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In Your Job Search, Focus on What You Can Control
Famous UCLA basketball coach John Wooden used to tell his players to focus only on those things they could control. His wisdom applies to your job search: you can’t control how many job interviews you receive but you can control how many people you reach out to. You...
Attracting the Attention of Top Talent: 5 Tactics
How hard is it to attract top talent in today’s hot candidate’s market? Really tough. With unemployment at a 16-year low, with just 1.17 unemployed job seekers for every open position (compared to almost 7 unemployed job hunters to vacancies in mid-2009) it’s mighty...
When You Get Caught in a Lie
It happens: you’re feeling great and there’s a ball game you’d love to see playing downtown that afternoon. So you call your boss in the morning, giving the best “I have a bad cold” impersonation you can muster, telling her you’re not feeling well. She buys it and you...
Keeping Your New Hire for as Long as You Need Him
With up to a quarter of your new hires leaving your employ within just half a year, the longer you can keep them the better for your bottom line. How can you do so? Read below. Make sure you’re ready for him. We’re sure it’s happened to you at some point in your own...
Want to Make Sure You’re Happy at Work? Choose the Right Job AND Company
Since most of us spend more than a third of our waking hours Monday through Friday at work (one arguably could make the case that it’s more than a third after adding on commuting time and the business of getting ready for work in the morning), all of us more than...
Don’t Ignore These When Looking at Job Candidates
When trying to choose among different applicants for an opportunity at your company, there are some things you can overlook in a candidate: Nervousness at the interview. One or two gaps in job history, depending on how long the individual has been in the workforce....
How to Decline a Job Offer (So That They Won’t Hate You)
Let’s say you’ve been offered a job but it’s lacking. In something. The pay isn’t enough. It’s too far to commute. (“91 freeway westbound in the morning? Are you KIDDING me!?”) Your ex-boyfriend just announced on InstaStories that he got a job there. Whatever the...
Face It: Your Employees Have a Side Hustle. Support Them in It
With 44 million Americans working a side hustle in addition to their regular, full-time job, we feel it’s time that employers embraced that fact and supported their employees in their entrepreneurial endeavors. Many of us can’t make ends meet on our main job: half of...
If These Folks Changed Careers Mid-Stream, You Can, Too
Let’s say you’re over 30. Or 40. Even 50 or 60. And you’ve come to the realization that the career you’ve chosen isn’t the right career for you. Or you’ve decided “I only live once, and it’s time to follow my dream.” But you feel old. You’ve been in this career for 10...