Sat.Jul 21, 2018 - Fri.Jul 27, 2018

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How Long Should a Job Search Take?

Eat Your Career

This is a question I get quite frequently in my monthly “Ask the Career Coach” sessions. It’s not surprising; people who are in the midst of a job search are always anxious. They want the process to be much faster than it (usually) is. The longer it takes to land that new gig, the more self-doubt starts to creep in. So, at what point should you start to worry?

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Intentional Word Choice: Did You Write “Feel” When You Meant “Believe”?

Office Dynamics

Much of the spoken language slides into our writing, but at times the words we say aren’t the exact fit for what we mean. Check your intention every time! Consider these sentences from an article about education: How many principals do what they feel will win approval? The public feels certain people shouldn’t be teaching. Given the context, is “feel” the correct word to express the author’s meaning?

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Google's Shadow Workforce

Small Business Labs

Bloomberg's Inside Google's Shadow Workforce covers the use by Google of what they call TVCs, or “temps, vendors and contractors" According to the article about half of Google's workforce is comprised of TVCs.  The article caused quite a stir on social media with many people expressing surprise at the numbers, especially the fact that Google is using so many TVCs.  But the growing use of non-employee labor by large corporations (and small ones too) has been an o

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Why should an Assistant have a mentor?

Practically Perfect PA

Over the last few years, I have often written and spoken about the benefits of having a mentor. The relationship really can bring lots of fantastic benefits for both the mentor and the person receiving their advice. I think I have the conversation quite a lot with Assistants because it is not something that you […].

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SME Relationships: Proven Solutions for Seamless Collaboration and Success

Speaker: Tim Buteyn, President of ThinkingKap Learning Solutions

💢 Do you find yourself stuck in never-ending review cycles? Are you wondering if your Subject Matter Expert actually got that last review request? Are you having trouble trying to decipher impractical or conflicting feedback? 💢 If any of these scenarios sounds familiar, you may benefit from a crash course on managing SME relationships!

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3 Ways to Stay Connected to Hiring Managers

On The Job

One trend I've noticed with more and more hiring managers is that they have an ongoing list of potential candidates for a variety of jobs. Some of that is because of "ghosting," which is a trend where candidates don't show up for job interviews -- or even new jobs. Another reason is that many hiring managers know how stressful it is to try and hire under pressure, such as when IT screams "I've got to have a new body in here in two weeks or else!

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Is Coworking's Surge Leading to Market Saturation?

Small Business Labs

According to the Reuters article 'Coworking' surge in Manhattan raises asset-liability quandary : "The amount of office leasing by “coworking” firms in Manhattan is nearing 10 percent of all new leases, a sign of growing demand for short-term contracts by companies seeking workspace." As the article chart below shows, coworking's share of new office leases in Manhattan has grown 4x over the past 5 years.

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Dealing with awkward situations at work

Practically Perfect PA

Throw a load of random people together, and you are bound to get some awkward moments, especially if you are forced (as you often are at work) to spend a lot of time with each other. We all have embarrassing work stories, and there are whole TV series dedicated to awkward work situations (my favourites […].

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Social Media: Use It or Lose It

Tips From T. Marie

At this point, you should know that using social media to grow your business and/or brand is a smart move. There is a reason that just about every business guru out there recommends it. It works. Well, it works if you know what to do and are ready to do it. Too often I see misguided businesses and organizations create a social media profile, page or account that might as well be collecting dust.

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Podcast 100: Completion

Clutter Coach

by Subscribe: iTunes ? Stitcher ? Soundcloud ? YouTube ? Google Play. You can leave a review here! This is podcast 100! Wheee! Today I’m going to talk about completion. Some of my podcasts are about concrete actions you can take to get more organized or use your time better. A lot of them are about the concepts that underlie these actions. I never like doing something unless I know WHY I should do it.

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Elevating the Virtual Interviewing Experience

Sharing your authentic self in a virtual interview can be an unwanted challenge. How do you break through the digital barrier when conducting a virtual interview and share your exceptional self? Think in unconventional ways to elevate the virtual interviewing experience.

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Techies: Are You Willing to Embrace a Stupid Idea?

On The Job

Techies may believe they have nothing of value to learn from Lady Gaga when it comes to their careers, but they would be wrong. Gaga is adept at taking smart risks , says Whitney Johnson , an expert on disruptive innovation and personal disruption. That is exactly what more tech workers need to do if they want to have successful careers. Technology pros often are prized for their self-discipline and ability to think logically.

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Supplier of the Month: Travel Counsellors

Practically Perfect PA

Travel Counsellors is an award-winning independent travel company that’s seeing increasing growth in its corporate travel division due to clients recognising the benefits of having their own personal travel manager available to them 24/7 when required. The company’s Global Sales Director Jim Eastwood responds to emerging trends in corporate travel and explores what matters to […].

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The twenty minute ritual that accelerates growth and unlocks epic product-market fit 

The Shrink for Entrepreneurs

Twenty minutes per day is all it takes to achieve epic product market fit. . It’ll pour jet fuel into your new business. You’ll supercharge growth. You’ll laser lock on to the precise product strategy that guarantees effortless customer acquisition. All it takes is this one simple ritual. . You don’t even have to be strict: Twenty minutes a few times a week is fine. .

