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An effective resume is NOT one that gets you the job
Times are tough and unemployment is at an all time high. We all know that and some of us are actually living it. If you’ve lost your job there are quite a few tasks ahead of you, a lot of tough decisions to make and a lot of planning to do. Unfortunately, you are now [...]
ECO-NOMIC$ – Tips for Going Green In The Workplace
Going Green…You tell yourself you should, you tell yoursel you want to, but the whole idea of going green seems like a lot of work, a lot of involvement and dedication so you put it off. “Maybe next week, this week I have so many meetings, so many deadlines… I already recycle at home”. And you put [...]
Go Pink For October – It’s Breast Cancer Awareness Month
A BSE – Breast Self-Examination Can Save Your Life. Just Do It!
BSE + Annual Mammograms + Regular CBEs (Clinical Breast Exam) = very few chances of breast cancer sneaking up on you.
Many women do not know how to perform breast self exams properly. Performing BSE incorrectly can be almost as bad as not doing the [...]
The Key To Time Management Is Knowing How To Cook
No, seriously! Cooking or some other such task that involves prep/planning/execution. It is training yourself (and many times those around you) to be efficient and proactive, to assign tasks the proper importance and urgency and to prioritize.
C. Ray Johnson, in one of the final chapters of his book CEO Logic: How to Think and Act [...]
I Don’t Have Time For Time Management!
Do you break out in hives every time you see the words Time Management? Do you scoff at the “idiots” who believe it’s possible to manage time wisely, and think to yourself – “Yeah, right! She says that because she doesn’t work in this place!!”
I know you do, do you want to know why? Because [...]
Customer Service Series Part 2: How to Keep Them Coming Back
How many of you have heard your organization defined as a “sales organization”, or a “marketing company”, or maybe a “medical practice”…?
A quick search revealed countless posts, articles, and entire websites devoted to the importance of customer service. Never mind all the books written on the subject! And they all expressed the same conviction even [...]
What Gets You Out Of Bed Monday Morning?
What makes us go to work every day? Let’s get one reason out of the way: unless you are the proverbial “independently wealthy” we all know money plays a big part in the picture.
So, why do you get up every morning to go to work? For the paycheck – period? To get out of the [...]
Customer Service Series Part 1: Can a College Degree Actually Undo Everything Your Mother Taught You?
I went to a Walgreens this morning to get a prescription for my son filled. The gentleman behind the counter was apparently very busy for quite a few minutes, too busy to even look my way even though I was standing a mere 3 feet away from him. There was a mix-up, he didn’t know [...]
To Err is Human…Yes, we know. It’s what we do afterwards that separates us
You’re going about your business, getting your work done, and suddenly the wheels stop turning, tires screech, everything comes to a halt! Oops, you made a mistake. A big one. If it had been anyone else you’d call it a colossal ball dropping one.
What do you do? Hide under your desk? Whistle a tune and [...]