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Your #Career : Should You Apply For Your Dream Job If You’re Not Qualified?…Recruiters Weigh in with some Surprising Advice on the Importance of Being Qualified to Get the Job you Want.
There it is: your dream job. There’s just one problem. You don’t meet all the qualifications. It’s a conundrum. Should you channel your inner life coach and go for it? Or should you follow the rules and wait until you have the right experience or credentials? If you sit it out, you may miss a […]
#Leadership : Why Flex-Hours Will Save Your Millennial Workforce…Use These Three Tools to Help your Business Retain its Millennial Workforce.
“I had to leave,” she said. Dianne, a tech-savvy marketer in Albuquerque, just accepted a flex-hours position at a software company. The decision to quit her current job wasn’t even a question. “They offered me more money and more flexibility,” Diane said. “Now I don’t have to pretend like I’m busy at a cubicle when […]
Your #Career : 15 Grammar Tips to Make You Smarter, From the World’s Coolest Word Nerd Mignon Fogarty is the Grammar Girl. And She is Awesome.
Does this sentence need another comma? What’s the difference between emoticons and emoji? How do I make product names (like the iPhone 7 or 6s) plural? That’s a sample of questions that Mignon Fogarty, a.k.a. “Grammar Girl,” answers on a weekly basis. Fogarty is the founder and managing director of Quick and Dirty Tips, an […]
#Leadership : Why Nearly Half Of Workers Globally Could Leave Their Jobs In 2017…Managers can Help Retain their Staff by Applying these Five Strategies.
Enjoy spending time with your coworkers this holiday season, because many of them are likely to be gone by this time next year. According to a recent survey of 3,300 employees across 14 countries by Dale Carnegie Training, 26% of U.S. employees say they will look for a new job within the next 12 months, […]
#BestofFSCBlog : 34 Things you Should Remove from your Résumé Immediately. A MUst Read!
If you want to pass that test, you need to have some solid qualifications — and the perfect résumé to highlight them. Here are 34 things you should strike from your résumé right now. 1. An objective If you applied, it’s already obvious you want the job. The exception: If you’re in a unique situation, […]
#Leadership : 5 Ways to Keep Your Productivity High All Day…Ever Hear of the Ivy Lee Productivity Method? You’re About To.
In 1918 Ivy Lee, a productivity consultant, counseled Charles Schwab, then the president of Bethlehem Steel, to adopt this plan for his employees. Schwab did just that, saw productivity soar and presented the consultant with a $25,000 check — a princely sum back in those days. There are a few things we can actually control in […]
#Leadership : From Cold Emails That Work To Finding Your Purpose: This Week’s Top Leadership Stories…This Week’s Top Stories May Get you to ReThink the Much-Reviled Cold Email and Ask the Right Questions to Find your Company’s Purpose.
This week we learned why cold emailing may not be as useless as many believe, how a condiment company used its own history as the starting point for writing a mission statement, and why one Thiel Fellow is washing his hands of the Trump ally’s organization. These were the stories you loved in Leadership for […]
#Leadership : 14 Scientific Reasons to Disconnect Over the Weekend (Infographic)…Start Enjoying your Weekends.
Work hard, play hard. We’ve all heard that expression — and it does hold some truth. If you find yourself burnt out and stressed over the weekend, it’s time to reassess how you approach your work-life balance. Related: 5 Ways Weekends Can Boost Your Productivity Monday Through Friday Taking time off is healthy — and even […]
Your #Career : Does Your Boss Have Favorites? Here’s What to Do…You Cannot Control the Actions of your Boss; You can Only Control your Reaction to Him or Her
You see your co-worker hanging out in your boss’ office almost every day. They laugh, make inside jokes and seem more like longtime Buddies than employer and employee. Anytime you try to join the camaraderie, they don’t exactly embrace your contributions to their little social circle—it’s more like they tolerate you. And coincidentally (or not), […]