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5 Things to Do In Your First Days on the Job
You’ve just started your new job. You want to impress your new manager and get along well with your new coworkers. To help you do so, we present you with five things you should aim to do on your first few days and weeks at your new employer. Take a look below. Get...
The Art of Writing Online Job Descriptions
It’s a candidates’ job market: the job seeker pool is shrinking and it’s becoming ever harder to fill positions, especially those that require even a modicum of skill. In fact, the ratio of open jobs to the number of unemployed people in the U.S. is 1 to 1.4, which is...
Getting Gender Diversity Right
You undoubtedly want to make sure your Southern California company enjoys a diverse employee pool when it comes to the number of the men and the number of women who work for you. We’ve put together five strategies that can help you do so. Take a look below. Embrace...
The False Reasons We Give to Stay Put
How often have you thought, “It’s time I really take charge of my professional life and ask for that raise/change careers/move to a better employer/get that college degree so that I can advance in my career.” And then you do….nothing. You’re not alone. After all, who...
What Your Employees Might Ask For (If They Felt Brave)
Think your employees are happy as the proverbial clam? They very well could be! But chances also are good that there are a few things they would ask for if they felt brave enough to do so. Such as? Read below. Better or fair compensation. Many studies show that salary...
Shout “I Got the Job!”: Acing the Interview
A resume gets you an interview. Your references and skills back up what a great fit you are for the position. The interview is what gets you the job. On the top of it, that sounds like a lot of pressure: it’s do-or-die time at the job interview! But let us reassure...
Establishing a Successful Internship Program
It’s the end of March and you know what that means: thousands of college students are looking for summer internships!!! If your Los Angeles- or Orange County-area company doesn’t already have an internship program, why not? Whether paid or un-paid (the student...
When You Don’t Want to Be the Boss: the Lattice Career Model
You’ve no doubt heard of someone who is absolutely terrific at sales. He or she meets and exceeds quotas left and right, month after month, year after year. So great is this person’s sales prowess that higher ups decide this individual is so phenomenal, they offer the...
Ghosting Isn’t Right in Romance and it’s NOT Ok to Do to Job Candidates
Have you ever been “ghosted”? That time when a romantic partner just disappears – not returning calls or texts – just suddenly cutting off all communication, as if the relationship never existed? It’s a cruel and immature way to end a relationship. Young people tend...