I stumbled upon a tweet by the Mother Nature Network on laughter. It contained a link to an article on the results of a study by Sophie Scott, a neuroscientist…
I was intrigued by Inc.com's article "21 Questions Amazon Asks its Job Candidates." It is all about Amazon's toughest questions it asks during the interview process. The article starts off…
Imagine you arrive at a lunchtime networking event. It takes place in a hotel conference room, comfortably sitting 150 people. As you enter through the main doors, you briefly stop…
Since first posting our list of the Top 50 Communication Mantras in 2011, the list has stayed relatively the same. With the various issues buzzing around all of us related…
In this blog series, "Wisdom from," we look to successful leaders around the world, past and present, to see what insights they can share with us to make us better people,…
The other day, we received an email from Julia, a student, with a cover letter in response to an intern position we had open. What surprised everyone was her cover…
Are you the kind of person who regularly goes beyond the call of duty while at work? If so, you are differentiating yourself among your peers. Traci*, a friend of…
In my younger professional days, I had a lunch meeting with a more seasoned and more senior person than me. Let's call him James. As he was talking, I was…
Over the past few months, we have been helping more and more job seekers with the development and update of their job hunting materials. Materials such as their elevator pitch…
How interesting would this job would be?! To be our government's Planetary Protection Officer. The words, language, what you say, what you don't say, travel, meeting people from around the…