Soft Skills - Ask a Wharton MBA
Develop Soft Skills – Work Smart & Live More
Many successful and motivated business people get where they are today by working hard during times when others would not have the energy to do so. This may include working longer hours, on weekends, and through lunch. While working hard for a little while can get you further, you also need to watch out for burn out. This is why taking a real lunch break at least 3 times a week can help your career in 5 ways ...
Every year Glassdoor, who provides an inside look at jobs and companies, select the top 25 strangest interview questions companies ask during job interview. I will share the list for 2013 below, but my main focus for this post is to talk to you about why strange interview questions matter and why you must take them seriously if you want to stay in the race. ...
Being able to use Linkedin effectively for networking and building your brand is a critical skill to further your career in today’s market. Of the most widely recognized social media platforms, LinkedIn is arguably the most utilitarian. Most of the people who use Linkedin have a primarily business purpose behind their presence within the platform, and updates about what they had for dinner are noticeably absent. ...
Whether you are a veteran at job interviews or new to it all, the basic interview tips are key to staying in the competitive job search race. These seven basic interview tips are fairly simple to follow. So there is no reason for you not to do each. You will be amazed at how they can either be forgotten or overlooked sometimes. Don’t make that mistake because first impression counts. If you don’t prepare for your interview or arrive late or always cut your interviewer off, you could be cutting yourself out of the race before you even started. ...
Success cannot be achieved if you only stay in your comfort zone. That’s because success requiring striving, learning, testing, and falling possibly along the way, all of which are not comfortable.
So it’s important to be comfortable with being uncomfortable to achieve success and joy in life! For this reason, I am ditching the traditional new year resolution of setting goals and making my 2013 about experiences – a way to encourage myself to try new things or challenge myself to do some things I know may be uncomfortable and has no guarantee of success. It’s not just for my career but also for living my life to the fullest. ...
How to explain gaps in my resume? This is a common question asked by many job seekers today. When the economy went south in 2009, many well-qualified people found themselves out of work. Some were able to land another position within a few months, while others struggled to find work for a much longer period — or never really made it back into the workforce. Other people have opted to leave their jobs for family or educational reasons, and now want to return to the working world. No matter which situation applies to you, the effect is the same: significant gaps in the work history section of your resumes. ...
As much as we would like to think that the business world is far, it’s not. The reality is that we can all get back-stabbed at work. The important thing is how we deal with it if and when it happens.
This is a true story that happened to a colleague of mine. What would you do if this happened to you at work? ...