It’s holiday time, and that means many companies will either make their employees very happy little drones, or they will give them a bitter taste in their mouth going into the holiday season. I’m talking about the holiday bonus. Many companies give out a holiday bonus as a token of their appreciation to […]

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Not everyone is cut out to walk up to a stranger and start a conversation. I’m probably not one of those people. Although, I have several best friends that are that kind of person. One of my best friends got a job interview with Ralph Lauren while working at Home Depot. […]

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Who is this Millenial Generation? If you have a facebook account, have ever posted something on YouTube, daydream about starting your own business, or you could eat cereal for all three meals, then you’re probably a part of the Millenial Generation. From what I have found from having a “real” job for the […]

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If you haven’t read it yet, check out Penelope Trunk’s article about the uses and misuses of workplace stress. She debunks the myth that people work better under stress. You may think that you do, but maybe you should ask your boss which work product he or she likes better. Do they […]

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If you’re coming straight out of college, or you’ve never had a “grown-up” job, then you may have never had to negotiate your salary or commission package. You simply just accepted what the hourly rate was, because the company had a timetable for raises and performance bonuses. But, in the “real world”, there […]

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Some people spend hours upon hours mulling over their resume. They fine tune it, have four people read it, and then fine tune it some more. When I created my first resume, I had no clue what I was doing. I was so scared that my resume would be so bad, that […]

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Wake up. Take a shower. Get Dressed. Eat some cereal. Watch the morning news. Think about how you don’t want to go to work. Yeah, it sounds depressing, but is it reality? You may have a routine in the morning, but is it a productive one? Something that I […]

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Recently, I took a position that sent me working remotely from another city with a mixture of working on the road and working at home. Lately, there’s been a lot of working at home at all hours of the day. The transition from working in an office to working at home was hard […]

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My first big interview was nerve racking. I didn’t know what to wear, I didn’t know what to say, and I didn’t even really know much about the company that called me in for the interview. All college graduates will have that big day of trying to score the first real job. […]

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