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Strengthen Communication Within Your Team For Success
As you already know, a team that isn’t capable of communicating effectively soon diminishes from a lack of cohesiveness and common goal. If you improve the flow of communication, you’ll avoid having your organization experience that end, start placing significant importance on how co-workers communicate.
The Working Woman’s Guide to Beneficial Bragging
Many women have a hard time getting ahead in the workplace because they are reluctant to brag. You may feel conflicted when you would like to celebrate your victories, but you want to avoid coming across as arrogant. A Brigham Young University study confirmed that social norms about modesty tend to hold women back. Learning to showcase your worth in a way that highlights your strengths and the benefits you bring to an organization can help boost your career track. Here’s some tips you can implement to help get you started.
Are you ready to Accelerate Your Career?
A lot of people find me after they are burnt out or have paid someone else big money to help them develop career marketing material that a hiring manager will actually take time to read. I hate that, because I know they’ve probably wasted a lot of money and are on the brink of frustration. That’s why I created The Career Accelerator, an affordable solution to expensive private career coaching.
Tap Into The Secret Job Market and Land an Awesome Job
When searching for a job, most of us will start by applying to all the positions posted online. After all, if you send out enough resumes, you’ll secure a job sooner or later. Right? Not necessarily! In fact, approximately 50% of all available positions are filled before even making it to the public posting process. But if you know how to work the system, you can tap into this secret job market and reap the benefits!
Profitable Work-At-Home Organization Strategies
These strategies for organizing your workday and environment will help you meet your goals no matter the reason you’re working from home.
Top 10 Tactics for Dealing With a Boss That Dislikes You
Surveys show that most of us will eventually face a boss that seems to have an axe to grind. So, if you haven’t faced this situation yet, your turn is coming. Handling this delicate situation requires tact and self-control. It’s easy to turn yourself in to a basket case or ruin your career. Here’s some ways you can deal…
8 Ways to Eliminate Distractions and Stay Focused at Work
The ability to concentrate and focus is at an all-time low. The distractions of the world are growing stronger each day. It’s too easy to entertain ourselves for an extended period. The ability to ignore distractions is a skill that takes time to develop. However, there are many things you can do to reduce the likelihood of becoming distracted at work.
Women… Support Each Other At Work
In honor of International Women’s Day, I thought it would be great to look at how women can support each other in the workplace.
What to Do After You Submit an Online Job Application
Online job applications play a major role in job hunting today. They’re convenient, but you may feel like your resume disappears into a black hole after you hit the send button and hear nothing in return.
With so much uncertainty, how can you protect your peace of mind and increase your probability of being invited in for an interview? Stand out from the pack by using these persistent but polite suggestions for what to do after you’ve applied for a job opening online.
Shine in Your New Job
First impressions last a lifetime. When starting a new job, you want to ensure your first impression is a positive one. Here are some tips for hitting it off with your new supervisor and colleagues and getting your workspace ready for business.
How to Work a Room Without Feeling Nervous
Maybe you feel confident tweaking your LinkedIn profile, but your palms sweat when you think about building connections face to face. With a little advance planning and positive thinking, you can be just as poised at networking events as you are behind your computer screen. Try these suggestions for working a room.
Tips for Adults Going Back to School
Going back to school as an adult is a big decision full of challenges and rewards. You’ll need to find a program that’s hospitable to adult learners that balances your new coursework with your current family and career obligations. With the right planning, continuing your education can enhance your personal and professional future, giving you broader options and more security.
If you don’t believe, then who will?
Before you can begin communicating your value and the worth you’ll bring to an organization or workplace, you’ve first got to recognize it and believe it yourself.
50 Thoughts On My 50th Birthday
It’s another “speed limit” birthday! In my mind, there’s no way I’m turning 50, but, according to the calendar, it’s true. So to celebrate, I thought it only appropriate to share, 50 things I’ve learned over the years (some I wish I’d learned earlier) that bring more joy and success into the day.
Join Me and Celebrate When In Doubt, Delete It!’s Arrival on Audible!
It’s time to add a little celebration and gratitude into life. I’d love for you to join me for a Virtual Galentine’s Book Launch!
Grab your best gal friends (guys welcome too!) and let’s celebrate finding ways to add more joy and happiness into our days! You’re in for a night of fun, laughter and celebration.
Dealing With Gossip in the Workplace
Managing workplace gossip is important for organizations and for the employees who work there. Here are some important steps you can take as a team and as an individual to encourage communications that benefit your emotional health and career.
