Volunteering at the Office: Altruistic & Self-Serving?
Another year gone. Once again, we’re at the beginning of the holiday season. One aspect of the holiday season is the season of giving. That one time a year were the number of tellers...
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How to Handle Sexual Harassment at Work
It never feels good to have someone invade your privacy, especially when it’s sexual. If you’re dealing with sexual harassment at work, there are things you can do. You don’t have to continue dealing...
Tips for Getting Back to Work Mode After the Weekend
Weekends are our time. Those two glorious days are reserved for relaxation, enjoying loved ones and – for some – wild and crazy fun. Regardless what you do over the weekend, returning to the...
4 Tips for Bringing Your Most Professional Self to an Interview
I spent a few days this week doing staffing for a new business. Some interviews were scheduled, some were open call style. I don’t know if I’m getting cynically critical or appropriately more selective,...
Three Step Process to Conquer Work Distractions
Do you ever leave work for the day and then wonder: what did I do today? That, my friend, is a huge sign that distraction might be reigning terror on your work life. Distractions...
Office Frenemies
Remember in high school when you ate lunch everyday with your best friends: your old faithful confidants who would save a seat for you if you were late to class, defend you against the...
Increasing Education through Work – A Cost Effective Method
Education can be expensive. Nightmares of sinking twenty, thirty, forty thousand in debt has prevented thousands of American citizens from pursuing the education necessary to equip them with the skills and the knowledge to...
To Be Or Not to Be a Chair
Productivity in the workplace is a real problem. Depending on your job, you have hours of entertainment just waiting for you to summon it with a few clicks of the keyboard and mouse. It...
Time Management Habits of Successful Women
These days everyone is busy and overwhelmed, or so it seems. While it may be popular and even a point of pride to lament a bursting-at-the-seams schedule, the most successful women know that optimal...
4 Arguments in Favor of Taking Your Summer PTO
Going on vacation from work can be weird. You want to go, you’re excited about it and of course you’re entitled to some time off. But you feel weirdly guilty about it. After all,...