End of Year Networking Tip: Keeping Your Network Engaged
Imagine you got a call a couple of weeks ago from someone who in your network who wanted some information for benchmarking or maybe information about an open position at your company. That’s cool — you love to help out where you can, right? How would you feel if the last time you heard from […]
Year End Review= Career + Happiness
“Your life does not get better by chance, it gets better by change. “ –Jim Rohn As 2013 draws to a close, many are frantically completing year-end reviews and mapping out goals for 2014. It’s a great feeling to head out the office filled with fresh, high expectations for the New Year and an extended […]
The Reality of Being Too Old & Unemployed
I’m a gal who has a bachelors in Accounting and for a short time I earned a living crunching numbers. The other side of my personality is that I’m a “people person”. I enjoy being in a role where I am helping others. I used to think of myself as a perennial optimist but when […]
Listen Up! How to be a Good Listener in the Workplace
Listening is an underrated HR skill. We spend lots of time learning the latest employment laws, improving our recruiting skills, drafting policies and providing employment data to management. Sometimes it is easy to forget that a big part of working in HR is being a good listener. So, in today’s post, we will at this […]
6 Ways to Say Thank You to Friends, Family and Colleagues
Last Monday, Blogging4Jobs shared a post on manners that discussed the power of a thank you. It’s something that I have written about in the past, too. My mom would make me sit and write thank you notes to family and friends, and now I am teaching my daughter the same. People appreciate being appreciated, […]
The Best Networking Question to Ask
Last week I photographed several speakers at an event. I just used my iPhone and they came out great. After each speaker finished, I approached them with my card and asked if they would like the photographs emailed to them or posted to social media. Each speaker was delighted and wanted to stay in touch. […]
