How to Maintain Visibility for Promotion While Working from Home
When you work remotely, it can be difficult to keep yourself visible. You may even be the type of employee who likes to keep a low profile. It is in your best interest, however, to be visible at work for many reasons, most importantly the potential for promotion. So, how do you increase and maintain […]
Do You Check In On Your Employees’ Well-Being?
If you are a supervisor or manager at work, it is essential that you take time and check in with your employees regularly. With economic and health challenges affecting all of us today, employees are often stressed and looking for support and reassurance from their managers. The Importance of a Good Check-In When you check […]
Qualities Employers are Looking for in a Good Candidate
Beyond the technical skill and expertise that employers are advertising for, most job listings include personal qualities and traits that they are looking for in a good job candidate. These “soft skills” are often more highly desired than “hard” skills, but it can be difficult to sell them if you don’t know how to showcase […]
How to Interview Candidates for Soft Skills
Technical skills, often called “hard” skills, are vital for any job. These skills make an employee qualified to do a particular job. In addition, employers look for “soft” skills which determine whether an employee can listen, cooperate with others, resolve conflict, and get along with coworkers and customers alike. Identifying these soft skills during the […]
5 Reasons to Hire an Executive Search Firm in North Carolina
Finding leadership and C-suite executive talent isn’t easy. For one thing, you need to find the right person who has not only the skills and experience your organization needs but meshes with your company culture as well. To make matters more difficult, executives are almost always passive candidates – they’re not sitting around browsing the […]
Applying for Jobs? Why Having a Professional Email Address and Voicemail is Important
The entire job application process, from job search and application through screenings, interviews, and beyond has moved almost exclusively to the digital realm. Gone are the days of paper resumes and carefully recorded taped greetings on answering machines. Now, your email and voicemail are the main initial impressions. This means that maintaining a professional tone […]