The “SEND” Button is Your Enemy!

When sending an email “Thank You” note after an interview, the send button is your ENEMY. We all send emails to our friends and colleagues for the most part with impunity. Spelling and grammar are unimportant.

Procrastination is the Art of Keeping Up with Yesterday

When I first started my career, I was a Graphic Designer. In the early 1990’s. I owned and operated my own “shop” and I serviced clients in the areas of consumer products, landscaping services and small businesses.

Get A Mentor or Be A Mentor

Just as some people are stunned when they suddenly hear a parent’s voice coming from their body, so too was I when I realized a few days ago that I had become my mentor.

Open is the New Close

I don’t know, after 20 plus years selling staffing services and managing sales teams I think my mind is starting to play tricks on me, as it did very recently when thinking about our new business activity. “How much business did we close this month, quarter?” I asked myself and my senior management team and then while waiting for the data I sat back and thought about why we are “closing business” especially in a service oriented industry like ours.

Candidates Beware – Counteroffers are Career Suicide

Opportunity may knock only once, but temptation leans on the doorbell.

We are not sure who said this, but quite possibly it was a job candidate who was just presented with a counteroffer by his or her present employer.