Lifeline for Newcomers: Unspoken Rules of Office Etiquette
Workplace etiquette is an essential part of successful communication in today’s business world. Its major purpose is to enable people co-exist and collaborate productively in the busy office. Some may assume that the rules of etiquette had had their days; however, that is totally not true. The rules and norms of etiquette change as our society evolve, regulating the manners and norms which are most appropriate in each certain case. Moreover, kindness, respect to others, both clients and ...Continue reading
Importance of Personal Development in the Workplace
If you care about your professional success, then constant development is nothing new to you. In the information society, it’s the individuals that are committed to ongoing learning that reach the career heights. The huge success is closely connected to personal development as well – the subject that gets less attention than the development of certain skills needed to get the job done. Nevertheless, when employee personal development at work is given the attention it deserves ...Continue reading
Simple Ideas to Regain Motivation for Working
What really the workplace motivation is? Often described as a combination of external and internal factors keeping the employees engaged in their professional activity, motivation is seen as the key element of reaching happiness at work and achieving professional goals. As long as we feel motivated at work, we feel productive, appreciated and stress-free. Nevertheless, motivation isn’t stable, and under specific circumstances we can face loss of motivation, varying from slight ...Continue reading
Effective Ways To Face Criticism At The Workplace
Getting feedback at work is a gift as it gives you the chance to understand your weak points, improve them and continue learning from your mistakes. Criticism at workplace in inevitable as it’s a way to communicate to you what has been done wrong and what should be done better. However, in most companies the culture of giving (and receiving) constructive criticism isn’t well developed. Thus, you might be reacting wrong to a valid feedback. To learn how to accept criticism and use ...Continue reading
How to Get Away from Work Routine
For many of us, office work is the synonym of routine. Monotonous circle of responsibilities, the same colleagues around and routine course of actions throughout the day are the real challenge for your creativity. The routine is safe and predictable as you are not stressed; you know for sure which steps to take to achieve certain results. Nevertheless, routine is your enemy in the long run. Since you have developed the approach to resolve problems, you are not motivated to come up with the new ...Continue reading
Professional Executive Resumes: Habits Of Successful People
Achieving professional success takes years and decades of hard work. First, you need to build a career plan and strategy for reaching your goals (see our guide to career planning here: https://resumeperk.com/blog/planning-a-future-career-are-you-for-or-against). Then, it’s necessary to constantly improve your skills and use a creative resume to get hired for new jobs and get extra responsibility. However, all of the above it’s not enough. It’s not a surprise that our everyday ...Continue reading
Subtleties of Love Relations in the Workplace
Do you work for the same company as your spouse does and aren’t comfortable with being gossiped about near the water cooler? Or, you have a crush on someone working in the other department and think over whether flirting at the workplace is appropriate? Well, you are not alone.Workplace romance tends to become more and more popular thing, especially within the big corporations with developed corporate culture. With lots of stressful tasks and necessity to work late hours, it’s ...Continue reading
Brief Guide to Achieving Work Success
How to achieve professional success and build a dream career? Here and there they say that all you need to do is to work twice as hard as everyone does, learn new skills constantly and show positive attitude at work. However, this is not entirely true.If you work in the office, you can think of a coworker who works really hard but hasn’t been promoted for quite a long time – or wasn’t promoted at all! So, you don’t have to be a workaholic to have huge career ...Continue reading
10 Ways To Find Lost Desire And Inspiration
There were the days when you were excited about trying new things and couldn’t wait to get down to work. However, for whatever reason, now you feel stuck and uninspired. You lack creativity and motivation to fulfill your day-to-day tasks, let alone learning something new and growing professionally.Sounds familiar? Everyone experiences the periods when the motivation is down and work brings no joy. However, they are easy to overcome – you just need to know the mental ways to ...Continue reading
Talent Vs Hard Work: How To Be Successful Writer
Our society exalts talent. A talent tends to be seen as an inherit ability of the individual. When we see an artist at work, we often have an impression that he/she was born to do this thing. And we often say things like “That singer is so talented” to express the highest praise for someone’s ability that we admire.However, is it really a talent that determines your success or failure in a certain field? Is there a reason to start practicing a thing for which, as others ...Continue reading