Young people like college students who are discussing the reasons for their choices of careers are far too likely to cite “I’ll get paid a lot!” as one of the top reasons. Yet fewer people actually in the work force will admit to salary being one of their top motivators. This reason for choosing a [...]
What to Do When You Get an Unfair Performance Review
Getting an unfair performance review can be a crushing or infuriating thing to experience. Unfortunately, you might not be able to change it, but sometimes it’s possible, so you should know what to do both immediately and over the few days or weeks following the review so you don’t sabotage your own efforts to set [...]
The Short Guide to Successful Career Changes
The idea of a career change can be scary or exciting, depending on how you approach it. Here are some tips for planning the major step of changing your career without breaking the bank.
When to make the career change is one of the first things to decide. Are you looking to enter a new career [...]
Survival Tips for a Hostile Workplace
Does your office feel like a World War II battlefield, complete with the “Axis of Evil”, the Allies (perhaps your coworkers or supportive family members), daily battles of words, and constant tension? This kind of workplace is more common than you might think, unfortunately. The good news is that others have gone through this and [...]
Signs and Symptoms of Job Burnout
Job burnout can be a nasty thing. No matter how much you loved your career, how much it paid, or how much time you have spent at your job, it can affect you. Burnout doesn’t discriminate, although some circumstances make you more likely to suffer job burnout than the average employee.
A well-organized HR department will [...]
Quitting Time: How to Resign From Your Job
As the saying goes, “Live to work, don’t work to live.” If you’ve found yourself working to live more often than not, you may be considering quitting your job. As with any other major life change, however, it’s important that you don’t go into this lightly. Having a plan for your resignation will make it [...]
Planning an Unconventional Career Path
If the idea of joining the rat-race and being flung into the structured corporate cut-throat chaos isn’t appealing, you might be the right kind of person to pursue an unconventional career path.
The unconventional worker isn’t just anyone, however. Some people really do prefer being in a normal office job from 9-5 every Monday to Friday, [...]
How to Start Your Career While in College
If you’re a college student, one of the most intimidating things to consider is what you’ll do after you get your degree! The later in your degree you are, the more likely your peers are to be talking about their dream careers and what they’re doing to try and improve their chances of being hired. [...]
Do You Have a Job or a Career?
The difference between a job and career is sometimes underestimated. It’s easy to think your job will turn into a fulfilling career someday, but you have to understand the difference between a job and a career — and where each leads.
A job can be part of your career plan, but more commonly, it leads nowhere [...]
Advantages of Working Abroad
Have you always dreamed of traveling, or even better, working abroad? Or have you perhaps been bitten recently by the “travel bug”? Either way, you are interested in the advantages of working abroad — and for good reason, since they are numerous!
Employers like employees who have experience working abroad. It shows that you have the [...]