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Archives for August 2019

7 Tips for Recovering from a Major Mistake at Work

by Werdna Yug Leave a Comment

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  So, you’ve had one of those awful stomach-drop moments. You’ve made a major mistake at work – maybe you yelled at your bully boss, deleted a critical company file, or failed to pick up a software glitch that’s cost a client thousands – and in the aftermath, you’re feeling that crippling mix of horror, shame, and anxiety. Good news is, even though you might be convinced your career is over, it is possible, in most cases, to come back from a workplace slip-up if you respond in the right way. We recommend taking the following steps to minimize the damage caused by your blunder and to up your chances of recovering completely. … [Read more...] about 7 Tips for Recovering from a Major Mistake at Work

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Help! I Work With Negative People

by Cade Kennedy Leave a Comment

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There is cancer in the workplace. Negative people. Frighteningly, they have a masterful way of polluting corporate waters before you even figure out that they are wet with rage. Since there's not much companies can do once these malignant characters infiltrate the company, it is up to you, the employee, to fend for yourself and administer your own vaccine against the obscene. First, let's look at a few ways to quickly identify negative people at work. These are generalizations, but I have often found them to be spot-on: … [Read more...] about Help! I Work With Negative People

Filed Under: Career Advice Tagged With: negative people, negative people quotes

How to Age-Proof Your Resume

by Werdna Yug Leave a Comment

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It may be illegal, but age discrimination exists in the hiring process, and the pace of technological change has only intensified the problem. Today’s hiring managers often assume that workers over age 40 will be too expensive and won’t have the technological savvy or adaptability needed to add value to the modern workplace. The solution? Construct your resume with the assumption that hiring managers will have reservations about hiring a mature worker. Your resume needs to convince them that the value you will bring to their organization should override all their concerns. Article contributed by LiveCareer. … [Read more...] about How to Age-Proof Your Resume

Filed Under: Career Advice, Resume Templates Tagged With: Age, resume

Digital Marketing Is Not Just For Agency Life: Areas Where Digital Marketers Offer Value And Can Thrive

by Cade Kennedy Leave a Comment

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Working at a digital marketing agency can be a great experience for those looking to learn in a fast-paced environment. Agency life can start to tire a person out professionally though as every deadline seems to be make or break for a client. … [Read more...] about Digital Marketing Is Not Just For Agency Life: Areas Where Digital Marketers Offer Value And Can Thrive

Filed Under: Career Advice Tagged With: Digital Marketers, digital marketing

How To Build The Perfect Restaurant Website

by Cade Kennedy Leave a Comment

Restaurants with a quality online presence generate more foot traffic than those without their own websites. For this reason, many restaurant owners are inquiring about building the latest restaurant websites with menu options, online ordering and social integrations. As a restaurant owner, it is your responsibility to create a strong online precedence so that your patrons can find your locations, menu and contact information. Furthermore, you need to launch a site that is appealing and well designed if you want to drive traffic. Read this post to learn how to build a restaurant website to attract customers.  … [Read more...] about How To Build The Perfect Restaurant Website

Filed Under: Career Advice, Work for Yourself

Tips to Stay Safe When You’re at Work

by Werdna Yug Leave a Comment

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It’s important to keep yourself safe at work. Your employer has a responsibility to maintain a safe workplace, but you also need to protect yourself. There can be serious ramifications to workplace injuries, particularly when they’re serious enough for you to take time off work. … [Read more...] about Tips to Stay Safe When You’re at Work

Filed Under: Career Advice Tagged With: stay safe at work

Could a Facebook Business Page Help You Grow Your Career?

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FB Biz

At the end of 2018, there were an estimated 80 million business pages on Facebook, as reported by Hootsuite. While many individuals think that you need to have an official business to open one of these pages, this assumption is incorrect. … [Read more...] about Could a Facebook Business Page Help You Grow Your Career?

Filed Under: Career Advice Tagged With: Facebook Business Page

How to Succeed: Match Your Career to Your Learning Style

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There’s no question that learning is a lifetime phenomenon. Even when you finish your academic education, your learning still continues. Whether you learn through your work, through social interactions, or through new interests you develop, you’ll never stop gaining wisdom. … [Read more...] about How to Succeed: Match Your Career to Your Learning Style

Filed Under: Career Advice, Choose Your Career Tagged With: learning style

Honesty at Work: When (and When Not) To Tell The Truth

by Amy Lynn Munslow Leave a Comment

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  Many companies tout the importance of honesty at work, shrugging off concerns by throwing around words like "transparency" and "accountability." And for good reason: with recent workplace scandals making media headlines, it's important for companies to establish a culture of honesty in the workplace. For employees, it's a fine to walk between honesty, dishonesty, and tactful discretion. If they are too honest, and employees risk their professional reputation. Not being honest enough could mean that their credibility is questioned. So when should you practice honesty at work? And when should you keep your honesty to yourself? … [Read more...] about Honesty at Work: When (and When Not) To Tell The Truth

Filed Under: Career Advice Tagged With: career advice, honesty at work

Glossophobia: What It Is and How to Beat It

by Werdna Yug Leave a Comment

glossophobia

The dreaded day has finally arrived. After sweating through another restless night of sleep, you roll out of bed in fear of one of the most common phobias that plague mankind. No, we're not talking about rolling out of bed into the range of a lonely spider. We're talking about glossophobia, a fancy term that describes the inexorable fear of speaking in front of an audience. Oh, the audience doesn't have to number into the hundreds. You can experience glossophobia simply by getting up in front of a small group of your professional peers. Let's gloss over this fear by taking five steps to beat it. … [Read more...] about Glossophobia: What It Is and How to Beat It

Filed Under: Career Advice Tagged With: Audience, glossophobia, Public Speaking

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