Learn to be a Valued Team Player and Reap the Benefits
Being a team player will help you achieve the successful life you desire. Plus, you’ll probably make some friends and learn something of great value in the process. When you can demonstrate you fully understand the importance of contributing to the team, you’ll eventually win the game.
A Quick Guide to Career-Enhancing Social Behavior at Work
To get the most out of your job, it’s wise to know about how your social behavior can help you get ahead professionally. The more polite, helpful, and cheerful you are to those around you, the more abundant your own life will be. Allow yourself to blossom socially at work and achieve greater success at the office.
How to Use Online Courses in Your Job Search
Advance your career by taking online courses. It’s one more way to make yourself desirable to potential employers while you expand your skills and knowledge base.
3 Career Resolutions for 2021
Everyone is busy making their New Year’s resolutions. You know…those promises we make to ourselves.. like go to the gym…eat better…read more….the ones we drop like a hot potato after a couple of weeks? This year set some career resolutions instead.
5 Great Tips for Scoring That Dream Promotion
What’s your goal for achievement on a professional level? Is it a promotion to a high level manager, vice-president, or even CEO? Getting selected for that dream position would completely make your day, wouldn’t it? How can you put yourself into a position to be chosen to fill that coveted role? You’re likely doubtful about whether you have all the qualities the board of directors is looking for, but honestly speaking, you probably already do!
ALl I want For Christmas is…
All I want for Christmas is for you… to find a way to embrace your creative spirit and determination, to overcome adversity and roadblocks blocking the path to your career aspirations, and for you to find it in your heart to share your learns with the next generation coming along fast in our footsteps.
What to Do When You’re Facing Sudden Job Loss
Sudden job loss is scary, especially in these tough financial times. But it doesn’t have to be devastating. Use these tips to take advantage of the resources available to you to reduce the negative impact on your life. You may even look back on this time as the lucky stroke that pushed you toward success in your new career!
Learn How to Change Jobs Without Losing Your Social Life
A career change or transition is going to affect your personal relationships as well as your professional activities. Learn these coping tips.
Are You Working up to Your Potential? 7 Ways to Soar
If you desire to live the life of your dreams, use these seven steps to help you concentrate on what you want, work toward a goal and soar.
Get Ready to Change Careers
Changing careers will have a big impact on your future, so approach the decision carefully. Use these four steps to better prepare.
A Beginner’s Guide to Getting a Job When You Have Limited Experience
Landing a job when you have limited experience has always been perplexing because employers want you to have experience already. Today, it’s even more challenging because the requirements have become more demanding even for entry level work.
How to Improve Communication With Your Boss
Good communication allows many life situations to run smoothly. However, there are certain relationships that deserve extra attention, such as the relationship you have with your boss. You and your boss have drastically different roles, and when each of you fulfills these roles with a hard working and understanding attitude, you’ll both feel fulfilled.
Develop Power Language- Stop Apologizing
Think about your word choices this week and make notice if your words are undermining your message then consciously try and eradicate the minimizing language so your presence and contributions are seen.
Managing Time to Achieve Success
Did you know learning to manage your time can lead to more success? Living in our fast-paced, never-stopping world can be overwhelming. Your job is busier than ever, your kids are involved in several after-school activities, and you’re busy keeping up with everything else around the house. Yet, you long to do other things that require a time commitment. Will you ever be able to juggle everything and still do the things you enjoy? Institute these changes today so you can achieve the success you crave:.
5 Things I’m Thankful For in 2020
2020 has shown me how to live in the moment. I refused to live in fear and hide in my house. I’m also still going to visit wonderful places, eat good food, enjoy the company of friends, go to work, celebrate birthdays and holidays and refuse to let fear of what if stop me from living my best life at the moment.
How to Ace Your Employee Performance Review
Nervous about your annual review? Not sure where your career should be headed in 2021? Get the Successfully Ever After Free 2021 Career Planner and you’ll be more prepared for what’s ahead.
Strategies for Managing Friendships at Work
When you consider the amount of time you spend with your work colleagues, it’s natural that many of your deepest friendships may develop there.Office friendships make your work hours more pleasant and productive as long as you address the built in complexities of money and power. Try these strategies for balancing the personal and professional aspects.
