Workplace

Am I Ready to Telework?

Here are 10 questions to judge your suitability to work from home.

Working from home is becoming more and more accepted in today’s workplace. Bosses have found that telework supports the environment, employee productivity, and the company’s bottom line.

Whether you’re trying to figure it out for yourself, or hoping to convince your boss, this info should point you in the right direction.

Provided below are 10 questions to ask yourself to figure out whether or not telework is right for you.

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Email Subject Line Etiquette for Dummies

Make sure your subject line actually has something to say Well, my home computer gave up the ghost (loudly) yesterday, sounding amazingly like a leaf blower before heading to PC heaven. With several laptops, two more desktops, and an iPad around the house, getting most of my work done isn’t much of an issue. No [...]

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A Few Sneaky Research Tips for Your Next Job Interview

5 things to research to help land your next job. For most of us, there’s a lot of anxiety that comes with interviewing for a new job. Like anything else, the less information you have going in, the more nerve-wracking it’s going to be. Fortunately, there’s a great deal of information available to you if [...]

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Some Tips to Find Success at the Job Fair

Here’s some advice to help you prepare for your career fair. Your next job fair could be one of the most important events of your life. Most job seekers will attend these events with no understanding of how to make themselves stand out above the hundreds or thousands of other applicants. Having had the opportunity [...]

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Alternative Brainstorming Ideas for Introverts

Here’s how to get the best ideas from your entire team. Getting the most out of your team is important. A great tool to use to generate ideas is Brainstorming. However, many of your team members may not feel comfortable with the idea of shouting out ideas off the top of their heads through a [...]

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Relaxing colors for your office

What’s the best color choice for my office? Article provided by guest author. It’s a known fact that colors and lighting can have a considerable effect on our minds. Therefore, working for a company that encourages you to personalize your office space can be a great thing. After all, you spend most of your day [...]

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The Five Biggest Blunders in Job Applications

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Avoid these common resume mistakes. Article provided by guest poster. What thousands upon thousands of jobseekers fail to realize is the way in which even the very best CVs and job applications can be destroyed in a heartbeat by any one of dozens of common mistakes most don’t even know they are making. In some [...]

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7 Tips for Staying Focused

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Lacking concentration? Here’s some help. Guest post provided by Sonia Jackson. See below for more information about this author. This article covers seven ways to help you stay focused. It has been applied to studying, but is applicable to most tasks where you have to sit down and concentrate. For example, the tips on this [...]

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Use the 5 Whys Tool to Solve Your Problem

The ‘5 Whys’ tool provides a simple, straightforward method to get to the heart of a problem. Too often we’ll look at the symptoms of a problem, and fail to take the extra time needed to identify the root cause. Tools like the ‘5 Whys’ template have saved companies millions of dollars by refocusing the [...]

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How Administrative Assistants Get Promoted

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4 Tips on taking that next step up the ladder. Guest post provided by Sisily West. See below for more information about this author. Plenty of business-savvy workers have envisioned themselves as powerful executives, making six-figure salaries and lounging in the corner office. But they soon find out that those jobs don’t often land in [...]

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At Work Ab Workout Routines You Should Try

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Here are some simple abdominal exercises for your desk. Guest post provided by Lyndsi Decker. See below for more information about this author. Building a strong core takes a combination of motivation and dedication to sticking to an exercise routine. However, many people have a hard time finding the time to work out their abdomen [...]

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How A Functional Fitness Routine Can Lead To Better Work Performance

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A practical alternative to a traditional workout routine. Guest post provided by James Zachary. See below for more information about this author. Functional training, unlike other paths to fitness, focuses on improving the entire body, including coordination, strength, flexibility, speed and balance. In comparison, strength training target specific body parts. Because functional fitness routines target [...]

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Increase Productivity by Getting to the Heart of Procrastination

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Stop procrastinating and start producing! Guest post provided by Simon Bukai. See below for more information about this author. Procrastination is a common problem among workers. You might even be reading this article right now instead of getting your work done. (That’s ok, since you want to find a solution to an important issue anyway.) [...]

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