Corporate ladder, meet elevator
Corporate ladder, meet elevator
How to climb the corporate ladder without selling your soul
Onboarding, Welcome to the Team
New Hire Onboarding
This past week I went through the onboarding process with a new employee. I got to know this individual well throughout the hiring process and really enjoyed getting to know him so I wasn’t just professionally vested, I was personally vested.
On his first day and throughout the first week,
Master Barista and Asian Super Hero – Kato from the Green Hornet
Professional Goals
In the past two blog posts, we discussed two related topics.
Are you invisible to your manager despite hard work and results?
Why hard work goes unnoticed
Last week I blogged about a candidate who in all rights is a superstar. Unfortunately, from a career standpoint, if you were to talk with her, you would never know it. I love how she puts in the hard work and is so humble,
Career accomplishments are important. Don’t confuse being humble with giving your manager updates
Career Accomplishment
Are you talking about your career accomplishments in an interview? We think we are. Most of us are not. We are too humble, too shy, or brought up to act differently. Many of us don’t realize it. The next few posts will show us how to talk about our accomplishments.
This is a well-intentioned start, but the real benefit is in the 401k
Candidates have choices beyond the 401K
When markets are tight for talent, employers add more benefits to the menu. (I consider Seattle’s job market to be tight.) These could include free food, entertainment, flexible work schedules and unlimited vacations to name just a few.
For job searches and dating, we match our response to the individual ad
Cover letters
Get a bad rap. It’s unfortunate because I would say that most of the folks that are hired include cover letters. Don’t get me wrong, I throw out a lot of cover letters. It isn’t because of a rule that states “Cover Letters are never read,