...
Moving from Colleague to Manager
Congratulations on your promotion to manager! Now you’re the supervisor….of your past colleagues! Moving from co-worker to boss can be, well, fraught. No longer can you be true buddies. No longer can you dish on the boss together because, well, you’re the boss! Now...