Life is short. We have heard that quote a million times, but as I watch the years roll by I know that it's absolutely true. It is important to do something you enjoy. Whether you work for yourself or for someone else, finding the right job is essential to enjoying life. If you are unsatisfied with where you are, take the plunge and look for something new. You are never too old … [Read more...]
Career Growth: 4 Signs That Your Company Will Give You a Fair Shot
Guest Post By: Rania Stewart, senior product manager with Peoplefluent.com. Learn more about Rania at the end of this post. Ask any career-oriented woman about her top work-related concerns, and she will likely rank having access to high-quality jobs at desirable companies and having equitable opportunities to advance within those organizations at the top of the … [Read more...]
Professional Envy: the dirty little secret within us
Admit it: as much as you value social media, professionally and personally, every so often you get a twinge of angst while sifting through your peers’ posts—the latest client conquest, dinner with an industry celeb, a headline-making accolade… You know what I’m talking about: The posts that you publicly “like,” but privately loathe, and that send you spiraling into a heightened … [Read more...]
Satisfaction in the Workplace – Speak Up
In today’s economy many people are left feeling unsatisfied at work but feeling as though they do not have the ability to change their situation. Fear of the bad economic conditions impacting their likelihood of getting a new or different job they simply keep their mouth shut and suffer through it. This can be as simple as wishing they had different job duties, to wanting to … [Read more...]
Laws of Attraction – Attracting the People You Want
What kind of people are you attracting? Are you attracting the kind of people you want to work with? Or the contractors you want working for you? When writing on your website, twitter, help wanted ads, whatever it may be; it's important to write for the people you want to read it. If you have everything written in very professional language with a very professional … [Read more...]
WAHM’s Conquering the World
Conquering the world isn't an easy job. In the world of entrepreneurship there are endless possibilities in the type of work or business you may be running. Many are home based and may even be internet based. This allows us to be home, run our own schedule and take charge of our lives. It also leaves the general public room to wonder what you do for work and in my own … [Read more...]
Customer Service Lessons from a Kindergartener
Customer Service, When to Take a Break Another piece of my personal life, but then again, when you work at home, its all personal. I was having a particularly rough day, but had shut the computer for now to go pick up my daughter from school. She got in the car, and I started the now regular routine of drilling her with questions to try and get any piece of information … [Read more...]
Knowing Your Role
What is your role? How do you describe it? When someone asks what you do or what your business is, do you have your answer? You should! You should be able to sum up a basic plot of who you are and/or what you do in a few sentences to capture their attention and leave them wanting to know more! For a business it should be quick basics of what you handle/do/deal with, why … [Read more...]
Love What You Do
Love is the Missing Piece No, this isn’t an ad for a dating site, although maybe it should be.... I was in the process of writing on a different subject when I found myself in a conversation with a client (who shall remain nameless but will likely know its them when they read this ;) ) We were discussing their business and a particularly rough couple of weeks they have … [Read more...]
5 Clues That You Are Ready To Leave Your Corporate Job & Work From Home
You know you are ready to leave your corporate job and work from home when your fed up of the commute to work, the corporate culture and the emotional strain that shows up prior to getting to work. With 85% of all new home based business created by women, the success rate and the financial freedom is a lucrative incentive to weight out the pros and cons of leaving your … [Read more...]