Author: Michael Scaletti Delivering constructive criticism and negative feedback can be immensely uncomfortable, not to mention fraught with the risk of insulting your coworkers and ruining relationships. Sometimes though, uncomfortable or not, it has to be done. In those situations you need to know how to deliver your feedback in the most constructive and beneficial manner possible. It’s never easy, but these tips can help you get to there. Deliver it Privately: No one wants

Excerpt From: Work It Daily Job hunting is so much more than crisp suits, smiles, and polite, easy conversations with your interviewers. It’s also not a time for you to be imaginatively hopeful. Let’s get real. You’re on the prowl night and day. You’re rigorously looking for a job and gaining momentum. Despite being a pretty awesome candidate, you keep getting rejected. What makes unemployment worse is that your Indeed monthly reports show the positions you’ve applied to have

Excerpt From: Lifehacker We learn to talk at an early age, but most of us don’t have formal training on how to effectively communicate with others. That’s unfortunate, because it’s one of the most important life skills there is, and one you use your entire life. Whether you want to have better conversations in your social life or get your ideas across better at work, here are some essential tips for learning to to communicate more effectively. Watch your body language You tel

Author: Josh Fechter Source: Introvert Whisperer Introverts may initially be seen as shy individuals who are intimidated by those around them, but this is far from the truth. These individuals typically have amazing strengths that can help them become invaluable members of any work team. For example, they are usually independent, detail-oriented workers who are amazing listeners. They are also hard and trustworthy employees. However, to shine at work, you must take wise steps

Author: John Schwarz Source: Fast Company I still remember my first meeting with the vice-president of my department more than 40 years ago. I was a junior developer at IBM and when he asked what my professional goals were, I told him I wanted to be a CEO. He nearly fell off his chair. Then he got serious and helped me map out a plan to get there. For the next 30 years, I followed that plan. (Spoiler alert: It worked.) That kind of career trajectory might seem quaint today. F

thor: Donna Svei Source: Avid Careerist This morning, I got some compelling insight into the best LinkedIn profiles for job seekers. If you’re in a job search, this matters big time. Keep reading! Tony Restell, who runs the social media marketing agency, Social-Hire, asked this question on LinkedIn: LinkedIn Increases the Number of Search Results “So LinkedIn has just increased the maximum search results from showing 1,000 people to now showing 2,500 people. I wonder how many

Author: Amy Blaschka Source: Forbes Wow! It’s 2020, and in honor of the new year (and new decade!) we thought we’d share some of the best ways to step up your career game. Here are the 20 best (and free) ways to improve your career as the new decade begins: 1. Get your (career) story straight Everyone has a unique story, but not everyone leverages its power. Properly crafted, your career story helps to differentiate you from your competitors, highlight your value, and to draw

Author: Ariella Combs and Jenna Arcand Source: Work It Daily Recruiters are lurking in the depths of your social media profiles. Are they seeing what you want them to see? It’s no secret that recruiters are looking up candidates online before they move them forward in the hiring process. It makes sense, though. Who doesn’t look people, places, or things up online before they commit to them? If you don’t, then welcome to the 21st century. According to a recent survey, 92% of

Author: Sneh Ratna Choudhary Source: Career Metis For every job profile that is posted, recruiters receive dozens, even hundreds of resumes. The sheer number of applicants makes it impossible for them to spend a lot of time analyzing your resume. In fact, a study has discovered that, on average, hiring managers spend just about six seconds to screen your resume in the initial stage. It is, therefore, obvious that only crisp, unique, and eloquent resumes make it through prima

Author: Lindsay Tigar Source: Fast Company Part of business–no matter what type you’re in–is bargaining and asking for what you want, deserve, and need. From going after opportunities to making a case for a raise–or requesting the ability to work from Bali–in a fierce, competitive landscape, standing up for yourself is an often undermined soft skill. If there’s a part of your current gig that you want to change, consider these negotiation tips from people who have been there

