Really Want That Job? Don’t Make These Six Mistakes. Mistake #4: Saying ‘Yes!’ to Everything It’s tempting to think that saying “Yes” to everything the interviewer says gives you an advantage, but it doesn’t. When an employer is seeking new employees, they’re looking for fresh ideas, new insights and immediate impact. They’re not looking for…
Really Want That Job? Don’t Make These Six Mistakes. Mistake #3: Showing Up Unannounced “We’ll be in touch” doesn’t mean “show up to the office unannounced to drop off materials and check in.” Once the interview is over, the last thing recruiters or hiring managers want to see is a candidate returning when they weren’t…
Really Want That Job? Don’t Make These Six Mistakes. Mistake #2: Talking Too Much When you give answers to questions you weren’t asked, or go on at length, you can ramble yourself right out of a job. Unfocused talk shows you don’t listen well and can’t answer a simple question. I get it: One topic…
Really Want That Job? Don’t Make These Six Mistakes. Mistake #1: Overselling Your Strengths If you want to avoid turning hiring managers off with an excessively keen attitude, make sure to fix these bad habits.1. Overselling your strengths Have you ever been to a department store where the salespeople keep trying to push the store…
The Secret to Getting Work Done in an Open Office. Tip#2 : How to Make Open Plans Work While some offices cope by encouraging the use of noise-canceling headphones, “Do Not Disturb” signs and quiet pods, Fried and Heinemeier Hansson did the opposite and came up with “library rules.”“Libraries are really open plan offices,” says…
The Secret to Getting Work Done in an Open Office. Tip#1: Why Employers Like Open Office Plans Open plan offices are bad for getting things done. They’re noisy and distractive, and employees can find it hard to focus. The idea that they promoted collaboration was recently debunked by Harvard University researchers, who found they do…
This Google Manager Shares His Secrets For Building an Effective Team Matt Sakaguchi is a site reliability manager at Google. Learn why he believes that a team of all stars doesn’t always lead to an all-star team. Psychological safety. This is the idea that you can take a personal risk, and it won’t be held…
How to be Busy Without Feeling Overwhelmed. Tip #2: How to Make “BUSY” Good To get some clarity on whether you’re engaged in productive action or engaged in busywork, reframe your words. In her book 168 Hours: You Have More Time Than You Think, author Laura Vanderkam writes, “Instead of saying, ‘I don’t have time,’…
How to be Busy Without Feeling Overwhelmed. Tip #1: The Problem With “BUSY” “Busy” doesn’t really mean “productive”; here’s how to switch your focus to what really matters. At most moments in the day, we’re busy doing something; however, there’s a big difference between being busy and productive and just being busy. The word “busy”…
How to Deal with Changes at Work. Change #4: A Change in Company Culture and Processes Sometimes what the company looks like when you joined looks nothing like the company you’re still working at 2 years later. This especially common in a startup–which tends to start without structures and systems in place. As the company…