Career Advice Blog
The Next Admin Evolution Is Here
To stay relevant in this field, administrative professionals will need to embrace an entirely new attitude and an advanced set of skills. This webinar explores the emerging elevated standard for the admin field, and offers strategies to help you thrive in this exciting new frontier.
Why Planning is Beneficial (Even in Unpredictable Times)
I love planning. When I have a plan in front of me, I feel more in control of my destiny. I’m less stressed, more empowered.
Here’s the most interesting part: A plan helps me feel these positive things, even when I can’t follow the plan perfectly.
Over the past year, I’ve really had to come to terms with this. After all, the pandemic has made life unpredictable for most of us. But I haven’t stopped planning. In fact, I’ve become even more diligent about it!
Get More From Your Learning! Strategies to Make Professional Development More Effective
As a career-minded professional, you probably participate in a lot of development activities. Perhaps you attend training webinars and online classes; maybe you read books and listen to podcasts. Learning opportunities are prevalent, and you want to take advantage of them all! But how...
The 3 Essential Functions of Time Management
Whether you think “time management” is the appropriate terminology or not, it’s the best way we (as humans) can articulate our goal of using this precious limited resource wisely. But, if we want to get technical, we could go a little deeper and say that time management has 3 essential functions, and each plays a critical role in helping us achieve our goal.
Communicating with Confidence
Communication is a complicated, multi-faceted skillset required for professional success. Unfortunately, it’s a tough one to master. More important than what you say is how you say it. All too often, messages are muddied because of insecurity, self-doubt and nerves. People...
From Goal to Action: How to Build a Plan for Success
For most career-minded professionals, goal setting is an essential part of the new year celebration. But sadly, few people know what to do once a goal is set. Consequently, they end up feeling overwhelmed, unsure of where to start or how to make real progress. Thus, many goals are quickly...
Secrets to Achieving Work/Life Harmony
You have a “professional” life and a “personal” life, right? But ultimately, it’s all just life, isn’t it? So, how do you balance it all? How do you make sure one side isn’t getting all the attention while the other side suffers? How do you create time for all of your different...
The Power of Modern Business Etiquette
Join us for this month’s free webinar on the topic of “The Power of Business Etiquette." Webinar Description: Etiquette may sound like an antiquated term, but it’s a concept that still very much applies in our modern business world. Contrary to popular belief, etiquette is not about following some...
Taking on More Work Due to Downsizing? Want to Ask for a Raise? Read This!
A common question I’m hearing lately goes something like this: My organization has recently downsized and now I’m doing more work covering for some colleagues who were laid off. I think I deserve a raise, but is that a reasonable request given that we just had to let people go? This is a great...
Leading Without Authority: Tips for the “Unofficial” Leader
Join us for this month’s free webinar on the topic of Leading Without Authority: Tips for the “Unofficial” Leader Sign up for the Eat Your Career Newsletter to receive registration information: https://eatyourcareer.com/signup Leadership is not reserved solely for those who have formal...
Is Your Job in Danger?
As a career coach, I often work with people when they’re dealing with an expected job loss. They’ve either been terminated for cause, laid off, or asked to resign. In any case, it’s never an easy situation. Most people tell me they were blindsided—they had no idea! Yet, after some time spent...
Ready for Anything! How to Practice Proactive Career Management
Join us for this month’s free webinar on the topic of Ready for Anything! How to Practice Proactive Career Management The working world is unpredictable. (Never before has this statement been more true!)You never know when your job will suddenly become remote, or your role will dramatically change...