With thanks to contributors Al Prado, Kevin Fichtner and Phil Hopkins Is Project Management an activity or is it a strategy? If your answer to that question isn’t both options, you may be wasting time and money. Not to delve too deeply into semantics, but most people perceive a “project” to have temporary status —something […]
Be forewarned: there’s a growing backlash against email, due in part to the growth of smartphones. Smartphones make it easy, convenient and practically unavoidable to disregard work-related messages at all hours of the day and night. In fact a recent study found that professionals, managers and executives who carry smartphones for work interact with work […]
Whether you realize it or not, your online presence plays a larger role in your job search than you think. Employers and recruiters now routinely search online to see what candidates are really like — not just what they present in a resume and an interview. And yes, it’s legal. So how should you approach […]
Teleworking or working remotely is becoming a more common occurrence in the workplace, as newer and faster technology enables workers to handle tasks that not too long ago required being in the office. (For instance, today’s smartphones are more powerful than that desktop computer you had just a few years ago.) But being able to […]
Many young professionals believe that a good education, some work experience, and a strong work ethic will put them on the fast track to success. While all of these things are important, there is one very important element missing from this equation: a mentor. That person who will take a personal interest in your success […]