Hate Your Job? Here's a 4-Step Plan That'll Get You Out of There

It’s Sunday night and once again you find yourself dreading the upcoming start of the workweek. You know your company is all wrong for you, but you’re not sure if there's anything better out there. At the time you accepted it’d sounded like a good offer, but now you’re stuck in a position you hate.

The Best Way to Give Yourself a Boost at Work

When you find yourself feeling a little drowsy or unfocused at work, you probably grab the nearest caffeinated beverage. And while coffee and tea can certainly perk you up, there are other, healthier, options to get the boost you need.

7 Reasons You Can't Get Motivated Today (Solutions Included!)

You started the work day ready to have the most productive day possible, but you have a slight dilemma on your hands. Because all you can think is, “I have absolutely zero motivation to do anything right now.”

A Simple Formula for Answering "Tell Me About Yourself"

“So, tell me about yourself.”

What seems like such a simple question can really make you sweat, especially in an interview. What, exactly, should you share—not just to build rapport, but to show that you’re the perfect fit for the job?

What Your Reaction to Going on Vacation Says About Your Career Path

Whenever I take time off from work, whether it’s just a day or a week, I always have varying reactions to leaving. Not just an emotion toward the reason for leaving—happy because I get to spend two weeks in Kogi, or fear because I have to go to the dentist (who isn’t afraid of the dentist)—but also a gut feeling about parting from my job.

How to Ask for More (and Get It!)

When it comes to getting that big fat raise or next level promotion, you’ll never know if you never ask. Regardless of how hard you work, how much you want that promotion, or how much you really need that raise, nobody—not even a manager who is more like a friend—can read your mind or will freely offer to hand over more moolah.

6 Reasons You Really Need to Stop Comparing Your Career to Everyone Else's

Theodore Roosevelt once said, “Comparison is the thief of joy.” Well, Teddy, I can’t help but agree. Oftentimes, seeing how you match up against others is a frustrating, discouraging, and simply unproductive use of your time.

3 Signs (That You're Ignoring) That It's Time to Restart Your Job Search

Job searching’s hard. There’s no other way to put it. So, it’s completely reasonable that you’d want to take a breather for a bit. For many people, this break’s exactly what you need to recharge and start again.

The 2 Traits All Hiring Managers Look for During Interviews (Without Even Realizing It)

How cool would it be to have an X-ray into the head of the person who controls your career fate? To understand exactly what a hiring manager at your dream company is thinking when she’s picking which lucky candidate she’ll bring on full-time?

4 Things You Should Ask an Employee Who's Leaving

A few months ago, one of my employees decided to leave the company. Her exit wasn’t a total surprise—we’d hired her originally as an intern, and we all knew her heart and her passion resided in the nonprofit realm. I tried to convince her that our business—employee engagement consulting—was saving the world in a different way, but alas, she wasn’t buying it.