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Are You Proud of How You’re Spending Your Time?
Are You Proud of How You’re Spending Your Time?
by Elizabeth Grace Saunders When you feel like you’re just one e-mail away from failure at work, it can seem ludicrous to take your eyes off of what you believe absolutely needs to get done to consider what you might regret in the future. The amount of demands coming at you feels so crushing and … Read More

10 Advantages Of Hiring A Veteran
10 Advantages Of Hiring A Veteran
by Jeremy Bender Companies take note: hiring a veteran of the U.S. Military comes with a host of benefits. A number of Quora users responded to the question “What are the advantages of hiring someone who has been in the U.S. Military?” Of the responders, retired Marine sergeant and current hiring manager Jon Davis outlined ten … Read More

Education: “Attended collage courses.”
Education: “Attended collage courses.”

Think Like a Freak: The Authors of Freakonomics Offer to Retrain Your Brain
Think Like a Freak: The Authors of Freakonomics Offer to Retrain Your Brain
by Steven D. Levitt

The Last Question You Must Ask Before Hiring Someone
The Last Question You Must Ask Before Hiring Someone
by Ian Mills When hiring for a position you are naturally focused on assessing candidates based on what you want and need and what is best for the business, but if you fail to thoroughly address what is best for the individual who is applying you are exposing yourself to one of the biggest errors of … Read More

Signs that You Lack Emotional Intelligence
Signs that You Lack Emotional Intelligence
by Muriel Maignan Wilkins In my ten years as an executive coach, I have never had someone raise his hand and declare that he needs to work on his emotional intelligence. Yet I can’t count the number of times I’ve heard from people that the one thing their colleague needs to work on is emotional … Read More

“I work in the store’s men’s department, stalking shirts and pants.”
“I work in the store’s men’s department, stalking shirts and pants.”

The First 90 Days, Updated and Expanded
The First 90 Days, Updated and Expanded
by Michael D. Watkins