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How to Build Professional Behavior at Work?

Small Business CEO

Building a more professional behavior at work has its perks and actually helps you prepare to be productive, maintain a great attitude and transform your work ethics and output. If you didn’t know, employers always pay attention to those soft skills potential employees wield and expect them to be committed to their duty and the company. There are a number of ways you can build professional behavior at the workplace and reap vast fruits from your attitude.

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Mandatory COVID Vaccination Policy Template

New vaccine mandates and testing policies will affect employers with more than 100 workers. Get Paycor’s free, customizable vaccination policy template to communicate critical details and new requirements to your employees. Get Paycor’s Template today!

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Staying Unbiased in These Partisan Times

Small Business Labs

Since the founding of Emergent Research nearly two decades ago, our mantra has been follow the data to where it leads us. This requires us to minimize the impact of potential biases in our work. As part of this effort, we've identified and analyzed a variety of potential biases, including  two key biases: survivor bias and confirmation bias.

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Managing Your Inventory for Next to Nothing

Small Business CEO

Inventory Management Software as a Service. As the owner of a small and medium-sized business, it’s understandable that you want to keep your business overheads as low as possible. However, in this age of cloud applications and software-as-a-service, there’s simply no excuse not to embrace software and technology at every turn in your business.

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The Vital Role Service Businesses can Play in Your Company’s Success

Small Business CEO

We often think of a company in a fairly simplistic way: as a self-sufficient organization. We think of it as a corporation with various departments, like Human Resource Management, Accounting, and Finance, Production, Research and Development (R&D), Purchasing, Marketing, and Selling. But, in fact, the world of business is a far more complicated place.

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Why Entrepreneurs Should Look Into Company Formation in Luxembourg?

Small Business CEO

More than 340 multinationals, have already established their headquarters in Luxembourg and more and more startups, entrepreneurs and companies looking into relocating their offices are considering company formation in Luxembourg. The magnitude of the tax benefits offered by Luxembourg for corporations and even for small to medium-sized companies is not the only main advantages which should be taken into consideration, but also the following aspects: International financial expertise.

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Is Training the Right Solution?

Speaker: Tim Buteyn

Let's set the scene: you’ve identified a critical performance gap in your organization and need to close that gap. A colleague suggests training, but you suspect there’s something going on that training can’t address. How can you determine if training is the right solution before you commit your budget and resources to a new training program? In this webinar, you will learn how to determine if training is the right solution using the Behavior Engineering Model.

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Growing Your Business: 3 Under-Utilized yet Effective Advertising Channels for Lawyers

Small Business CEO

Marketing is an essential proponent for lawyers, but getting it right is not always straightforward. Regardless of the type of law you practice, you’re swimming in the same pool of clients as numerous other firms. Like most businesses, it only takes a few seconds to attract a customer and convince them to consider you over other attorneys in your area.

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4 Challenges Facing Small Manufacturers in America

Small Business CEO

Whenever you hear about the decline of manufacturing in advanced economies such as the United States, its usually in the context of the dwindling fortunes of giant conglomerates. Yet, the struggle is worse for small manufacturers as they are unlikely to have the same depth and breadth of options that large corporations do. The following are the major difficulties persons venturing into small manufacturing in the US must be prepared to deal with.

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6 Tools You Should Equip your Field Workforce with

Small Business CEO

Intricate fieldwork requires a complex combination of skill as well as equipment in order to be executed properly. In this era of advanced technology and fast paced technological progress, there are many tools available to guide field workers through their everyday tasks. With right kind of equipment being employed, even the toughest of tasks become not only easier, but also more efficient and all the more quick.

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4 Ways Your Business Could Benefit from Temporary Buildings

Small Business CEO

Regardless of industry, businesses often need more physical space to grow, meet client demand, or complete a project. The problem? Acquiring extra room can cost a lot of money, eating into your company profits. In some cases, expansion can be so expensive that it’s not a feasible option, which could inhibit company growth. When this happens, what can you do?

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Revitalizing Dry Content: A Lesson in Engagement

Speaker: Tim Buteyn, President of ThinkingKap Learning Solutions

We’ve all been there. You’ve been given a pile of dry content and asked to create a compelling eLearning course. You’re determined to create something more engaging than the same old course that learners quickly click through, but how do you take this “boring” content and create something relevant and engaging? Many instructional designers will say, “Boring in means boring out.

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How to Treat Driving for Uber Like a Business

Small Business CEO

Is driving for Uber a small business? It can be. You might not have employees, but you still have overhead, clients and a service to sell – your driving. The vast majority of drivers will operate as a sole proprietorship, but there are a few rideshare drivers that will incorporate or form an LLC. Even if you’re not one of those few drivers that choose to incorporate, you can still treat driving for Uber like a business.

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Quality Content: Do Your Guest Posts Need the Improvement that a Professional Can Offer?

Small Business CEO

Getting targeted traffic to your website should be one of your highest priorities in marketing your business online. There are a lot of different strategies for growing your traffic levels, such as regularly posting on your blog and pushing out your content on social media sites like Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. But one traffic generation strategy that gets overlooked frequently is guest posting.