10 Tips to Successfully Change Careers
Few things will change your life more than a change of career. It’s worth the effort to find a job that you love. After all, you spend 40-plus hours each week doing it. Take the time to make a wise decision and then put a plan in place. It might be the beginning of a new adventure.
3 Tips for Military Spouses Struggling to Find Work
91% of military spouses say being a military spouse has had a negative impact on their career causing them to struggle to find work. That doesn’t mean you can’t find career success even if your spouse is currently active duty. Your lifestyle can actually be a benefit in the job market if you know how to use it to your advantage.
How a Job Search and Fruit Loops Launched a revolution
You’re probably asking how do Fruit Loops and a job search add up to anything. Well, those fruity colorful circles helped launch an internal revolution in me. They were a catalyst that spurred me to make changes and in the process, realize other people needed to know what I learned on the journey.
FREE “Stop the Scroll” LinkedIn Workshop
Did you know LinkedIn is one of your best career assets? It’s time you used it to get the most benefit. Sign up for our FREE Training today.
3 Ways To Look After Your Mental Health When Working From Home
If you’re stuck working from home, unable to see your work colleagues from day to day, you may find yourself struggling with your mental health. Consider these tips to look after your mental health.
Here’s a LinkedIn treat for halloween!
It’s almost Halloween and here at Successfully Ever After, we felt like getting in the spirit with our own version of Trick or Treat! Since 2020 has been scary enough, we decided TREATS were the way to go. So we’re offering our “Optimize Your LinkedIn Profile” FREE this weekend – no strings attached.
How to Make a Sudden Transition to Remote Work
If you’re new to remote work, you may feel nervous about making a sudden transition from your cubicle to your dining room table. However, a growing number of employees are thriving in these flexible arrangements, and you can learn from their example.
Keeping Your Self-Esteem after a Job Loss
If you’ve lost your job, there’s no denying that it can be a devastating ordeal. However, you can find the strength to recover from a tragic job loss.
Create an Elevator Pitch Employers Want to Hear
An elevator pitch is a short summary used to tell about a person or organization in a quick and concise way. This is an important asset for your job search. It’s an effective way of telling a potential employer who you are, how you can contribute, and what kind of position you’re seeking. Try out these suggestions for preparing and presenting your introduction.
Increase Your Job Satisfaction by Shaking Things Up a Bit
Variety is one of the most important factors that contribute to job satisfaction. Have a better time at the office and get more done by learning how to diversify your work day. These are steps you can take before you accept a new position or while you’re on the job.
At a Professional Crossroads? How to Choose the Path That’s Right for You
Making a career choice and sticking to it is not as easy as it sounds, especially in today’s economic climate. It can be nerve-wracking to go through the process of choosing a path, especially when you’re not sure if it’ll take you to a long-lived career. So how do you know which path to take? How can you be sure that going in a certain direction is the absolute best thing to do?
Apply Dating wisdom to your job search
Dating and job hunting have a lot in common. Much of what you learned while looking for love can come in handy when you’re trying to find employment. Having found your life mate isn’t necessary to put your knowledge to use, either. Even having dated just a little will be helpful.
Try these strategies borrowed from the dating world to prep for job interviews, ace them, and then breeze through the follow-up stages.
Workplace and Job Search Mental Health
Today is Mental Health Day. The decisions we make in choosing our workplace can impact our mental health greatly.
What To Do When You Hate Your Job
If you’re like many people, you may be unhappy or dissatisfied with your job. Eventually, you may find a job that you love, but what do you do in the mean time? How can you do your work and do it well if you’re lacking motivation and fulfillment?
You may often hear about people quitting a job they they’re unhappy with before they have another position. Sometimes this works, but it’s a risky move. In our current economy, this is especially perilous. So, in most cases, it’s best to tough it out until you can find something better.
WORKING FROM HOME? 12 Tips You Can Use To Convince Your Supervisor You’re Promotable
There are many advantages to working at home, but there’s at least one drawback. Telecommuters are 50% less likely to get promoted, according to a Stanford University study.
9 Steps to Help You Achieve Promotion
The key is to prove that you deserve a promotion and are the right person for the job. With a little planning, you can get a promotion and advance your career.
Use Mock Interviews to Help Land Your Dream Job
It’s natural to feel nervous about job interviews. But you can use mock interviews to gain confidence and make a better impression on a potential employer.
Make the Most of a Career Fair
A career fair is a valuable opportunity to network and introduce yourself to employers. Keep using the usual online tools but add these events to the mix to make your job search as rewarding as possible