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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...
Signs It’s Time to Get a New Job (Even if the Current One Isn’t Too Bad)
Let’s say you have a job that’s pretty much OK. Possibly even fairly good: you and your boss get along. Your coworkers are nice. You are competent – if not even pretty good – at the tasks assigned to you. It’s simply your average, OK, nothing-special-but-nothing-bad...
We’re More Alike than We Think: Downplaying Generational Differences in the Workplace
You’ve no doubt heard it often: Millennials want to be groomed for advancement while members of Generation X are wanna-be entrepreneurs. And Boomers? They’re definitely not shy about challenging authority. Pretty much accepted as true among most is that the...
5 Tips to Boost Your Interview Confidence
Few of us enjoy going on job interview, which is a shame in a way because interviews are a great way to learn more about ourselves, various companies, different ways of doing things, making new acquaintances – possibly new colleagues – and so on. In fact, learning...