Casual Fridays is now a trend in many offices — government and private, but is casual an appropriate way to dress for a job interview ?
During Casual Fridays, decorum is expected to be maintained, but there is definitely a “getting ready for the weekend” feel to the fashion statements usually translated into blue jeans and […]
Some think they a-l-w-a-y-s need to be “nice”… they have difficulty saying “no” and typically wind-up being stepped on — or all over.
If this sounds like you, here are a few tips for setting boundaries in relationships:
– Flair For The Dramatic: Choking or breaking into a faint is one way to set a boundary that […]
You don’t need a license to be an employer, and most employers are not bound by any overseeing agency — except the government. A parent who hires a babysitter is an employer. Because it’s so easy and common to be an employer, it should be understood that most employment interviewers don’t know which questions are […]
Want to know if you’re ready to return to work? Here’s how:
1. If you do decide to return to work be prepared forthings to be different. If you don’t, you’re going to be frustrated.
2. Regardless of what people say, it is […]
SEVEN TIPS TO MAKE WORKING WITH ANNOYING BOSSES AND CO-WORKERS WORKABLETip #1: Ignore weaknesses and focus on strengths: Acknowledge to them, and to yourself, what’s good about them and their abilities. Make an effort to focus on these positives, rather than the negatives.Tip #2: Accept them for who and what they are. Changing co-workers and trying […]
THREE TIPS FOR GETTING BACK INTO THE WORK WORLD1. If you do decide to return to work be prepared for things to be different. If you don’t, you’re going to be frustrated.2. Regardless of what people say, it is harder to get a new job after you’ve had kids. You are not perceived the same […]
Oh, come on! There has always been porn in the workplace — from pin up girls on the walls and lockers of gas stations, men’s bathrooms at work, and other “mostly” men only places. Dirty jokes and off color jokes have made the rounds at lunch, at the water cooler, and as pass on e-mails. […]
How mad are consumers and Apple fans? Mad! Everyone I know who is Apple prone has lost trust in Apple brand products. The backlash is going to be that Apple folk will still buy their Apple products — but not in the first month that they come out. Apple has always prided itself on the […]
Smoking used to be fashionable — so fashionable, in fact, cigarette holders and cigarette lighters were glamour personified. An engraved cigarette lighter or a Tiffany’s cigarette case spoke volumes about one’s breeding and sophistication. Now, the pendulum has swung, and fashion has placed cigarettes at the bottom of the food chain. Smoking equals loser.
Some […]
It used to be that people who didn’t go to college were second class citizens. No more! In fact college is great, but it’s no longer necessary. What separates the first from the second class citizens today is knowledge of technology. Those who know how to are of a different class than those who don’t […]