Interview Follow up for Maximum Success

It never hurts to show your appreciation when someone takes time out to help you.  As a job seeker, learn how you can make a lasting impression after an interview in the following post.

You have a killer resume and you feel like you aced the interview. If you want to maximize the positive impression that you leave following an interview, be sure to send a thank you note to the interviewer.

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Interview Follow up for Maximum Success

College Grads: Step-By-Step Guide For Entering The Workplace

Think you are ready for the real world, college graduates?  Here are some tips to help you make a smooth transition from college to the workplace.

The following is a guest post by Aileen Pablo. It’s a big step to go from winning your frat’s beer pong championship to dealing with rush hour traffic on your daily commute. College is supposed to prepare you for the real world, but it’s also your last hurrah before adulthood, so sometimes that jump into your first adult job

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Did You Add Value to Your Career Today?

As a job seeker or an employee, it can benefit you to enhance and/or add to your skill set.  The following post has tips to advance your career by adding value.

In order to advance in your career or show improvements on your resume, you need to make sure that you are constantly trying to better yourself and your skills. Employers want to see that you will make their company a more profitable place. Whether by awarding you with a promotion or giving you the job in the first place, you need to show employers the value you offer by doing something to enhance your career on a daily basis. You will be surprised how simple it can be to improve and develop skills, which may in turn lead them to give you the job or the promotion.

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Lessons For Gen Y From The Senior Workforce

When it comes to success in the workplace, it seems that young people could learn a thing or two from mature workers.  The following post has some lessons which can benefit the young workforce.

Gen Y job seekers have recently received a large amount of flack from the older generations, being labeled as the generation that has postponed growing up, living at home, and even lacking driver’s licenses. Studies even show that younger Americans have seen a 68 percent drop in their net worth, while

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Telecommuters Say More Freedom Leads to Increased Productivity and Provides Benefits

It appears that employees enjoy the professional and personal benefits of working from home.

TeamViewer® announced the findings of its survey of 500 American adults ages 18 and older who work from home either full time or part time, conducted online by uSamp in October. The survey found that fully half (50%) of telecommuters feel that they are more productive working from home, with 23% even saying that they are much more productive. Continue Reading

Employees on a Morale High

Employers believe their workers are feeling good on the job.

The mood around the office water cooler is generally positive, new research suggests. In an Accountemps survey, nearly four in 10 (39 percent) workers described the morale at their companies as very good. Forty-two percent of people interviewed said workplace morale is somewhat good. Continue Reading

Employees Biggest Fear is Making Mistakes

While everyone makes mistakes, employees are scared of making them on the job.  Learn more in the following post.

It’s not ghosts or goblins or even public speeches that scare workers the most this Halloween: In an Accountemps survey, more than one in four (28 percent) respondents said making a mistake on the job is their biggest workplace fear. Continue Reading

10 Tips for Talking Politics at Work

Aaron Gouveia, Salary.com contributing writer

In a perfect world, this article wouldn’t have to be written. When it comes to politics, reasonable people would agree to disagree, cast their ballots in private without fanfare, and then go back to office small talk. But during this election season in the most politically divisive time in recent memory, that’s just not in the cards. So the question isn’t whether or not people should talk politics at work, but how to survive talk of the election during office hours. Continue Reading

The Lowdown on Low-Cut: Salary’s Dress Code Survey

The 7 deadly sins of the workplace

Wendy Ryan, Salary.com contributing writer

We all know the 7 Deadly sins, Lust, Gluttony, Greed, Sloth, Wrath, Envy and Pride, are practices that are usually best avoided in daily life. But what are the “7 Deadly Sins of the Workplace” and how can committing these “sins” affect your career?

This week, we will explain the “7 Deadly Sins of the Workplace” and reveal the results of our recent poll on the perceived career impact of these “sins,” complete with some of our readers’ real life examples from their jobs. Continue Reading