Entries by First Sun Team

Leadership: Half Of Your Company Is Looking To Leave: Four Retention Strategies To Keep Your Best…50% See their Current Job as a Placeholder

Jobvite, a recruiting platform, just released its 2015 Job Seeker Nation Study, and results point to a renewed interest by the gainfully employed to look around for new opportunities. Jobvite’s survey of over 2,000 employed adults revealed: 45% of job seekers are satisfied in their job, but looking for a new one; 50% see their current […]

Leadership: The 3 Most Powerful Ways To Change People Who Don’t Want To Change…Dieters in the US Spend 40 Billion Dollars a Year, but 19 out of 20 lose Nothing but their Money

Have you noticed how incredibly hard it is to change a habitual behavior, even though you know full well that it’s in your best interest to do so? Have you worked so hard over six months to lose 20 pounds, only to see it creep back in a matter of days or weeks? Or have […]

Your Career: 5 Things Recruiters Look For on Your Social Media Profiles…Did you Know that 93% of Recruiters Currently Use or Plan to Use Social Media to Find Candidates?

It’s no surprise that recruiters are turning to social media to scope out potential employees. Therefore, it’s essential that candidates understand what recruiters are looking for online. These elements of your profiles are making a big impression on recruiters — for good or for ill. [fusion_builder_container hundred_percent=”yes” overflow=”visible”][fusion_builder_row][fusion_builder_column type=”1_1″ background_position=”left top” background_color=”” border_size=”” border_color=”” border_style=”solid” […]

Strategy: 5 Simple Steps to Improve Your Decision Making…Work from a Proven Playbook Instead of Trying to Reinvent the Wheel

CEO’s/Mangers/Entrepreneurs are Natural Born Problem Solvers.  To solve difficult problems, you need to make difficult decisions. [fusion_builder_container hundred_percent=”yes” overflow=”visible”][fusion_builder_row][fusion_builder_column type=”1_1″ background_position=”left top” background_color=”” border_size=”” border_color=”” border_style=”solid” spacing=”yes” background_image=”” background_repeat=”no-repeat” padding=”” margin_top=”0px” margin_bottom=”0px” class=”” id=”” animation_type=”” animation_speed=”0.3″ animation_direction=”left” hide_on_mobile=”no” center_content=”no” min_height=”none”] In this post, I will unpack five tips to help you improve your decision making process. 1. Don’t delay Simple decisions […]

Leadership: New Evidence Why Employees Are Burned Out…We are all Burning out Because We can Never Unplug. Work Chases Us Wherever We are & the Expectations Keep Growing

No one can argue that our personal and professional lives have come together through the power of technology. This is especially true for managers/entrepreneurs who are working all the time and have no personal lives, but even for workers at major companies, the boundaries are gone between work and life.   While many of us […]

Leadership: If You Want To Change Things, You Might Have To Break Them First…If you Want Your Company to Be Innovative, it’s Going to Take More, Much More, than Just Saying the Words

“The problem with this company is it lacks an innovative culture,” said the CEO while asking his secretary to print out his emails for that day so he could check them, pulling out a pen at the same to sign the minutes of a meeting… Okay, I made that up, but the scene is played […]

Strategy: How Savvy Are You About Office Politics?…Playing Politics in the Workplace is Not about Gossip, Backstabbing, or Opportunism

Playing politics in the workplace is not about gossip, backstabbing, or opportunism. Instead, savvy people in business know how to network and with whom. They also understand how decisions are made in their organizations, and they have learned to use these political factors to their advantage. Political savvy is critical for career success and the […]