Do you love going to work? I’m going to guess no, because you’re reading this post. You want out, but you don’t know how to do it. You have bills to pay, right? Mouths to feed. It’s not like you can just give two weeks notice and walk out of hell and into your dream… read more
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Science: September Is the Second-Best Time of Year to Make a Resolution
Want a change of direction? Here’s why now is the perfect time to get started. BY JESSICA STILLMAN Contributor, Inc.com According to the calendar, September is just another month in the year. But according to our emotions, this time of year often feels particularly weighty. With summer at an end, many people experience a pang of nostalgia… read more
Ten Ways It Hurts You To Stay In One Job Too Long
by Liz Ryan Shutterstock The working world has turned upside down over the past twenty years, and most people don’t realize it. If they recognize that momentous changes have occurred in the talent marketplace, they haven’t adjusted their approach to managing their career accordingly. That’s dangerous! It used to be that working for one employer for… read more
What If Your Team Was All A-Players?
By Dean Sippel Not everyone on a team can be an A player, right? Steve Jobs, among others, would say, “Wrong!” “The Mac team was an attempt to build a whole team like [Woz], A players,” Jobs described. “People said that they wouldn’t get along, they’d hate working with each other. But I realized that… read more
How to Deal with Verbally Abusive Patients
We’ve been there. The patient is incredibly rude, demeaning, or even saying sexually explicit things to you. Patient satisfaction has been preached to you constantly.. but what do you do when the patient crosses the line? I’ve had quite a few experiences of all of the above. I felt helpless until I figured out the… read more
Should I Tell My Co-Worker She’s About To Get Fired?
By Liz Ryan Dear Liz, I have a pretty good job, but some of the managers here are very political and untrustworthy. The worst manager in our division, “Bob,” has been known to stab employees in the back before. One of my best work-friends, Cyndi, works for Bob. The truth is that Bob should work for Cyndi… read more
CCRCs Push Salaries Higher as Comeback Continues
by Tim Mullaney Pay continues to rise for management-level employees at continuing care retirement communities (CCRCs) around the nation, with an average annual increase of 2.70% between last year and this year. That eclipses the 2.63% average increase for CCRC management positions between 2014 and 2015. The statistics come from the Hospital & Healthcare Compensation… read more
Five Unmistakable Signs You’re Too Smart For Your Job By Liz Ryan, Contributor
Because we are so oriented to seek safety and security and a stable paycheck, we can easily fall under a spell and stay at a job too long. It can be hard to notice the signs that you are stagnating in your job. If you’re not learning new things all the time, you are slipping… read more
Five Red Flags That Scream ‘Don’t Hire This Person’
Dear Liz, I enjoyed your column “I Would Never Hire a Candidate Who Did This” and I fully support your advice to Hank. I manage a 14-person team and I can’t imagine why any manager would need to know a job-seeker’s complete job history just to make a hiring decision. Speaking for myself, I’d rather… read more
7 Ways To Sound, Look And Feel More Powerful At Work
I’m going to give it to you straight: You’re probably not being assertive enough at work. But don’t get down on yourself. It’s because you’re conditioned and discouraged not to be. Just type “women” and “assertive” into a search engine and you’ll find one piece of research after the next showing that when women are… read more