Career Success – How to Succeed like an Executive

There are five types of job skills essential to career success. Hard skills – These are trade skills (like programming, accounting, finance, chemistry) that you need to perform your job. People skills – There are 20 soft skills (including communication skills, interpersonal skills) you should develop on how to best work and interact with others so you…  ...  read more

Can’t Find a Job After College – 6 Ideas

Knowing how to find a job after college in today’s economy requires you to do much more than just send out resumes.  As even experienced people are accepting lower pay jobs to survive,  the college graduates are facing a even larger challenge with limited experience or ways to differentiate themselves. Recently, I received an email…  ...  read more

Examples – Interpersonal Skills are More Important than Hard Skills

Have you ever wondered why having the best answer to a business problem sometimes makes no impact at all? In school, we were always incentivized to give the best answer – the best answer leads to good grades, which lead to job offers. So, naturally I brought that mentality to work. I would work tirelessly to get…  ...  read more

Making a Good First Impression – 5 Tips

My husband and I are addicted to this Smart TV show on USA – Suits.  It’s about two lawyers – Harvey, a hot-shot,  young Senior Partner, at a prestigious law firm; and Michael, a “good will hunting” type, smart-mouthed Associate that Harvey just hired.  Michael has a photographic memory, but no official law degree or experience.  …  ...  read more

Hard Skills vs. Soft Skills – Difference and Importance

Hard Skills vs. Soft Skills – What’s the difference and is one more important than the other to your career success?  In my recent articles – What are Soft Skills and List of 28 Soft Skills, I offered detailed definitions of soft skills.  Here I want to highlight three key differences between hard skills and…  ...  read more

When and How to Use a Headhunter

When and how to use a headhunter are common questions and good ones to ask early in your career.  Before we can talk about when and how to use a headhunter, it is important to understand what are headhunters and the different types that exist What are headhunters? Headhunters (aka recruiters) are independent recruiting professionals…  ...  read more

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