Arriving to work on time or earlier is a practice that is very much appreciated and admired. However, not everyone finds punctuality an easy task. Tardiness creates a negative impression on others, as well as increases your stress at work and resorts you into cramming. Adapting the practice of punctuality is neither difficult nor complicated, as these following suggestions would show you. Arrive to work earlier instead of just being on timePlan your travels beforehand in such a way that you w…
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March 13th, 2009
How to Practice Office Etiquette
Most of the time, etiquette is never taught. It is something that you need to observe and follow. Each organization has its own culture and set of etiquettes that you need to follow in order to succeed in your career. Here are some tips on practicing office etiquette. Monitor your voice volumeObserve how your co-workers talk to each other. Be sensitive on how loud your speaking voice may be in the office. Notice how other people comment on your conversations, which may indicate how loud you…
March 12th, 2009
Encourage Applicant to Choose Your Competitor
The hiring process is already an expensive task for every company and it has to pay off with a lot of applicants who are interested to become a part of your organization. However, if your hiring staff puts these potential employees off, do not be surprised if they turn down your invitation for an interview and end up becoming the best workers in your competing company. Here are some ways to discourage your applicants from working in your company. Put them on terminal holdWhen they call to make…
March 12th, 2009
Hiring Great Employees
Remember the usual dating quote, “All the good men are taken”? That is what usually comes to the minds of organizations looking for new hires: All the best employees are all taken. The recruitment process can be time consuming and expensive, but if you know how to look into the finer details of each candidate, you may end up with great employees for your company. Check the length of employmentWhenever you read a candidate’s work history, check for how long they have worked for a specific empl…
March 4th, 2009
Mistakes Managers Make During Job Interviews
The main objective of an organization’s job interviewer is to seek for the best talent for the company. However, even the best of job interviews may soon yield an underperforming or unfavorable employee. Terminating such liabilities would only result to more corporate expenses as the company would have to do another round of job search. This dilemma, however, can be avoided as long as human resources personnel who handle the job interviews avoid the common pitfalls that happen during the hiring …
March 4th, 2009
Digging Deeper in a Job Interview
One of the most common mistakes that job interviewers would do to their applicants is when simply scratch the surface of each applicant, merely accepting what the candidate prepared as his answers to the most common job interview questions. A prospective employee may claim that he was a team leader for a large-scale project in his former employer. However, digging deeper into a job interview may reveal that he merely acted as a consultant to the project. There are many ways to know the inner cha…
February 27th, 2009
Building a Culture of Mentorship
A great organization does not only employ the best people in the industry, it also does a good job in developing and promoting their employees, who are the company’s most important resources. However, developing your people is not just about sending someone to training class. What it takes is for all members of the organization – from the CEOs to the utility people – are willing to listen and help their colleagues.Just like how the most successful people have mentors to look up to, organizations…
February 26th, 2009
Creating New Career Opportunities
Do you feel like you are being bypassed as younger colleagues get promoted in your organization? You need to realize that they were not given a higher job position because of luck, but rather they created their own path to promotion. This is why you need to push yourself towards self-promotion. Let people know that you are interested in advancing your career. You can either advise your immediate supervisor or a representative from the human resource department about your intentions, or do the mo…
February 19th, 2009
Influencing Business Strategy
It is a dream of every human resource manager to advance their careers into something higher than a management job. There have been company executives who have come from human resources, so achieving that goal is not a long shot. If you want to fast forward your career towards a seat at the executive table, here are some tips to help you with that.Understand your organization’s businessYou need to realize that while you are dealing with the people involved in an organization, you also need to kn…
February 5th, 2009
How to Start a Book Club at the Office
One very great way to develop communication between employees in a workplace is by creating a stimulating activity that a lot of colleagues can take part. One such event is a book reading club, wherein a group of employees voluntarily read the same book. You can combine a book club meeting to a regularly-scheduled discussion to double the book’s impact. A book club meeting begins with one employee leading the discussion about the week’s assigned chapter, then let other members their thoughts …