Keeping Employees Healthy and Safe During Hot Summer Months Heat illness is the body’s inability to deal with heating and cooling itself. And it can be deadly. Therefore, employers in the energy industry with employees working in a plant or facility where they spend much of their day outside need to pay close attention to… Read more »
The job market is a frantic arena. It’s simply not enough for employers to sit back and let prospective candidates do all the running. Engaging the best candidate for your vacancy is a two-way street and you need to invest the time to get it right. Follow these seven steps to optimize your chance of… Read more »
It’s a brave move to quit your job, but there are times when this is a decision you have to make. As well as the potential financial pressure of quitting a job there can be a fear of the unknown. If you find work is casting a shadow over the rest of your life the… Read more »
Maintaining a level of organization in today’s workplace is no easy task. Many of us endure a flood of emails and the expectation of continual multi-tasking. It is tempting to sacrifice organization when managing a heavy workload. However, organizational skills can provide tremendous assistance in effectively managing your time, taming the email beast and maintaining… Read more »
Have you ever made the mistake of hiring someone who made a great impression during an interview but later turned out to be a lousy employee? If so, you’re not alone. According to OPP, a business psychology consulting firm, 39 percent of company leaders say they relied on gut instinct when hiring. Not surprisingly, the… Read more »
Dr. Travis Bradberry recently shared tips for acing the 50 most common interview questions. You can view Dr. Travis Braberry’s full article on LinkedIn but below are some quick tips from his list to help you standout at your next interview! 1. Identify Your “Hook”Most hiring managers interview a lot of people. So many that… Read more »
Communication is key to all relationships, whether personal or professional. As such, effective communication is vital to any project’s success. The flow of information between project team members is like the lifeblood of a project. Any team in which the members don’t communicate well won’t be as productive, resulting in lose of money for the… Read more »
Is the stress of work life bogging you down? Have you been feeling like a hamster on a wheel—busy but getting nowhere? Life is too short to spend wound up with stress, or chronically living with a phantom on your shoulder saying you’re not good enough. Only you can decide how much stress you… Read more »
Most individuals don’t discuss empathy the general ability to understand, appreciate and relate to what other people are experiencing or feeling in business with particularly high frequency, but it is a trait that all successful business people should strive to develop and possess. Often confused with sympathy the ability to detect and react to the… Read more »
If you’re like most managers, you know that team building activities can be a very good thing. You might get excited reading about the various exercises and the results you’re sure to attain–until you take a step back and think about the various personalities, strengths and weaknesses of your actual team. Before you launch off… Read more »
