The evolution of technology and the increasingly competitive workforce is making it extremely difficult to find a work/life balance. With the job market yielding fewer positions for the number of college graduates and qualified employees, the pressure to excel at...
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Active, Passive, or Proactive?
Recent statistics from Glassdoor show that 35% of workers currently employed in the work force will search for a new job within the current year as a result of not receiving a pay raise but, what about the other 65%? Some...
How Employees are Evolving
Right now, we are seeing the evolution of employees first-hand. Jacob Morgan, a contributor from Forbes, wrote the following article describing the common employee traits 10 years ago compared to current employee trends "Employee Evolution". As time and technology...
Putting Your Best Foot Forward – Asking Questions During Your Interview
Rehearsal is an integral part of interview preparation as it helps candidates build the confidence needed to answer the questions interviewers will be asking and gets the conversation off on the right foot to show employers the candidate is right...
Work / Life Integration – Trend or here to stay?
Work takes up a large amount of time in our lives--40 hours or more a week for many of us--and as a result we are constantly seeking the perfect work/life balance. Traditionally, this meant a strict separation between work and...
Find a Mentor
Mentorships can assist you a great deal throughout your career which makes them something often sought after by professionals. Mentors can help you at many points in your career, giving valuable resources and guidance that can aid in advancement to...
Career Transitions – Preparation Counts
Many of us reach a point in our careers where we uproot and change what we are doing. Sometimes this is a planned change, where the career we once had was just not working for us and we need change...
Tips for College Graduates
It's the beginning of May 2014, the flowers are beginning to bloom and the weather is getting nicer. Its also the time of year when many young adults will begin their search and enter into the workforce. For many new and...
Stand Out in an Interview – A How to Guide
There is a lot of effort put into job searching daily, resumes are updated, edited, and posted to the multitude of employment websites on the internet. If you are one of the many people searching for a job and you...
What am I doing Wrong? (Part 3 of 3)
It's perfectly acceptable - and often times encouraged - to follow up with businesses / organizations you've recently applied to, in an effort to receive some feedback. If a couple of weeks have passed and you're curious as to where...