How to Make Sure Your Emails Give the Right Impression

How to Make Sure Your Emails Give the Right Impression

by Shani Harmon Given the avalanche of email we receive each year — 121 messages per day, on average — it’s no wonder that we have become somewhat desensitized to its impact on our professional brand. We’ll spend hours polishing our LinkedIn profiles and revising our résumés, but hastily hit send on an unintelligible missive…

How to Improve at Work When You’re Not Getting Feedback

How to Improve at Work When You’re Not Getting Feedback

by Zenger Folkman Too many managers avoid giving any kind of feedback, regardless of whether it’s positive or negative. If you work for a boss who doesn’t provide feedback, it’s easy to feel rudderless. It can be especially disorienting if you’re new in the role, new to the company, or a recent graduate new to…

29 Annoying Words and Phrases on Your Résumé That Make Hiring Managers Cringe

29 Annoying Words and Phrases on Your Résumé That Make Hiring Managers Cringe

by Rachel Gillett “Nearly everyone is guilty of using buzzwords from time to time, but professionals are evaluated increasingly on their ability to communicate,” says Paul McDonald, senior executive director for professional-placement firm Robert Half. Some of the major problems with using buzzwords, according to Mary Lorenz, a corporate-communications manager at CareerBuilder, are that they…

10 Ways To Manage Your Relationship With Your Boss

10 Ways To Manage Your Relationship With Your Boss

by Forbes Coaches Council Most employees forget that it’s not just their boss who is managing them — they are also managing their boss. This doesn’t mean manipulating your boss. Rather, it means building a two-way relationship in order to best accomplish shared goals as a team. When you manage this dynamic well, you create…