4 Ways to Maintain a Healthy Lifestyle Working Long Hours

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While it’s not uncommon to occasionally work 60-hour weeks, many employees are obliged to work long hours regularly. What’s more, demanding bosses, looming deadlines and stressful client meetings make it difficult for us to find the motivation to incorporate healthy meals or exercise.   However, failing to take care of yourself results in serious physical… Read more »

3 Tips for Managers to Be More Transparent With Their Employees

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Transparency helps make a company, and its employees, more productive by establishing trust. Keeping employees in the know every step of the way fosters confidence in your leadership. What’s more, in the absence of transparency, employees lack direction and emotional commitment. More often than not, easier workflows, improved communication and fewer misunderstandings are the signs… Read more »

How Can You Improve Company Culture in 2019?

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Creating a workplace culture that attracts and retains top-quality employees should be a priority for every organization. By fostering the right culture of support, you can motivate every employee to perform at their best. What’s more, when employers consider the wants and needs of employees, it helps create a happier workplace where workers feel genuinely… Read more »

3 Tips for Managers to Be More Transparent With Their Employees

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Transparency helps make a company, and its employees, more productive by establishing trust. Keeping employees in the know every step of the way fosters confidence in your leadership. What’s more, in the absence of transparency, employees lack direction and emotional commitment. More often than not, easier workflows, improved communication and fewer misunderstandings are the signs… Read more »

How Your Business Can Leave a Lasting Impression on Job Candidates

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It’s no secret that the experience a candidate has during your company’s interviewing and hiring process can drastically affect their feelings towards your organization as a whole. In fact, a great experience just may be the tipping point for a job seeker to accept your offer, while a terrible one will all but guarantee a… Read more »

How to Prepare Your Business for Seasonal Staffing Shortages

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For many businesses, the busy season means longer hours, more customers, and an increased workload for everyone involved. Of course, the timing of this season can change, depending on your industry.   For example, tax professionals are swamped mid-January. Recreation companies are inundated with orders in June and July. Most retailers are smacked around by… Read more »

How Often Should You Have One-on-Ones With Your Staff?

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In any work environment, consistent communication between managers and employees is essential for success. Speaking with your staff individually, through one-on-ones, is perhaps the most beneficial method of communication. Veteran leaders swear by these meetings, which allow for timely feedback and constructive criticism without fear or anxiety.   There’s little doubt that managers should invest… Read more »

The Proper Way to Turn Down a Job Offer

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If you find yourself in a situation where you decide to decline a job offer, it’s important to inform the company in a respectful, professional manner. In the business world, it is important to maintain a good reputation, and if you reject a job offer improperly, it could hurt you in the future. After successfully… Read more »

3 Tips to Boost Your Job Search Confidence

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After several weeks of getting rejected repeatedly in your job hunt, you can’t be blamed for feeling defeated and miserable. What you don’t want, however, is having these feelings affect your self-confidence, which manifests in cynicism and negativity — things that can turn off potential employers.   Here’s what you can do to your job… Read more »

How Can You Tell If the Job Is Right for You Before Accepting the Offer?

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Finally, after a tiring search and multiple interviews, you have a job offer.   But before you pop the champagne and celebrate, you need to evaluate things and ask yourself if you should accept the offer or not. Remember, a job contract is often a commitment you have to honor for a significant period of… Read more »