If you find yourself bored at work due to zero opportunities to develop skills or share your skills as a manager, it might be time to look for another job. Other reasons include not receiving a promotion or increase in pay despite completing additional training or certification. ClearanceJobs (3/6) What to do to better your odds of a promotion You're ready to ask for a raise or promotion if you can prove you've been performing above your role for at least six months, writes Anisa Purbasari Horton. It also helps to ask for an endorsement from a key stakeholder and present a plan that details how your new role will benefit the company. Fast Company online (3/6)
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Making the Connection
How to improve your collaborative skills You'll gain a positive reputation as a team player if you practice clear communication, which includes active listening and asking questions to better understand a co-worker's perspective, writes Amy Blaschka. People want to work with someone who's solution-oriented and willing to accept responsibility for their mistakes. Forbes (3/4)
Poll
How much severance did you receive? Lucky are the 35% of you who have never been laid off, but that means an unlucky 65% of us have at some point in our career. It looks like at least severance packages have been generous. New poll coming Monday.
I have never been laid off
35.27%
20+ weeks
20.36%
3-10 weeks
17.46%
0-2 weeks
14.55%
11-20 weeks
12.36%
The Landscape
Managers are the release valve for stressed-out workers Good leaders are like plumbers in that they allow employees to blow off steam when the pressure builds, writes Terry St. Marie. "Teammates must feel comfortable walking into your office, or calling you on the phone, to express their anger or frustration, or to bring you bad news," he writes. Terry St. Marie blog (3/5)
Your Next Challenge
Is it time to give your resume the Marie Kondo treatment? Experts agree the current simplicity rage should extend to resumes, especially if they're longer than two pages or include work experience from more than 10 years ago, writes Rachel Weingarten. Although professional summaries are fine, objective statements are no longer necessary, but exceptions to brevity may apply: People seeking executive-level positions may include a bio of up to half a page. Ladders (3/5)
Balancing Yourself
Burnout is often the first step to recovery When work stress continually overwhelms, try to identify what tasks are most draining and seek help in coping and finding solutions, write Alyssa Pry and Jeanie Ahn. "This rock-bottom feeling can be the start of motivation to get yourself out of the cycle and give you the energy you need to jumpstart a change," they write. Yahoo (3/4)
On March 29, astronauts Anne McClain and Christina Koch are scheduled to perform a spacewalk outside of the International Space Station, making them the first team of all women to do a spacewalk. The ground control support, lead flight director and lead EVA flight controller for the mission are also all women. Gizmodo (3/7)
Trouble is a part of your life, and if you don't share it, you don't give the person who loves you a chance to love you enough.
Dinah Shore, TV personality, singer and 1940s' top-charting female vocalist
