Whether you’re prone to bask in glory or wallow in defeat, venture capitalist Shervin Pishevar suggests practising success and failure amnesia.
Dear Lifehacker, My boss loves to take credit for my ideas and my work. I recently wrote a published article, and he insisted that he be included as an author, even though he had nothing to do with the work I did and didn’t even see it until it was ready to publish. What should I do? How can I make sure he doesn’t take credit for my work after it’s finished, or claim my ideas were his before we even start?
The cover letter is a mainstay of job applications and job sites, but all too often they’re discarded unread while the hiring manager’s attention goes to the meat of the application: the resume. The blog Wise Man Say has a revolutionary suggestion: ditch it altogether and put that energy towards customising your resume, making connections or building a portfolio of your actual work you can invite a potential employer to see.
Forget that tired old claim that Gen Y workers are clashing with their bosses over access to Twitter and the right to use a Mac rather than a Windows PC. It’s also possible that bosses are cannily using bring-your-own-device (BYOD) policies as a sneaky way to avoid giving you a raise.
Don’t let a job listing’s list of criteria intimidate you. The list of requirements are more of a wish list for the ideal candidate and may not need to be taken so literally, advises the Daily Muse. Read between the lines and your application might still be successful.
Working for a micromanaging boss can feel like being in an unhealthy relationship, but you don’t have to keep your head low hoping that you don’t attract his or her attention. Often, micromanaging bosses are simply under pressure themselves to meet shifting deadlines, and they lack the empathy to understand how their behaviour influences others. If you pay attention to the meetings they’re going to and the changes in their workload, you can adapt to the things that stress them out so they’ll stop bothering you.
If you grew up in a visibly multicultural country like Australia, you may think that taking yourself overseas to live and work is an easy thing to do. After all, so many people from all walks of life come here to do the same thing. The truth is those people jumped through many hoops to migrate to one of the world’s most desirable places to live. If you want to seriously make a go of it overseas, there are lots of things to think about — and the sooner you start planning, the better.
A picture doing the rounds claims to be the note presented to Apple employees on their first day at work. Would being told that you’re about to do the kind of work that you’ll want to “sacrifice a weekend for” make you feel like you’d arrived at your dream workplace, or would you run screaming for the hills?
Whether you’re looking to change careers entirely or you just want to expand on your current job role, figuring out ways to innovate your career path is hard. Instead of looking through your list of skills to find what you can do to change paths, the Harvard Business Review suggests you take a look at your experiences.
We’ve discussed how dangerous burnout can be and what you can do about it in the past. If you need a simple refresher, this infographic from the folks at The Simple Dollar does a great job of distilling the basics into an easy-to-read visual.
