Multiple Job Offers? Here’s How You Can Evaluate & Make Sure You Make the Best Career Decision

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Getting a single solid job offer is an awesome accomplishment – and finding yourself with two or more is even better. Until you face the conundrum of which one to accept. It’s still a good problem to have, but you need to make a timely, professional decision or risk your reputation and the relationships you’ve… Read more »

5 Tips to Stay on Track & Maintain Consistent Workday Productivity

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These Habits Can Help You Manage Job Search Stress - PrideStaff

Maximizing your productivity during the workday – actually getting everything done that you need to without letting things spiral out of control – is possible, no matter how out of reach it may sometimes feel. And achieving this goal doesn’t mean unrealistically long hours or the level of stress that keeps you tossing and turning… Read more »

How Can You Express that You’re Ready for a Promotion?

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Should You Consider a Temporary Job? PrideStaff

You consistently meet and exceed expectations at work and your contributions are valuable to your department and company. So, you’re vying for a long-awaited promotion that’s opening up. And you think you have it made, because after all, your record will speak for itself as your boss decides who gets the job, right? Unfortunately, that’s… Read more »

Getting Ready for a Career Change? Here are Some Tips to Help You

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If you’re like most people, you spend a lot of your waking hours at work – up to a third of your time, according to research. So, it’s important to like what you do and feel like you’re in the right place. If not, and you think it may be time for a career change,… Read more »

Do You Struggle with Task Prioritizing?

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Having These Skills Will Help You Compete in Today’s Workplace

“Lack of direction, not lack of time, is the problem. We all have 24-hour days.” (Motivational speaker and author Zig Ziglar) So true: 24-hour days, seven days a week, 365 days a year. But you may still feel as though you have countless things to do right away, which can quickly become overwhelming and cause… Read more »

Workplace Habits to Leave in 2022

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By their very definition, habits are hard to give up. Merriam-Webster Dictionary defines “habit” as “a settled tendency or usual manner of behavior; an acquired mode of behavior that has become nearly or completely involuntary.” So, habits can be like breathing or sleeping. Involuntary! How, then, can you shed the negative ones that may be… Read more »

Ready to Reach Your Career Goals in 2023?

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“A goal is a dream with a deadline.” So said self-help author Napoleon Hill. He was right on target, as was writer Saul Bellow when he noted that, “Whoever wants to reach a distant goal must take small steps.” Your career goals are within reach. Professional goals may seem like pipe dreams at times, and… Read more »

5 Leadership Skills that Make a Good Manager Become a Great Manager

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Have you ever compared yourself to a coworker who seems to be shining in all they do, getting plum assignments and promotions, even though you have more seniority, and seem to just naturally step up to the plate and take the lead? “They’re a born leader,” you may rationalize. It may seem that way and,… Read more »

Struggling to Close Out Emails? Use This Closing for the Best Response Rate

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These Are The Most Important Workplace Safety Tips of 2022

As you finish up an email, you may not give much thought to your closing. After all, the hard part is done, right? Message complete. Now you just need an appropriate sign-off. No big deal. But, maybe it is. According to a study by productivity software manufacturer Boomerang, certain email closings deliver significantly higher response… Read more »