You could have all the experience and skills perfect for a position, but if you blow the interview, get ready for an email in your inbox with the subject, “Thank you for your time, but…” If the interview is conducted in person, on Skype, or over the phone, I’m here to help you knock it out the park!
How many times are you going to list “employee of the month” on your resume? It’s a competitive job market out there, and being a loyal employee who sits at their cubicle from 9–5 Monday through Friday, doesn’t quite stand out anymore. Spend a few evenings or days during the week outside of work not watching Netflix—it’ll pay off, and Stranger Things isn’t going anywhere.
These past few years, the term “women in the workplace” has been nearly omnipresent in the news, political movements, social media, and other channels. Whether we want to call it a movement or not, women are taking the workforce by storm, and we should stand up, stand out, and shine doing what we do best.
Are you sometimes nervous to share your two cents at work meetings? Don’t be! There are a wide variety of personalities at work that all positively contribute to business objectives, and if you are in a meeting, you’re one of them.
Making the decision to be self-employed is a not a big decision—it’s huge. Many of the services provided for you as an employee in the past such as legal work, payroll, and other HR services will now be your responsibility to manage. Your competence and stamina to succeed will be the lifeline of your business. A lack of effort on your part will trickle down through your business, affecting your business and everyone else involved—it’s a domino effect! Be prepared for endless hours of work, sleepless nights, and going over and beyond in ways you never have before.
When trying to do your own thing and leaning on others for opinions, you may hear 20 different ways on how to accomplish a task. For every one person that loves your business concept, three others are ready to shoot it down. Taking advice is important as an entrepreneur, but what advice do you take?
When you first became an entrepreneur you knew it would be hard, but this hard? I get it: There’s no blog, book, or life experience that can really put it all into perspective. The promising thing is that we’ve all felt these blues before and can relate as ambitious entrepreneurs!
Millennials are often drawn to entrepreneurship. For many of you, you have likely worked a job or two and want something different at this point. I would never steer somebody away from giving it all up and starting their own thing, but you need to be serious. Running a business is tough; getting it off the ground is even tougher. These are a few traits that have kept me motivated and focused through the early days of running my business ventures.
Trying to get 5,000 things done at once and only have room for 3,756.5 of those? Yes, that is life! However, if you’ve worked long enough, you probably have learned that some people manage time very wisely while others struggle with that key task. Let’s go through a short checklist that might minimize the stress within your week, while organizing the tasks at hand.
If you’re getting criticized at work, it often means people care about you. Funny how that works, right? I want to point that out because getting criticized at the office shouldn’t be your eve to give up and stop trying. When people stop talking to you, that’s when you should be worrying! Let’s go through some simple tips that may lead you to grow stronger the next time your supervisor is on your case!
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