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Take Planning Your Career to the Next Step

Common Questions in Planning Your Career

You plan your holiday meals; you plan your vacation; you plan your grocery shopping. But do you take planning your career seriously? If you haven’t made a plan for what you’d like to be doing in the next five years, the next ten years, or by the end of your career, you may be missing […]

Why Critical Thinking Drives Managers Nuts

Critical thinking in the workplace

Critical thinking is a type of reasonable, reflective thought process that is aimed at deciding what to believe or what to do. It’s a way to effectively analyze a process objectively, which is a skill all managers and employees need.  You can evaluate and analyze new and old ideas and concepts by looking at the tangible […]

You have the Right to Work – and not pay union dues in Michigan

Everything on Right to Work laws

Michigan Right to Work law creates controversy Last week, Michigan became the 24th U.S. state to adopt a “Right to Work” (RTW) law. According to media reports, the law was passed at near warp speed, and caused a shock wave of controversy and discussion. Michigan Governor Rick Snyder who approved the law just twenty minutes after it landed […]

Ten Sales Tips for HR Vendors

Recruitment Solution for HR Professionals

In my line of work, I get a lot of sales people contacting me and by a lot, I mean A LOT. I’ve received countless LinkedIn messages from account executives trying to sell the only recruitment solution you’ll ever need. Voicemails from people claiming to have met me during conferences and emails from sales reps […]

Does Your Office Need a Swear Jar?

Cursing at Work

My grandma used words like fudge and sugar when she swore. Now, it’s not uncommon to hear the F-word, D-bag and other s**t while at work. A friend recently mentioned being shocked when a co-worker cussed multiple times during a marketing kick-off meeting. And, another said that her three-year-old dropped the F-bomb after hearing her […]