Career
Building Relationships When You Are in a Hostile Working Environment
Wednesday, March 17th, 2010Do you love your job – looking forward to getting to work every day so that you can feel productive and appreciated? Or, do you feel that your job is a place you have to go – and you don’t feel that you can show your true strengths, not to mention ever feel appreciated?
Many people [...]
Learn How You Can Get Your Boss to Listen – and Even Agree With You!
Wednesday, March 17th, 2010Do you have a great idea that you would like to see implemented at your workplace? That is great – unless you have a boss that seems intent on throwing away any idea you have, and more concerned about keeping you miserable. Sadly, this is more common than most would believe, unless they themselves have [...]
Avoiding Arguments in a Hostile Workplace
Wednesday, March 17th, 2010Sometimes, it can seem as though your boss is intent on starting arguments with you at every turn. Everything you do can seem to set them off, to the point that you are avoiding having any kind of contact with them to avoid the potential conflict.
When it comes to any arguments, you know that nothing [...]
Cover Letter Words That Can Eliminate You
Tuesday, March 16th, 2010As more employers go to electronic cover letter and resume scanning, the importance of keywords has grown by leaps and bounds. Now, employers don’t just scan for spelling errors, they can actually run the resumes and cover letters through software that picks up on which ones have the keywords and in the right combination that [...]
Things That Shouldn’t Appear on Your Resume
Tuesday, March 16th, 2010Many job seekers are tempted to include as much information as possible on their resumes. More information always means a better shot at the job, right? Wrong. Depending on the information you include, you may find that hiring managers are actually turned off by your resume. So before going out on a ledge and taking [...]