Category: Career Advice
What should you do if you’re being groomed for a role you don’t want? Work It Daily career expert J.T. O’Donnell believes you aren’t necessarily stuck. While you may decide to leave the role altogether — and it may come to that, your other option could be to determine why you’re unhappy, which role you […]
Simon Sinek, the bestselling author of Start With Why, believes that leadership is a skill, “a learnable, practicable skill.” So if leadership is something anyone can learn, what’s the difference between a good and great leader? Sinek argues that a good leader is someone who’s learning and practicing the skills of leadership, while a great […]
As your professional career advances, so do the number of professional accomplishments. Over time, this can translate to many different job titles, and ultimately, a decision between continuing to update your resume as it currently stands and starting over again. Which option should you choose?
Joanna Coles, the first person to hold the position of Chief Content Officer for Hearst Magazines, recently sat down with Moira Forbes to discuss some key learnings from her decades-long career in publishing. In the interview below, Coles discusses her key to success, her early career in publishing, her advice to young women, and more.
If you’ve recently suffered from a bad performance review, take the advice of a former corporate psychologist and know that not all is lost.
Learn how to handle your next exit interview with class and integrity while leaving with the best possible impression, with these tips from Glassdoor.
You’re short on vacation, but long on desire to change things up. How can you recharge without booking time off? The Muse’s Kat Boogaard offers three tips:
In a recent Forbes Career post, a reader asks Liz Ryan for advice on whether he should apply for an internal position despite his few limitations. In response, Liz outlined certain traits that make a candidate promotable. Among them, she lists: Knowing your current job inside-out – you should be an expert at your own […]
This week, we’re reviewing the standard actuary salary in 2017. Know What You’re Worth: National Average According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the median annual salary (ie the wage at which half the workers in an occupation earned either above or below) for claims adjusters was $100,610 in May 2016. The lowest 10 […]
This week, we’re reviewing what the standard insurance underwriter earns in 2017.
Which Questions Should You Ask in Your Interview?
Not asking questions at the end of an interview can signal unpreparedness to the hiring manager. It can also signal your inability to conduct due diligence. If you’re not asking questions, how will you know the role is right for you?
This Week in Career Advice: How to Handle Behavioral Interview Questions
Do you struggle in interviews? Do you find it difficult to answer behavioral interview questions clearly and concisely, while also reinforcing your accomplishments? If so, let us introduce you to the STAR interview response technique. STAR stands for Situation, Task, Action, Result. In can be broken down into the following steps: Situation: Using specifics, describe […]
This Week in Career Advice: How to Handle Exit Interviews
Learn how to handle your next exit interview with class and integrity while leaving with the best possible impression, with these tips from Glassdoor.
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