As you sit at your office working away, you hear a co-worker nearby hacking up a lung and blowing their nose into tissue after tissue. At this point, there are two common lines of thought that occur in response to this situation:
Posts Tagged ‘Workplace Culture’
Job Recruiters Dish On What They Like About Their Careers, What They Don’t, And What They Get Asked In An Interview
According to Glassdoor interview reviews, 15% have acquired a job interview with the help of a recruiter and 3% get an interview by working with a staffing agency. Given these findings, we were curious to find out what it’s like to be a recruiter or staffing agency professional in this market. What does it take ... - Read full post
Dream Your Job: Part 3 – Being Infectious
Dreaming your job into existence is much more than simply knowing what you want.
There are three legs on the career management stool: understanding, promotion and attraction. Any effective job search, network conversation, cover letter, interview or development plan involves using all three. Understanding means all of the things you do to learn about what you ... - Read full post
Corporate Garanimals: How to Determine If A Company Is Right For You
I so wish that there would have been Garanimals when I was growing up. I would have been so much better dressed and think of all the consternation and worry that would be gone. It’s just a brilliant idea. As they say on their website, “Garanimals was founded on a simple but unique concept: to ... - Read full post
Active Company Culture vs. CEO Presence: What’s More Valuable?
In Sunday’s New York Times, an article by Julie Creswell honed in on a CEO who ruled his business from afar. Sure, everyone has those days when our shoulders relax because we know the boss will be out of the office for a day or two, but is it a good thing for business and ... - Read full post
Culture of Career Reciprocity – Give a Little to Get a Lot
I was taught early in my career to practice a ‘Culture of Reciprocity’ – the theme was simple…help others with no expectation of return and the rewards will be greater than you could have planned for. Over the years I have seen others practice this and have seen them grow in self-value, perceived value and ... - Read full post
QUIZ: How Much is Your Office Like ‘The Office’?
While The Office satirizes uncomfortable work situations, we can bet that you can relate to an episode or two. But just how close does your work situation resemble Dunder-Mifflin’s Scranton office? Using Glassdoor’s eight company evaluation points which make up our company ratings, we’ve created a short quiz to see how much your office, either ... - Read full post
