How To Deal With A Micromanaging Boss
Managing a micromanaging boss can bring results, though it’s not likely to be fast. With patience and an understanding boss, however, you may be able to salvage the relationship.
Posts By Jessie Kwak
6 Lies We Tell Ourselves About Bad Jobs
What did you have to tell yourself to get out of bed this morning? How did you pump yourself up on the commute in to work? We all have days when we need a good pep talk, but if you’re telling yourself one of these 6 lies to get going every day, it may beRead… Read more »
Why Sometimes You Should Say “I Don’t Know”
When you’re the manager, the last thing you want to do is appear uninformed or incompetent when someone asks you a question – but even worse can be the damage caused by guessing at the answers. Yet it’s often our first impulse to spin out conjecture rather than simply saying, “I don’t know.” The risks?Read… Read more »
6 Ways to Add Creativity Into Your Daily Routine
When’s the last time you drew something? Or went dancing? Or made a collage? What favorite hobby is boxed up in your closet, untouched since your last move? Adult life can be a creativity killer, as we rush from workout to commute to job to meeting to commute to cooking dinner to bed. With deadlines,Read… Read more »
How To Use Social Media In Your Job Search
We don’t always have the luxury of making our own first impression these days – particularly not when searching for a job. Once a hiring manager receives a resume and cover letter, they’re likely to do a Google search on potential candidates to see what else they can learn. In fact, recruiting software company Jobvite foundRead… Read more »
5 Resources to Help Make You a Better Writer
Typing words onto a screen is easy. Typing words into coherent sentences that accurately convey your intended meaning? Well, that can be tough. In this fabulous day and age of the internet there are some great tools to help you hone your writing chops. I’ve collected five of my favorites to help you with everythingRead… Read more »
9 Tips To Ace That Virtual Interview
More hiring departments are turning to video interviews as a way to manage their time and get a better sense for a candidate than a simple phone interview can provide. Applications like FaceTime, Skype, and Google+ Hangouts make video interviews free and easy, and the ability to interview from the comfort of your home makesRead… Read more »
4 Ways to Succeed as a Young Manager
Getting promoted to a management position at a young age deserves a hearty congratulations! But it can also be quite the challenge, especially if many members of your team are older than you. Young managers walk a fine line, balancing the need to demonstrate their capabilities on the one hand without alienating their older teamRead… Read more »
6 Mindsets That Could Sabotage Your Career
We all have bad habits we should be ditching. Eating all those cookies, for one, or having a pick-me-up soda (or three) each afternoon. External habits like these can be easy to spot, but what’s harder is seeing the bad mindset habits that are oh-so-easy for us to fall into. Certain mindset habits can reallyRead… Read more »
How to Land a Leadership Role in 2015
This is the year you take the plunge. You’ve been doing a fantastic job in your role so far, but you’re ready to take the next step and get into leadership. You know you can do it – but how do you prove to your managers that you’re ready? The biggest secret to getting a leadershipRead… Read more »