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.
It’s an unfortunate fact of life at most companies that the people who labour in silence, far from the eyes of their boss, are often the ones passed over for promotions and merit raises. If you really want your pay to match your drive and the amount of work you do, you need to focus on the most visible projects — the ones that everyone sees — and you need to be happy doing it.
You may not consider your workplace a source of great, lifelong friends, but it turns out that making a few could increase your chances of being given more responsibility and more pay. CNN Money found that workers who help others, organise social activities, and make an effort to become friends with their coworkers have a 40 per cent higher chance of getting a promotion.
You just interviewed for a job and you haven’t heard anything. Sometimes this is a sign of bad news, and sometimes it isn’t. You want to follow up and find out what’s going on, but you don’t want to be annoying. Here’s how to handle this situation effectively.
The purpose of job interviews are for both parties to get an idea of whether it’s a good fit between the company hiring and the job candidate. Unfortunately, sometimes interviewers can be tricky in the way they weed out candidates.
Working with the same people everyday can be tough, but if you’re behaving poorly, it makes things even worse. If you’re not sure if you’re doing something annoying, the Wall Street Journal has put together a list of the most common things that make coworkers hate you.
Most of us have a smartphone in our pocket, and most of us have been known to use it for work from time to time. The theory is that owning a smartphone makes us more connected and more productive, but studies have shown that always-on, always-connected mentality drains us and eventually makes us less productive. So we ask you: Does your smartphone help you be more productive and get more things done, or are you happy to set the “leash” to silent when you leave the office every day?
Hard work and competence should be rewarded, but that’s not always what happens. Sometimes, when you do great work at a company, you not only get shafted but kicked to the kerb. Jeffrey Steele, writing for personal finance blog Five Cent Nickel, offers up a cautionary tale about being too competent.
Sometimes you land a good job at a great company, but over time you start to hate it because it’s boring, unchallenging, or worse, too difficult. To remedy this without switching jobs completely, Forbes recommends negotiating small changes in your job description to turn your junky job into something you can actually enjoy.
Many resumes end up at the bottom of the pile, and with the results of a recent study highlighted by BusinessInsider, it’s no wonder: recruiters only look at your resume for an average of six seconds before making a decision about you. Here’s what information they actually see.
