By Michael Fine It is said that a happy employee is a productive employee. Creating a positive work environment is one of the best ways employers can contribute to increased productivity, quality, and safety. Here are six ways to sustain an environment that is charged and excited, and where individuals are engaged in making your …
JCS Career Center Some of us make health and fitness resolutions, others make financial, parenting, or self-improvement resolutions. Of course, many don’t make resolutions at all! If you’re the resolution-making type, you might want to include some workplace resolutions for the coming year. Why don’t you resolve to: 1. Make and maintain at least one …
By Jamie Leboe In today’s society, more families than ever before are made up of all adults in a household working full-time outside of the home. Therefore, it is so important to have a good work-life balance. We have to balance family, leisure activities, house chores, and so much more. It is hard to fit …
By Lisa Gorman, Career Coach In the back of my mind I always knew I was going back into the workforce. When the time had come that I couldn’t procrastinate any longer, I was scared, hesitant and full of concerns. Re-entering the workplace after a gap can seem like an overwhelming and daunting process. Where …
“Coming together is a beginning. Keeping together is progress. Working together is success.” – Henry Ford “None of us is as smart as all of us.” – Ken Blanchard Some of us think that we go to work to get a job done and that building a team is irrelevant. But these quotes from …
In light of recent events in California and Paris, we are reposting this blog from 2013. By Agella Kevas Your support system: it’s bigger than you think! When you recall your personal support system, of course you think of your family, friends and maybe even a few trusted advisors. Did you ever think that your …
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By Agella Kevas With Valentine’s Day approaching, it got me thinking about the different kinds of love we experience. Of course, the first thing that comes to mind is the love for your family and friends (so I immediately sent a warm and loving note to my husband.) However, we don’t actually spend that much …
Debora Weisbacher, Career Coach You have applied to your dream job at your dream company, received and passed a telephone screening interview and have been called into the company for two grueling in-person interviews. You are giddy with the feeling that you really connected with the hiring manager and this is going to be “IT.” …
By Faye Katz, Resume Writer Every job seeker will hear this buzz-phrase at some point in time as they enter the job-search market. Yet, many people are hesitant and fearful to embrace this social media technology. The reasons include fear of the unknown, lack of technical competency or worries about privacy, among other valid concerns. …
By Tova Jaffee, Career Coach Every workplace and industry has their own culture and language. Target doesn’t have customers they have “guests”. Many community rehab programs have “consumers” instead of clients. Years ago my job title was Career Counselor, but now I am a Career Coach. It was a redefinition of a role in that …
