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September 2024

Why to Stay Away from Counteroffers

By |2024-04-02T11:00:19-04:00September 2, 2024|Why to Stay Away from Counteroffers|

Whether an employee or employer, proceeding with a counteroffer invariably ends in failure.  Read below to see the employer’s perspective of what happens during the counteroffer process.  Decide for yourself if this journey is for you:

Counteroffers are often perceived as the knee-jerk reaction to an employee informing his or her employer that they have received a more attractive job offer elsewhere. At first glance, a counteroffer seems like the most reasonable course of action: why hire a new employee when […]

August 2024

Master your Interview with STAR

By |2024-04-02T10:51:38-04:00August 12, 2024|Master your Interview with STAR|

During behavioral job interviews, one will be asked to share information which sheds light on their potential value as an employee. For example, an interviewer might ask the interviewee to describe an instance in his or her life where a particular type of achievement was demonstrated. These questions often play a key role in the hiring process, and one should prepare for these crucial questions by learning a technique prior to the interview itself.

One system for successfully answering these questions […]

July 2024

Our Words Matter

By |2024-03-28T15:22:08-04:00July 22, 2024|The Culpability of Free Speech, First Impression, Our Words Matter|

Humans speak their first fully-formed words sometime between 9 – 12 months of age. It’s a big deal, delighting our parents and launching us into the world of interactive communication. For the rest of our lives, words are the foundation of (almost) everything we do. Psychologist and author Dr. Jordan Peterson says, “If you can think, speak, and write, you are absolutely deadly. Nothing can get in your way.”

If Dr. Peterson is right, then why are we so often inattentive […]

The Resignation Process

By |2024-03-28T15:17:40-04:00July 22, 2024|Transitioning New Talent, The Resignation Process, Giving exit interviews, Now what?|

We have all heard the horror stories of a resignation gone terribly wrong. The boss who flies off the handle, the co-worker that spews verbal abuse and even the beloved janitor who sobs inconsolably at the company’s significant loss. To be frank, leaving a job has the potential to be an emotional disaster for everyone involved.

 

Quitting your job doesn’t have to be a difficult, drama-induced affair. There are ways to calmly, politely, and effectively tender your resignation so that no […]

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