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7 Savvy Summer Reading Picks
You may not have had a required Summer reading list in years, but you can still take advantage of the long, lazy days ahead to get in some face time with a good book. Whether you want to get inspired at work, finally get your spending under control, or forget about work and your bank account entirely, there’s a savvy Summer reading option for you. Read on to take your pick!
How-To: Defuse Any Situation at Work
No matter your profession, your workday has the potential to be a landmine of conflict. A disagreement with a co-worker, a runin with your boss, or an angry call from a client can ruin your day, or even your week, if you don't know how to deal with it. Keep the following tips in mind next time things get tense at work to be sure you come out unscathed.
6 Signs Your Workplace Is Dysfunctional
I had a friend who used to compare her workplace to a dysfunctional relationship. Her job made her unhappy, but she claimed she felt stuck, and wasn’t sure that she could find anything better. Every time things at her company took a turn for the worse, she told her friends and family, "Things might get better!
Your Weirdest Interview Questions Revealed
Last week, I asked you to share some of the weirdest questions you've ever been asked in an interview — and as I suspected, you've had some doozies! Here are a few of my favorites.
- "I was asked to sell a pen to the guy that was interviewing me.
5 Tactics For Relieving Work-Related Stress
While money concerns top work stress, time spent in the cubicle and on the clock has a way of grinding away at even the most well-balanced person's gears. If your workplace anxiety and anger require more than a bubble wrap session try these healthy stress-relieving tactics.
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6 Simple Tips to Boost Creativity and Kick-Start Your Career (and Your Week!)
Though I've never loved the expression, there is some truth to it — there is, in fact, more than one way to skin a cat. It may seem irrelevant in an office job where it seems there's a procedure or a rule book for every task, but thinking outside the box may just be your ticket to getting noticed and working your way up — even in this economy.
Just take a cue from Pat Lencioni, a consultant who crafted a novel approach to writing a business guide — literally — by authoring an unconventional business book, that uses characters and a plot line to get the point across.
What's the Weirdest Interview Question You've Ever Had?
If there's anything worse than the weakness question in an interview, it's got to be the random, seemingly unrelated question that catches you off guard. You've done your homework on the company and prepped for the most common interview questions. But now your interviewer is asking what kind of car you'd most like to be.
Do Your Finance and Career Habits Mirror Your Father's?
Through the years my father taught me one of the most important lessons in life: Money isn't everything but doing the right thing is, and supporting your family and giving the gift of education are good investments. His hectic schedule running his own business and nonstop days showed me that balancing a full life takes perseverance, but you can do anything if you set your mind to it. Have you taken after your dad in the way you handle your career, money, or work-life balance?
How Would You Rate Your Adaptability at Work?
The ability to take on new tasks, roll with the punches, and keep up with the ever-changing demands of any workplace is critical to career success. Managers hope for employees that can adjust priorities and projects to meet goals or take up slack for other workers, with few or no questions asked. That being said, it's easy to fall into a daily schedule where you are productive and get work done, but not necessarily adaptive to changes.
What's Stronger: Your Knowledge or Productivity?
Strong knowledge and education and training can make a good employee a great employee, but expertise can seem insignificant if a candidate lacks focus and the ability to keep productivity up. Would you say your industry knowledge and skill are stronger than your productivity, or is it about even?
What's Stronger: Your Knowledge or Productivity?
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