Author: candacemoody

Candace’s background includes Human Resources, recruiting, training and assessment. She spent several years with a national staffing company, serving employers on both coasts. Her writing on business, career and employment issues has appeared in the Florida Times Union, the Jacksonville Business Journal, the Atlanta Journal Constitution and 904 Magazine, as well as several national publications and websites. Candace is often quoted in the media on local labor market and employment issues.

Liar, Liar

March 30, 2015 by candacemoody

Wouldn’t it be great to be a supervisor who could ferret out the truth in all those “he said, she said” situations? Wouldn’t you love to know for sure whether your teenager is telling the truth about where she was last night?

Leaving a Job on Good Terms

March 23, 2015March 23, 2015 by candacemoody

Leaving a position, even one you love, is a difficult and sometimes emotional event.

Find an Extra Sixty Minutes a Day: Schedule Meetings Quickly and Efficiently

March 16, 2015March 16, 2015 by candacemoody

Scheduling meetings with a number of participants can be maddening. Someone proposes several dates and participants chime in as the email correspondence multiplies with “reply all.” Emails cross, people change their availability, and it turns into a logistical nightmare for the hapless organizer.

Find an extra 60 Minutes a Day: Never Lose Anything Again

March 9, 2015March 9, 2015 by candacemoody

The key to not losing things? Habit, habit, habit. Most items get lost because we don’t have a system for storing them every day.

Guest Post: 5 Simple Tips to Accelerate Your Career Progression

March 5, 2015March 2, 2015 by candacemoody

We live in a world that is literally “first come, first served.” Gone are the days when people patiently waited to build their business – or their career – from the ground up. Today, we want quick results; we don’t want to sit around and wait patiently. It is no secret that in this fast-paced world, “time is money.”

Give and Take

March 2, 2015February 27, 2015 by candacemoody

Grant writes “Being a Giver who enjoys helping others can be inefficient in the short run but surprisingly productive in the long run.”

Guest Post: 9 Things to Do Every Day While You’re Unemployed

February 27, 2015February 27, 2015 by candacemoody

You may be entering your first week on the job market, or you might be ending your first full year without steady work. But no matter how long you’ve been facing this experience, you’ve had a chance to learn at least one important fact: unemployment is no picnic.

Mid Century Classic – You Are What You Say You Are

February 23, 2015February 23, 2015 by candacemoody

News flash, boomers: it’s time to get your swagger back.

Career Lessons from Alton Brown

February 16, 2015February 16, 2015 by candacemoody

Brown puts on a smart, funny and entertaining show, part science experiment, part comedy show and part rock concert. We thoroughly enjoyed ourselves. His success also got me thinking about how to create a career you love. Here are three lessons I took away.

Find an extra 60 Minutes a Day, Part One: Read Faster

February 9, 2015February 9, 2015 by candacemoody

If you’re like most of us, every work day feels like a race – one that you can never win. If you’re never able to clear your to-do list by the end of the day (and feeling stressed about it) this is the first in a series on how to gain a few minutes every day.