“be Better” Tips for Everyone
11 Things That Should Never Be on Your Resume After 10 Years in the Field
By Caroline Biggs – Apartment Therapy A well-written resume should actually do more than just layout your work history. “A resume should clearly articulate why you are the perfect fit for a position,” says certified professional resume writer and online profile expert Alana Henry of The Writique. “It should be targeted to the role and the industry,…
Read More5 Easy Ways to Make Your Résumé Stand Out Online
By Ashley Abramson – Apartment Therapy Elle Woods’ pink, scented paper in “Legally Blonde” is a great illustration of personalizing a résumé, but convincing a hiring manager you’re the right person for the job will take a bit more strategy than a spritz of fragrance. For one thing, your potential future boss will also want…
Read More5 Signs of a Highly Intelligent Person
By Sean Kernan – Ladders There are significant reasons to size up a person’s mental acuity. For example, if you are taking advice, interviewing, or communicating, it helps to know what you are working with. Many of the best managers are excellent at reading their audience. If you are looking for a one-shot way to…
Read More8 Sneaky Questions the Recruiter Will Ask You to Figure Out Your Age
By Kaitlyn McInnis – Ladders Sure, recruiters can’t outright ask your age—but it’s human nature to be curious about the personal details of those you’re getting to know. As such, you might want to prepare answers for sneaky questions that recruiters or hiring managers might try to slip into the conversation. Below, we’ve rounded up some…
Read MoreHumans Could Live up to 150 Years, New Research Suggests
By Emily Willingham – Scientific American The chorus of the theme song for the movie Fame, performed by actress Irene Cara, includes the line “I’m gonna live forever.” Cara was, of course, singing about the posthumous longevity that fame can confer. But a literal expression of this hubris resonates in some corners of the world—especially in the…
Read MoreThese Are The 8 Habits That Every Great Leader Must Develop
By Jeff Haden – Entrepreneur Every once in a while, even though the room is full of experienced and successful people, you meet a leader who stands out. You can know in an instant that they act, think, and guide differently than any other leader. But those individuals did not become great leaders overnight. Although some…
Read More5 Mistakes Job Seekers Make With Phone Screen Interviews
By Monica Torres – Huffpost A phone screen is the first step of the interview process, at which point a recruiter or a human resources professional calls a job candidate to gauge their interest and weed out candidates who wouldn’t be a good fit. “They are trying to determine if you hold those minimum qualifications,…
Read More4 Emotionally Intelligent Ways to Accept People Who Don’t Share Your Values
By Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic and Becky Frankiewicz – Fast Company Values are the core beliefs that guide people’s behaviors and interpretations of the world. We see the world through the prism of our own values, which function as an inner compass and help us determine what is right and wrong, especially in the absence of an external moral…
Read MoreHow Can Hard Work Be Recognized While Working Remotely? Ask HR
By Johnny C.Taylor Jr. – USA Today Question: My company has announced that we will all be working remotely permanently. I’m concerned that not having the usual office interactions will hurt my chances of getting promoted and being recognized in the company. How do I make sure people recognize my hard work? – Anonymous Johnny…
Read More‘Ghosted’ After A Job Interview? What To Do If You Still Don’t Hear Back
By J.T. O’Donnell – CNBC MakeIt When you’ve gone through an extensive job interview and don’t hear back from the recruiter or hiring manager after several follow-up emails, you’ve been “ghosted.” It’s easy to lose hope and confidence when this happens. For many job seekers, the experience is so frustrating that they tend to make things worse by…
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