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Are You Really Sorry?

Your Work, Your Way

Answering an email an hour later? Slightly exasperated, he finally asked me what I was sorry for. When I thought about it, I came to the conclusion that saying “I’m sorry” is used, on my part, and for many of us, I think, to acknowledge that what he was doing was inconvenient. Both times I apologized reflexively.

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Apps to Consider When Job Searching

On The Job

When considering a job or career, you may turn to a personality assessment to determine what type of job you should have or what kind of employer would be a good fit. Perhaps more important, apps allow you to privately find out about yourself without having someone in human resources or your boss also know your results.

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How Job Seekers Can Project a More Confident Image

On The Job

But there are ways to become more confident about yourself and what you bring to the table. Is your hairstyle out-of-date? Could your communication skills be holding you back? Do you have bad breath, poor posture or a weak handshake? Are you providing unimpressive answers when questioned about your abilities?

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How to Network -- and Not Hate It

On The Job

Helpful information and advice from Americas favorite workplace columnist About Anita Blog Books Syndicated Column Interviews Career Links Contact Thursday, August 19, 2010 How to Network -- and Not Hate It One of the reasons I wanted to be a newspaper reporter -- and not a television reporter -- was because I didnt want to be in front of a camera.

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Competency Management: What it is and How it Helps an Organization

Vantage Circle

In between those topics of discussion, we often forget how organizations and their employees adapt to changes daily. The following blog will discuss the definition and the importance of the practice in an organization. The following blog will discuss the definition and the importance of the practice in an organization.

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How to develop strong Intrapersonal Intelligence?

Purple Crest

You have always been a very dedicated engineer meeting your targets before the deadline. I even remember you received the best employee of the month in the first month of your joining itself. Boss : Sorry to inform you Reynolds but your last quarterly report speaks otherwise. What just happened, Reynolds thought in his mind.

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5 Tips for gaining self-confidence

Penelope Trunk

I know it will probably be a one-night stand when they realize that I am weirder in person than on my blog. I know it will probably be a one-night stand when they realize that I am weirder in person than on my blog. Do you know how I know that I’m weirder in person than on my blog? They are scared of the answer.

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