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Employee training and development is a smart investment, and for good reasons. But it is essential to provide professional development opportunities to veteran employees, too. Read on to learn more!

Ask just about anyone how to turn your part-time job into a full-time position and they’ll say something like “work hard,” “stand out,” or “go above and beyond.” Of course, all three of these suggestions are prudent, but they’re also pretty generic. Want some specific advice about how to go from ...

Facebook isn’t just a platform for political memes and kitten videos. It can also be a valuable tool in the recruitment process. Whether you’re using social media to attract new candidates or get a clearer picture of your current applicants, Facebook has a great deal to offer job recruiters. Her...

Is the STAR method preventing businesses from properly assessing the value of job seekers? Does STAR need an update for the contemporary job market? Find out.

Private companies aren’t taking full advantage of a valuable portion of the workforce—Veterans. Here are five reasons why your organization should start hiring veterans today.

The performance appraisal can be a valuable tool for helping both the company and the employee grow. Here’s how to get there.

A dandelion can be seen either as a weed that invades a garden or as a valuable herb. Do people see you and the skills you have as valuable and worthy?

Whether your new position is entry-level or C-suite, you're joining an existing work team, filled with unknown dynamics and challenges that probably weren't mentioned during the interview process. Try the following tips to ensure your transition to a new work team goes as smoothly as possible.

Congratulations on landing your first corporate job! While every company has its own quirks, many commonalities emerge. Here is how to succeed when you enter the corporate world.

Planning for the return to work is creating pressure on business leaders to move carefully, yet quickly. These best practices will help to set you up for success.

You’ve been anxiously awaiting your phone interview with a potential employer. But the phone isn’t ringing. All this speculation is unnecessary on both ends. Whether you’re the one waiting on the call, or it was you who missed the it, certain protocols apply. Here’s what to do in either case.

So, you’ve finally landed that big one-on-one networking meeting you’ve been angling for, and now you need to ensure you make the most of every minute you get with your new contact.

You've been following a conference hashtag on Twitter, and you think attending would reenergize you professionally or enable you to make valuable connections.

Company executives are some of the most rewarding people to have in your professional network, but they can feel the most out of reach. They aren’t! With these five tips you can begin making these valuable connections.

Whether this is your first time writing a resume or your hundredth, it can prove to be a time-consuming affair. And while there’s a lot employers want to see on your resume, there’s definitely some items they don’t.

Time is a valuable commodity—especially your time. The last thing you want to do is put years of hard work into a job, only to discover you should have been laying groundwork for your future elsewhere. Are you wondering if you’re in a role that’s wasting your time? Ask yourself these questions.

For most people there’s no aspect of a job more important than salary. It’s a big reason why potential candidates don’t accept offers, and it often determines whether a person is willing to leave a current position—which is why it’s never a good idea to lowball an offer. So what do you do about e...

You've passed so many tests already—standing out in a pile of resumes, acing a phone interview, surviving multiple rounds of in-person interviews—and now it's time to overcome the final hurdle: the reference check. Hopefully you've already cultivated a well-rounded list of references. If not, her...

Congratulations on your new job! These are 5 things to do your first week.

It’s hard to navigate the swamp when there’s an alligator on your tail. So how do you shake the alligators off? The trick is having RIGHT performance management.