Leanna Cruz This is the season for seminars and conferences. These are eight tips for starting and continuing a conversation at these events. Here is a starter tip, wear your name badge as comfortably as possible over your right side. This gives others the opportunity to get a quick glimpse as they employ their tactics to remember and recall your name. There is nothing more … [Read more...]
Imposter Syndrome – Don’t Let It Stall Your Career
Keilani Amo You know the feeling you get when you get the big assignment or the big promotion, that you have fooled your boss into believing you are more qualified than you really are. You know that you are supposed to accept the challenge but wait for the moment that you will be exposed. You feel like a fraud being credited with rewards that you don’t deserve. We … [Read more...]
5 E’s of Time Management
Is your schedule running you or do you control your schedule? If you are serious about career advancement you’ll have to exercise your management skills over your time. Complaining that there is never enough lets decision-makers know that you may lack management skills. There never seems to be enough time in our workday. Time management systems require time and effort … [Read more...]
3 A’s of Career Success During Constant Change
Leanna Cruz Editorial Director Career paths are unclear, job responsibilities are changing and project urgency changes weekly. These are perfect circumstances for savvy professionals who want to get in the driver’s seat of their career advancement. Armed with an awareness of your strengths, interests and knowledge of changes that will affect your profession you can … [Read more...]
Tips for Networking Using Social Media
A recent issue of Positively Successful shared twenty two ways to leverage social media to showcase your personal brand. Since, the number of professionals interacting on social media sites is increasing daily, it is important not to over look this for networking as well. Your career success can be enhanced if you use a few online networking tips. The same basic rules of social … [Read more...]
Success in Personal Relationships Determines Success in Career Relationships
After decades of instruction about work and personal life being separate, the truth has finally come to light. For example, the same elements you use to develop relationships off the clock are the same relationship management, networking, and social interaction skills you use to develop your career relationships. The Society for Human Resource Managers says that if you're not … [Read more...]
Tips for Time Management with a Virtual Assistant
In any career, effective time management is crucial to success. Unfortunately, today’s busy professionals often have to multi-task at a level at which it is difficult to maintain a successful work and life balance without assistance. If this sounds familiar, you may find that you can maximize your time by using a virtual assistant, as long as you adhere to a few key … [Read more...]