Author: Helen Tupper Source: Marketing Week Does your day look anything like mine? Email. Meeting. Reading email in meeting. Eating in meeting. Grab coffee. Check email in queue. Need I go on? I hazard a guess that many of us are seemingly trapped in this cycle of ‘doing’. As work mounts up and time flies by, our addiction to back-to-back working and multitasking has us operating at an unsustainable and unhealthy pace. To some extent, we’re fighting our own biology, as each

Author: Parvine Rahami Source: Hired This week, Hired released its inaugural UK Tech Workplace Equality Report, which takes a deep-dive into equality among tech workers at some of the most innovative companies in the UK. The report leverages data from real job offers made by thousands of companies on the Hired platform and uncovers a pervasive wage gap. As I read through the report, I was struck by the finding that women are asking for less money than men. Why are women aski

Author: Biron Clark Source: Career Sidekick LinkedIn is one of the best tools to find a job right now. In this article, I’ll show you 10 steps for how to use LinkedIn effectively to get more interviews and job offers. We need to do three things if you want to find a job on LinkedIn… Set up a great LinkedIn profile Use LinkedIn as a networking tool to get interviews and make connections Use LinkedIn to apply directly to employers The steps below will show you how to do all of

Author: Aaron Sanborn Source: Work It Daily At one point or another, we’re probably all guilty of declaring ourselves to New Year’s resolutions with full enthusiasm, only to fail miserably by the end of January. What exactly occurs in those four weeks that leads us from one extreme to another? One moment, we’re buying brand new planners, starting gym memberships, and then feeling overwhelmed and indifferent with no motivation to continue these goals that, by the way, we crea

Author: Biron Clark Source: Career Sidekick Are job titles important? The answer might surprise you. The perception of job titles is that they’re extremely important. I’ve seen people get their dream job offer in terms of salary, but they were unhappy because the title wasn’t what they wanted. A job title doesn’t put food on the table though, does it? That’s why if you’re job searching or negotiating for a new role, there are 2 things that are MUCH more important than job ti

Author: Regina del Rosario Source: Undercover Recruiter For most workers with a steady 9-to-5 job or 40-hour workweek, it can be pretty tricky to find the time to inject a healthy or active lifestyle in their daily routine. There are times when you get waist-deep with work that you end up missing a meal, or maybe the long day has worn you out that all you want to do when you get home is eat and sleep. This is most especially true for those who sit all day in their desks and

Author: Lynze Wardle Lenio Source: Lifehacker Think you might be stuck in a career rut? The good news is, career ruts are easy to spot. There’s that telltale sick feeling in your stomach every Monday morning, jealousy when a friend gets a new job that they’re excited about, and a tendency to quickly change the subject when someone asks you what you do for a living. The bad news? Career ruts are much harder to fix. You might not even know exactly why you’re so miserable, let

Author: Joann S. Lublin Source: Wall Street Journal Dear 22-year-old Joann: Congrats, 1971 Stanford grad! You’re full of energy, enthusiasm—and naivete. In launching your journalism career, you have no idea what lies ahead. But today, as I say goodbye to The Wall Street Journal after nearly 47 years on staff, I do. So I want to offer you, my younger self, guidance about navigating the often daunting world of work. You’re just joining the Journal, whose 150-person reporting a

Author: Tim Herrera Source: NY Times A little more than three years ago, I had to put together this presentation at work. It was on a topic I wasn’t very familiar with, but I took it on anyway, figuring I could get up to speed and deliver something useful and productive. Friends, if you hadn’t guessed yet, I bombed it. I wasn’t prepared enough, I missed a few major points, and I didn’t give myself enough time to complete it. Not my greatest work. But I have such fond memorie

Author: Lauren Pope Source: G2 You don’t need weeks to prep for a performance appraisal. In fact, you probably already have all the materials you need. It’s just a matter of sitting down for a few hours and gathering everything to set yourself up for success. 5 steps for preparing for a performance appraisal Gather relevant information and personal documents Do a self-assessment of your work over the last year Prepare a list of your successes and accomplishments Identify you