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How to Communicate With the Retail Employee

Effective Communication Strategies in Retail

As I have repeatedly stated, the retail staff is in charge of serving consumers and selling your products. This is exactly what we want and hired them to do! We did not pay them to sit in front of a computer all day reading emails. As a result, communicating with those personnel is frequently tough. […]

Three Ways to Leverage Your Internal Brand

Leveraging Company Culture to Build a Strong Brand

Top companies are harnessing the power of an organization’s culture to build a strong brand and leveraging their employees to deliver their brand promise to create a competitive advantage in the marketplace. Are your employees “living your brand?” Do they believe in your product and services? Do your internal communications keep them energized and up-to-date […]

Common Tech Resume Mistakes

Common Resume Mistakes: Lack of Focus, Length, Big Blocks of Text, Repeated Technologies and Weak Verbs & Passive Voice

I review many technical resumes each week, and they span the horrible-great continuum. However, most tend to be in the range of average to quite poor. One I reviewed recently struck me as a prime example of what would constitute horrible. So I thought it appropriate to write a blog covering some of the common […]

Sneaking in Some Workplace Fitness

6 Exercises You Can do At Work

Exercise. Watch your diet. We’ve all heard it, for years. Research by the University of Australia* should scare the bejeezus out of all of us, stating that the sedentary lifestyle of sitting at work all day with little to no physical exertion increases our risk of dying of all causes. Yet, when your day goes […]

How to Make a Good First Impression at a Job Fair

As Spring Break quickly approaches job fairs across the country are in full swing. Employers are sourcing top new talent at colleges across the world. In order to get any type of follow-up call from a recruiter you’ll want to make sure that first impression is your best. Job fairs are the best opportunity for […]