Whenever you’re in a group of people for a prolonged period of time, you will get to a point where certain things bother you. Obviously, if these negative experiences affect you in a significant way (sleep loss, feelings of depression or an urge to quit) your role might not be for you. However, there […]
We’ve all seen articles about how everyone from prospective employers to hotels you book are looking at your presence online and judging you for it. It’s important to be aware that anything you put up online and in social media can be seen by others (unless you have the highest security levels on your […]
We’re constantly conditioned to save money for a rainy day and make sure that we’ve got a plan when it comes to an emergency, but most people do not have a “Plan B” for leaving our jobs, either voluntarily or involuntarily. It’s important to not just work through scenarios in your head about “what […]
When you first start out on your career, you dream of a day when you get a phone call from a recruiter. It means that you’re on the radar in your field, but with the help and recognition recruiting provides, there are pitfalls, specifically, recruiters can to have some rather funny quirks sometimes: The […]
It has been discussed many times before that people leave managers, not companies. The old-timey idea that the worst type of boss is the dictator type is long gone, and in its place is a pervasive feeling that what’s worse than a boss who tells you what to do and when to do it is […]
If you’ve got a problem, there’s usually 1000 different ways to tackle it, and if you’re a certain kind of person, you look online to find a smarter, faster way. A life hack, if you will. It seems like these tips have taken over our life (just look at Pinterest.) And so, we think that […]
The worst kind of boss to work for – and how to fix them – Workopolis.
Work hack: Is playing office politics really the key to getting ahead? – Workopolis.