Archive for September 2019

When hiring managers ask about your ideal work environment, they’re trying to figure out if you’ll be a good fit for the job and the organization. Here’s what they want to hear. Job seekers and employers alike care a lot about cultural fit, so when you’re asked in a job interview to describe your ideal…

According to the US Department of Labor, making a bad hire can cost you — 30 percent of the employee’s salary, to be specific, although that number can easily climb depending on position, seniority, and industry. This is an astonishing price that can have a massive impact on businesses of all sizes, yet many companies are…

You’ve got a reputation for being the best coder/editor/mechanic/whatever, but it amounts to little if you don’t work well with others. Some of the most important professional skills for workers and employers alike simply can’t be taught in a classroom or measured on paper. These traits are called soft skills and they’re more crucial to…

Purpose-led organizations are the wave of the future. Forty-three percent of workers say that finding meaning in their work is very important to their job satisfaction, and nearly one-third of job seekers say they’d be willing to take pay cuts for jobs they were more passionate about. Purpose-oriented workers tend to be loyal high achievers, but it’s not enough to stencil…

It’s hard not to get angry when you’re passed over for a promotion that goes to someone with less experience. Your head probably explodes a little bit every time someone interrupts you while you’re making an important point during a staff meeting — especially if that same person does it again and again, as if…

You may be brilliant and creative, but if you don’t manage your time effectively, you won’t be successful. “Everything you want to do at work requires time,” writes Brian Tracy in his book Master Your Time, Master Your Life. “The only way you can get enough time to do the things that can really make a difference…