Your Annual Performance Review – 4 Tips to Make It Great It’s that time again. We’ve closed one year and we’re unwrapping a shiny new one. This is the month where we collectively reflect on the year that has just concluded, take stock of what we’ve achieved, and create goals for the future. And, if […]
Are Cover Letters Still Important I’ve been getting asked this question a lot lately. Every job seeker wants to optimize the search process to give themselves the best chance of getting hired. But they also want to focus their limited time and energy on the strategies and tactics most likely to result in finding a […]
The 4 Best Business Books I’ve Read This Year One of my personal goals for 2015 was to read one book a week. In my opinion we all need to be investing more time learning and expanding our expertise and spending a little less time focused on the day to day minutia of our jobs. […]
4 Tips to Get a Promotion This Year There are three questions I get asked over and over again by friends and readers who care about advancing their careers. How do I convince my boss to give me a promotion or raise? How do I deal with a colleague who seems determined to F up […]
Secrets from a hiring manager – 5 tactics to get noticed and land the job Part 1: This week I’m going to do a blog series on how you can stack the deck in your favor when looking for work. In this first post I’ll set the lay of the land, which I’m sorry to […]
New Boss? Company Acquired? 3 Tips to Take Advantage of Change In my experience, the greatest moments for career advancement come in times of uncertainty and disruption. I know this sounds counter intuitive but its very true and something most of us overlook or won’t admit. During highly tumultuous periods, like in an acquisition or […]
The 6 Managers You DON’T Want to Be A short story about the 6 types of managers you don’t want to be if you want to get ahead in your career. There are many paths to the top of the corporate ladder … except these. The 6 managers you don’t want to be from Brendan […]
