Work, success, and meaning at every stage of your career
This probably won’t come as a surprise: employees find it hard to reconcile what their employers say they value and how they act on a daily basis. That’s the takeaway from a new Values Gap Report from Resume Now. The 2025 survey of 1,000 U.S. workers reveals that while most companies promote their work values … Continue reading Workers Say Leaders Don’t Walk the Walk
Rack up another casualty of remote work and pandemic lockdowns: professionals are reluctant to reach out to other professionals, even as 70% say “your network matters more than your resume.” That’s one of the findings of Resume Now’s latest Networking in the New Job Market Report, based on a survey conducted with 1,000 U.S. workers … Continue reading You Know In-Person Networking Can Help Advance Your Career. But You’re Still Not Doing It.
If you’re an employer trying to figure out your employees, your best bet is Tik Tok. If the cool kids are doing it in the office, they’re bragging about it on Tik Tok in a space affectionately known as “Quit Tok.” That’s where the adults in the room first learned about “quiet quitting,” “rage applying,” … Continue reading A Guide to Quit Tok Slang
I recently heard actor Jamie Leigh Curtis repeat the mantra that helped her through recovery from addiction and that she still uses every day: Be where your feet are. It’s a simple and elegant way to remind yourself to be present. There are a couple of ways we forget to be where our feet are. … Continue reading Be Where Your Feet Are
It’s the little things that matter. That’s according to Mary Kelly, author of Stop Procrastinating Tomorrow. She says research shows that implementing tiny, repeatable behaviors can significantly enhance workplace productivity and personal fulfillment. Change is hard. Especially big changes. But Mary Kelly says that changes don’t have to be big to have a large impact. … Continue reading Micro Habits Can Change Your Life
In a terrific article by Arthur C. Brooks for The Atlantic, he talks about how we humans love to criticize but hate to receive criticism. In other words, we love to dish it out, but can’t stomach receiving it. I believe that’s why internet forums are so popular and so toxic; we can hide behind … Continue reading How To Give Better Criticism – and Take it Better from Others
Summer is almost here, and since most of us will be taking some time off, it seems like a good time for a discussion of how to leave your office for an extended period. There are tools available to help coworkers and customers know what to do in your absence, and ways to help the team cope better while you’re gone.
During my coaching career, I once heard from a jobseeker who had tried out a piece of advice she heard in a jobseeker workshop. She’d had a phone interview with a company’s internal recruiter about 4 weeks previous to the workshop and hadn’t heard anything from the company since. She wrote: “That afternoon, I called … Continue reading Target the Company, Not the Job
(Thanks to my partners at FlexJobs.com for this report.) One-third (33%) of workers said they have lied on a resume or cover letter, according to FlexJobs’Job Search Trends Report. Released July 16, the report surveyed over 2,200 U.S. respondents on their job search experiences to better understand the pressures and priorities of today’s workforce. The workers … Continue reading One Out of Three Workers Has Lied During Their Job Search
(A guest post by Jenny Morehead, CEO of FlexHR.) Today’s workforce is always evolving, and the gig economy is becoming a reality that’s changing how businesses operate. Gig workers bring with them new skills, flexibility and agility to your team. From freelance designers to contract developers or temporary marketing experts, knowing how to integrate them … Continue reading Blending Talent: Strategies for Effectively Integrating Freelancers and Gig Workers into Your Business
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