advice

Workplace advice for any issue, problem, or concern; from changing careers to co-working advice and decorating needs.

10 Tips for an Interview
1: Make a good first impression. The first impression an employer looks for is a presentable interviewee. They analyze everything from your body language to your dresses and suits. The first impression gives the employer a clue how you would dress and appear to work everyday.
By Tracy Lawson7 years ago in Journal
How to Be a Prolific Writer
Anyone can write a vast amount of content but will it be of quality and high-profit content that sells, builds your business, and boosts your authority? So how to be a prolific writer is the question that most people want answers to.
By Janet Travis7 years ago in Journal
My Anxiety
Before I really break down everything, I just wanted to say. I never really understood why or how someone who is cheated on would stay or get back together with the person who cheated. I always said, they must have something wrong with them if they are willing to accept that person doing that and forgiving them.
By Shaun mader7 years ago in Journal
Emotional Intelligence Makes You a Better, Happier Employee
He’s the guy everyone wants to be: he moves through the room with comfort and ease, can talk to anyone, and always leaves people feeling good after a conversation. He’s the co-worker who makes everything look easy, who seems to have all the luck, and the one person everyone likes. If he weren’t so likeable it’d be almost obnoxious. How does he do that?
By Lynne Rush7 years ago in Journal
Life Beyond Stress
Life is stressful. I think that we can all agree with that. However, you may be surprised by the amount of stress the American population experiences as common, daily, and persistent. You may be concerned, when you realize how much impact this continued chronic stress has on our everyday lives.
By Nalda Parker7 years ago in Journal
The Hero's Journey: ACT 2 & ACT 3
Here we are! ACT 2—now, act two could easily be called the meat of the story. It's where all the chaos, challenges and near death experiences happen. It's also where your protagonist or "Hero" experiences their change. It's not a complete change until ACT 3, but the experiences they have in the new world play a key role.
By Shiny7 years ago in Journal
My NaNoWriMo Journey
As a therapist, I know the value of goal setting. However, as an individual, I am as lax as most people about setting my own goals. I have always found that when I commit to a goal, I obtain it. Now, this doesn't mean that I do something whimsical like stating I'm going to become a millionaire in the next year, and it somehow magically occurs. It does, however, mean that I establish SMART goals. These are Specific, Measurable, Actionable, Relevant, and Time-Bound.
By Nalda Parker7 years ago in Journal
Why I Started a Side Business
A little background on my work life that was leading me towards depression and sparked my side business—Phoenix Aromas Etsy Shop. I am a regional manager for a veterinary company. I have been in the veterinary industry for nine years now as different positions, such as kennel leader and veterinary technician. As a regional manager, I was slowly feeling like a robot doing the same automatic thing every week. I was even experiencing the same exact conversations with the same people consistently! When the conversations became broken records, that is when I knew I needed to make a change in my life, and fast. I realized I was exhausted from the constant small talk and superficial conversations, it was affecting my mental health drastically. Autopilot was not good for me emotionally or mentally. I felt helpless, and just stuck, not moving forward or even backwards. The best way to describe my situation was like being on a treadmill: I am moving forward, but in the same spot constantly. Most of all, I was not getting the fulfillment I desired. I wasn't doing any good for the clients or pets, just offering services, and wasn't doing any good for myself preforming the same duties weekly.
By Cynthia Cline7 years ago in Journal
The Hero's Journey: ACT 1
Every story has a hero, a villain and complimentary characters. In this article we will talk about the first 5 of 12 stages, how they impact your story and why they are crucial.
By Shiny7 years ago in Journal
5 Steps to Figuring out What Job Is Best for Me
It's not hard to find job advertisements, the internet is full of it. There are thousands of job search sites with various job opportunities. But what to actually look for? What position? What company? How to even read the description?
By Anna Dvorakova7 years ago in Journal
Resumes Don’t Have Right Answers
Have you been dragging the same old Word file around from hard drive to hard drive for years, shuffling it between inboxes and desktops and Google Drive folders, over and over again? Making hasty last-minute additions to a tired-looking document whenever, God forbid, for some reason, you need to send your resume off somewhere? And every time, you think to yourself, “I really need to update my resume…”
By Meag Campbell7 years ago in Journal
How to Motivate Your Employees to Come to Work
We've all dreaded going to our 9 to 5 jobs, for many more reasons than one. For starters, the pay rate sucks. Not to mention, more often than not, the people you work with also suck. Many managers and top-tier leaders often want to get the job done as effectively and as efficiently as possible. This can lead to negligence amongst the employees and the contingent workforce, which, from personal experience, really sucks. And how could I forget the immense pressure that is laid upon workers to get their jobs done? My mom had her role in the workplace threatened by her boss on the daily, which ultimately made her dread her job even more. What about our lives outside of the office? What about our families, our friends, and our significant others? How are we supposed to sustain healthy relationships with the ones we love when we're staying extra late at the office everyday? Two words: This. Sucks.
By LJ7 years ago in Journal