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	Frustrated in your current job? Planning your next career move? Avoid common pitfalls, put your best foot forward, and land squarely in your dream job. These insightful articles will tell you how. Business Etiquette and Dress Codes Negotiating Office Politics Office Communications Time Management/Organization Tips for a Successful Career

Business Etiquette & Dress Codes

Good Manners Mean Good Business Marketing and networking can be simplified through good manners.

Professional Attire: Dress Like You Mean Business Do your job exceptionally well. And while you're at it, make sure that your superiors and clients know, in just one glance, that you mean business.

A Casual Look At Business Casual Is business causal an oxymoron? Is a professional setting the place for nonprofessional attire? Answers you may, or may not, want to hear.

Death By Fashion: Choices To Avoid In The Workplace Knowing how to dress at work can be crucial to your success. Find out if you've ever made one of our five deadly fashion mistakes.

Negotiating Office Politics

High-Water Skills: Navigating Your Office Politics Office politics can’t be avoided. Here are five ways you can wade in without getting all wet.

Feedback: Constructive Criticism Or Just Being Mean? Nobody likes to be criticized, but constructive feedback could make the difference in succeeding or failing, professionally and personally.

Working It Out: Solving Conflicts In The Workplace This article discusses how to go about effectively resolving disputes among coworkers. Implementing this approach results in a solution that satisfies the needs of all parties involved.

Keeping Your Cool During An Unfair Review For most, an on-the-job performance review is a welcomed event that brings accolades, direction, promotions, and even a raise to hardworking employees. For others, a review can be a painful ordeal if they lack fair and just evaluators. How do you deal with an unfair review without making the situation worse?

Avoiding Conflict In Your Workplace Avoiding conflict with your coworkers makes you a better employee.

How To Ask Your Boss For A Raise How much longer can you purse your lips? I mean a pat on the back is great and all, but a few extra Benjamins in your pocket? Even better. When you finally muster up the nerve to ask for a raise, these nine tips can improve your chances.

6 Tips To Prepare For A Performance Appraisal Everyone has positive and negative opinions about their job. One time of year these feelings come to light is the periodic (and sometimes dreaded) performance appraisal. Here’s some tips on how to make it as painless as possible.

The 5 Keys: Building A Great Relationship With Your Boss Are you a recent college graduate? Get on the boss's good side with these five tips.

Office Communications

Communication Is Key You may know what you’re trying to say, but are others interpreting you correctly? These six foolproof techniques will help you communicate more effectively at work.

10 Steps To Writing An Effective, Professional E-mail Make sure that your e-mail messages exude the same professionalism that you do in person or on the phone.

Minding Your Manners: E-mail Etiquette E-mail has quickly become one of the most efficient and effective tools in the business communications arsenal, allowing time-sensitive information to be disseminated at the click of a button to any number of individuals. Just like the telephone, written letter, or business meeting, it is important to know how to use e-mail to its fullest advantage while still preserving the importance of business protocol and etiquette.

Business Phone Etiquette Master the art of business phone etiquette. It isn’t just good for you and the recipients of your calls, it’s good for business.

4 Roadblocks To Persuasive Communication If you think writing compelling online copy and communication is someone else’s responsibility in your organization, think again.

Effective Online Communication We live in a world in which many of our key work associates and clients are on the other side of the world. Excellent online communication is key to strengthening bonds and keeping your business healthy.

Time Management/Organization

When And Where You Need It: Filing According To Task It's great to keep a tidy office, but if your files can't be easily accessed when you need them most, they might as well just sit on your desk in a messy pile. This article provides a system for organizing your files according to task.

Out From Under Your Office Clutter This article offers simple, concrete suggestions for putting a stop to your office clutter once and for all. Not only will you find out how to attack the mess, but you will also learn how to prevent it from coming back to haunt you.

Tips for a Successful Career

Gender Gap on the Job, 3 Rules for Workplace Harmony Both men and women have a tendency to assume they have the answers, know what’s going on, and can do a better job than the opposite sex. While the gender gap on the job will cause tempers to flare periodically even under the best of circumstances, following three basic rules can lead to workplace harmony.

Anybody Listening? How to Make Yourself Heard in the Workplace If you think you’re not being heard in the workplace, you’re probably right. Don’t blame all of it on your co-workers or your supervisor, however. Some self-evaluation can go a long way toward boosting your confidence and performance on the job.

A Business Breath Of Fresh Air There's more to gaining an edge in your business or career than just computer training. See if these three tips can help you expand your business or get that promotion.

New Job, New Culture: Do You Fit In? Six weeks into the new job you know in your gut that maybe, just maybe, you've made the biggest mistake of your career.

What Does Your Career Mean To You? Most people consider their jobs just a means to make money and nothing more. They perform specified tasks for which they are well and not-so-well compensated. But it’s not always just the duties you perform that make your job meaningful. Meaning in one’s employment can be derived from different paths. Sometimes you have control of these things, other times you do not. Ultimately, it’s your choice to make your career mean something to you.

Whatever It Takes! I have a sign on my office door. It pretty much summarizes my philosophy of life. The sign simply reads, ….."Whatever it takes."

Achieving Your Dream: A Happy And Successful Career Achieving success in your career is not impossible. You CAN spend your life doing something that you love and be happy with who you are. It just might take a little leap of faith. Become The Office Favorite At Your New Job Have you just landed a new job that you’d like to keep for a while, and you want to make a good first impression on the first day? Here are some helpful tips and guidelines to create a good reputation around the office. 5 Secrets To Becoming The Perfect Employee That Everyone Wants With ever increasing deadlines, decreasing resources, and changing workplaces, sometimes it can be challenging to be a good employee, much less a perfect employee. The employee who can rise above the everyday problems and embrace challenges will be the person that every employer wants. The Great Escape Success doesn't just happen. It requires establishing a goal, planning carefully, and making changes. Using Career Assessment To Your Advantage Not sure what to do with your life? Try career assessment to help guide your efforts in the right direction. By exploring your natural talents and passions, you can easily steer your higher education to fully serve your needs. When You Know It's Time To Go Knowing when it’s time to leave a current job is something that only you can decide. There are telltale signs that many choose to ignore, especially if they fear change. Know the signs so that you can spot them! Becoming A Specialist: You Can Be The Office Expert On Anything You Choose Sometimes it takes very little effort to become an expert in a subspecialty within your career. Exerting that effort can pay off big time. Certifications and degrees do make a difference in the workplace, particularly when it comes to hiring and promotions. ACTION Is More Important Than Knowledge! There is no textbook, no seminar and no guru that can replace the value of you having an idea and taking ACTION on it. When To Push The Panic Button Are you known for putting out fires at work? Are you a legend because you are prepared or because you’ve never been truly tested? Make A Plan B Before You Lose Your Job People who have a career backup plan are the first people to find jobs after an unexpected layoff. When Did "Try" Become "Fail" Gripped with fear of failure? No need to fret ... use it to power your success! 7 Tips For Your Next Meet And Greet More than likely, you meet new people on the job every day. Here are a few tips to help you get off on the right foot. Our Shrinking World The global marketplace is ripe for the next great idea, product, or invention. Are you prepared to enter that marketplace? Growth, Learning, And Change–The Triple Threat Instead of fearing change, accept it and benefit from it. Here are some thoughts that might ease you into the idea that change is a good thing. The Top 10 Business Etiquette Faux Pas In the world of business, it's not what you do but how you do it. With one small gesture you can impress, insult, appear cultured and educated, or simply become a social outcast.

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