The 9 things that matter more to employers than grades
Sure, your grade point average is important, but once you graduate and hit the office, these skills far outweigh your grade from stats class.
Sure, your grade point average is important, but once you graduate and hit the office, these skills far outweigh your grade from stats class.
Intel, LinkedIn and a host of other companies beef up benefits in areas such as fertility treatment, adoption and vacation time. One firm even limits its workweek to 40 hours.
Do you pepper conversations with clichés, turn simple emails into never-ending email chains or schedule unnecessary conference calls? If so, you’re probably irritating your co-workers.
Glassdoor reported that social media and marketing are excellent career fields for maintaining work/life balance.
Beyond key questions about who should be included on which message threads, there’s also the impairment of your mental focus and sheer drain on your time.
Offering employees the option to work remotely or at the office undermines both working experiences, claims this CEO. That’s why he shut down his physical office and has gone virtual.
Forget to reply to that email again? Miss your deadline? Here’s how to remember more.
Forget to reply to that email again? Miss your deadline? Here’s how to remember more.
Sure, working late and volunteering for additional projects will help you get ahead, but the toll they take on your personal life isn’t worth it.
You’ve worked hard to cut ‘um,’ ‘uh’ and ‘like’ from your speech—but have you replaced them with ‘so’?
You may think that standing out from the crowd makes you seem special. It might, at that. Being different—in your dress and appearance—could derail your aspirations, however.
Fair or not, the ‘typical millennial’ label can be hard to shed. It takes work and time. So, put down the smartphone and get to it.
The new reality is that one’s own brand can meld with that of the organization. How, then, do you keep them distinct—or make the most of the overlap?
The fashion leader says appointing his successor is ‘just the beginning’ and that ‘all the pieces are in place to position [Ralph Lauren] for continued growth.’
PR pros are adept at polishing the reputations and profiles of clients, but what about taking care of Numero Uno? Try these approaches.