If you are a student or a recent graduate, you will want to put yourself in a position to succeed. Test prep helps put you on the fast track when it comes to assessing your aptitude in a specific or a multitude of areas. In less than five days you can determine if you are prepared to pass a real test. … [Read more...] about Infographic: Graduate Vacancies at Top UK Firms
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Q&A With Top Cover Letter Expert
Jobacle recently caught up with Louise Kursmark, co-author of the recently released book 15-Minute Cover Letter, Second Edition. She offers effective strategies for scoring face-to-face interviews and answers several of our questions. … [Read more...] about Q&A With Top Cover Letter Expert
How Your Safety Is Protected On The Job
Safety on the job is not something that people in every career have to worry about. Generally speaking, the most dangerous thing most of us do at work every day is to drive to and from the office every day. But other careers have a much higher danger factor, and it's those positions that call for an extra layer of safety. The exact protections provided depend largely on the exact nature of the hazards involved, but they are all designed to help workers avoid injuries of all kinds, from the most minor to the fatal. … [Read more...] about How Your Safety Is Protected On The Job
How Not To Behave at The Office Halloween Party!
The office Halloween party can be a great time to have some fun at the workplace. It gives you a chance to interact with your colleagues and can be a great staff morale booster. Although it's a time you can relax and enjoy not thinking about work for a few hours, there are still expected ways to behave and certain behaviors that should be avoided. Wearing provocative, offensive or scantily clad costumes Halloween parties are a great time for dressing up but at the office, it's best to dress in imaginative and creative costumes, rather than outfits more likely to shock or cause offense. Getting drunk The witches brew may be flowing but drinking too much can lower your inhibitions leading to behavior you'll quite possibly regret the next day. It can impair your judgement skills, which could result in some poor decisions or inappropriate behavior and can also affect other people’s perceptions of you; although some might find your drunken antics amusing and entertaining, others … [Read more...] about How Not To Behave at The Office Halloween Party!
Florida’s Unique Approach to Talent Development
This is a sponsored post written by me on behalf of Enterprise Florida for IZEA. All opinions are 100% mine. When you hear the word "cape" you probably automatically think of a superhero. Well in the state of Florida CAPE isn't exactly a superhero, but it is a program that has the ability to grow Florida Talent! The Career and Professional Education Act (CAPE) was created in Florida to form a partnership between businesses and the education community, with the goal of sustaining a vibrant state economy. Launched in 2007 as part of a sweeping legislative change, the bridge between school boards and the local workforce helps keep Florida's economic engine churning, and more importantly, gives students an excellent opportunity to find gainful employment when their school career ends. It's a program that helps Florida Business thrive. … [Read more...] about Florida’s Unique Approach to Talent Development
How to Focus on Work After a Tragedy
Works sucks. Work sucks more on a Monday. Works sucks a ridiculous amount more after a vacation. But do you know when work sucks the most? It's after a senseless and incomprehensible tragedy. Trump. Mother Nature. Lone Wolf, asshole. Whatever. There's nothing like a shitstorm to cast a fleeting light on your own mortality. And of course the life and death of those you love. … [Read more...] about How to Focus on Work After a Tragedy
How to Navigate the (Potentially Choppy) Seas of a Management Promotion
First, congratulations! You’ve been promoted to your first management position, probably because you excel in the skills necessary to make a significant contribution to the success of your organization and, even better, your talents have been recognized and rewarded by your superiors. Now, the bad news: The skills you need to succeed as a manager may not be the same ones that helped you excel as an employee. How do you acquire the skills you need to optimize your employees’ skills? It helps to be aware of the obstacles you’re most likely to face in your new role. … [Read more...] about How to Navigate the (Potentially Choppy) Seas of a Management Promotion
The Future Is Here and it Is in Florida
This is a sponsored post written by me on behalf of Enterprise Florida. All opinions are 100% mine. Florida is hot. And no, we're not talking about the temperature. We're gauging the climate of the Sunshine State's rapidly developing, expanding and evolving business climate. The more my business travels send me south, the more impressed I become with the evident technological renaissance the state of Florida is experiencing. Florida Business is booming. Florida is also rife with manufacturing, financial and government-related work opportunities. Much of this growth can be attributed to the impressive talent pipeline that's been created thanks to partnerships between Florida's colleges and universities and major business innovators. Here are a few of the many high-tech businesses that are contributing to the state's meteoric hiring frenzy and a testament to the Florida Talent pool. SpaceX: Founded by Tesla entrepreneur Elon Musk, and with the lofty goals of reducing space … [Read more...] about The Future Is Here and it Is in Florida
How To Attract Top Employees To Your Call Center
If you have a high turnover at your call center, then you may feel frustrated at how to attract top employees to your call center. While it’s easy to place the blame for this high turnover rate on the nature of the call center industry, the poor work ethic of Millennial employees, the economy, and many other factors that may or may not be true, this is not a productive way of thinking. … [Read more...] about How To Attract Top Employees To Your Call Center
5 Steps to End Negative Internal Dialogue
"I'm too old to change." "It's too late." "I need to finish (insert your excuse here) first." "I just have bad luck." "The timing is off right now." "Someone has already done it." "I deserve this." "Karma's a bitch." Defeating yourself is lame. But some people make a hobby of kicking their own ass. We're not gonna tell you what your internal dialogue should be - but if it's any of the above statements - you need an attitude adjustment. The tips below should get you on the right track to ending negative internal dialogue. Don't wait for January 1 - start today! -Write down your self-talk. Whether it's you wishing your boss dead as he drones on and on about your errors from the past year, or you getting angry at yourself for missing a traffic light - put it on paper. After a week or so look back at your self-talk. Seeing the words in print can be a real eye-opener. -Analyze what you've written. Ask yourself the following about your automatic self-talk: Is it rooted in … [Read more...] about 5 Steps to End Negative Internal Dialogue