March signals the start of many new things; spring is beginning and the days are longer.  Allergy season kicks in with a vengeance as does the start of the various college basketball tournaments.  Many will sharpen their pencils and spend infinite amounts of time designing and talking about their “brackets”, hence the name “March madness”. […]

Job seekers can find a wealth of information on interview tips. Most of us know to dress professionally, put our best foot forward, and polish up our resumes, but many of us do not know common “red flags’’ that can deter employers from hiring you. The website Reddit conducted an informal poll of interview behavior […]

Henry Ford revolutionized the world when he installed the first moving assembly line on December 1, 1913. Ford’s moving assembly line produced the first inexpensive, mass-produced automobile by sending smaller parts from work station to work station until all of the parts were assembled into a whole. Many of Ford’s theories are still in place […]

Many of us have been collectively holding our breath waiting on the job market to improve. Now that 2021 is here, we must come to the realization that the current employment demands are on par with those of 2020. If you have been procrastinating on finding a new job because you are unemployed or are […]

The expert of American etiquette Emily Post said, “etiquette is the science of living.”  Good manners can set you apart in a job interview, but there is still work to do after the interview has been completed. Many potential employees do not know about the value of the post interview thank you note. In the […]

The New Year is fast approaching and after the history making year that 2020 has been, we will have to decide to either greet it head on with cautious optimism or stick our heads in the sand with fear and dread. There are a number of prognosticators including Goldman Sachs and Dr. Anthony Fauci that […]

There are roughly 4 weeks or 672 hours between Thanksgiving and Christmas. One might make the case that nothing productive will happen during this time except online shopping and Hallmark movie binging. However, 2020 has already tested the limits of our productivity with most of us having already spent way too much time surfing social […]

 It will soon be the time of the year when Americans take a whole day to express being thankful; however, there are many benefits to being grateful all the rest of the days of the year too. Pluto said, “a grateful mind is a great mind which eventually attracts to itself great things.” Being grateful […]