Meditation is often harnessed by sports greats in order to gain focus and an added edge. It is used in leisure in order to help people to relax and centre themselves. Interestingly, while meditation is used in many other areas of our lives, it is rarely looked at in terms of how it can impact...
So you've been meaning to develop your LinkedIn profile further, but who has the time? Unless you need it to be working for you right now, it's just too easy to put off investing the effort for when you might need that profile to do some serious work on your behalf. Well, the folks at Bluewire...
Putting together a good resume can be a difficult task. Faced with a blank Word doc and a list of achievements, there are countless ways you could proceed. Of course, you’ll have a few creative ideas of your own – but while it’s great to stand out from the pile, you don’t want to accidentally...
The process of applying and interviewing for a job entirely revolves around professional and related previous experiences. What this means is that in any workplace, the staff are all there because they share one common set of skills. This is obviously the most sensible way of building a workforce in any industry. However, one thing...
When I would complain about a tough day at the office, my father always used to say, “Well, that’s why they call it work” (yours did too?). As Americans we constantly humble brag about overwork while trying to impress our peers and fathers, but it’s a bad habit. And in general, there seems to be...
How would you rate your LinkedIn profile? Are you using it as a powerful job seeking tool? Does it bring you effective connections, recruiter inquiries, or relevant opportunities? LinkedIn recently analyzed a group of 4000+ newly-employed job seekers, and studied what they'd been doing on LinkedIn during their hunt. They found that most successful job seekers on LinkedIn...
Technology continues to influence how we work. Innovations such as Skype and email means that communicating with clients or business partners throughout the world has never been easier. We now live in a world where the employers and employees can choose to be “Always on”. Smart devices enable us to check our emails while on...
About a thousand articles come out each week on the subject of job interview tips, so I don't typically share these kind of posts on Careertopia. However, today's infographic from CollegeAtlas.org presents the results of a two thousand hiring manager survey in a thoughtful presentation I really enjoyed. The best part is that anyone can...
You have a vacation coming up. It's 2pm and you're coming down with a case of the "afternoon drowsies". Or you've got a terrifyingly overwhelming task ahead of you that you keep putting off. These are just a few examples of the productivity demons we fight every day. Today, I want to share an infographic...
Choosing your words carefully can serve you well. And delivering your message to another person's communication style is effort well spent. But how often do we think about the non-verbals we're giving off? The Presentation Design folks at Ethos3 created the infographic below, outlining some valuable tips on nonverbal communication.
