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5 Everyday Habits That Can Quickly Derail Your Career

On The Job

It's first noticed by the woman in the next cubicle. Whether it's in the bathroom or the break room or your cubicle, no one wants to have to deal with your dirty dishes, food scraps, moldy coffee cups or any other detritus. Phone addiction. Social media. No one begrudges you using social media in these cases.

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Why You're Annoying Your Colleagues

On The Job

That’s why you consider yourself a good colleague – certainly not like that annoying person in the cubicle next to you. The buzzing and beeping of your phone signaling incoming texts or emails also annoys your colleagues, and 59% say they dislike it when you fail to silence or turn off your phone when appropriate. You’re sloppy.

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Are You Ready to Hire a Virtual Assistant?

Success

For the past decade, BELAY has been witnessing this phenomenon firsthand through its network of contractors who supply virtual support as assistants, bookkeepers, web maintenance professionals and social media strategists. Those subconscious signals evaporate in an online-only collaboration.

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Authentically Gen Z: The Values, Aspirations & Drivers That Will Re-Define The Future Of Work

Allwork

The values, mindsets and behaviors that define this generation have been substantially shaped by several key factors including the group’s deep connection to technology and social media, the globalization of the world economy and the COVID-19 pandemic. As such, they want more out of their workplace than a standard cubicle.

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7 Tips for Getting Off to a Great Start in a New Job

On The Job

Answer the phone correctly. "Yo!" Answer the phone, giving your first and last name. If you take a message, make sure you get the correct spelling of the persons name and the phone number (repeat it back). Just as you would not pop your head into someones cubicle and blurt "report due today!" is not the proper way.

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Should You Hang Up When a Recruiter Calls?

On The Job

Check out this story I did for Gannett/USAToday.com: You're sitting in your cubicle one day considering the dozens of emails that await your attention when your phone rings.On Use social media to get the buzz about an employer. But before you jump ship, be careful you're not going to land in shark-infested waters.

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Who Needs an Office? 10 Entrepreneurs Weigh In on the Future of Virtual Work

Success

Gerber, 38, now a serial entrepreneur and author of Superconnector: Stop Networking and Start Building Business Relationships that Matter , published in 2018, has become an evangelist for entrepreneurship, particularly for resourceful young go-getters who may not be cut out for life as cubicle dwellers.

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