How good are your listening skills? | Survey: More companies providing financial wellness plans | Refresh your LinkedIn page at each stage of your career
How good are your listening skills? Listening is a skill that takes practice because it is natural to want to do all the talking while dismissing most of what others are saying, suggests leadership expert and author Fred Halstead. Listening intently helps create thoughtful responses to keep the conversation flowing smoothly, Halstead points out. Fast Company online (1/28)Survey: More companies providing financial wellness plans More than 50% of employers polled in a recent study by Alight Solutions are implementing financial wellness plans for employees, such as financial education and budgeting tools. Nearly three-quarters of those surveyed mentioned a shift toward student loan assistance of some kind being implemented now or in the near future. CNBC (1/28)
How to Have Great First Dates With Candidates OK, maybe not real first dates, but a pre-hire assessment is just like a first date. You and your candidates are asking: Is this the one? To answer that question and ensure optimal job fit, you both have to meet each other's expectation. Find out how you can win The Match Game!
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Refresh your LinkedIn page at each stage of your career Updating your LinkedIn profile regularly offers benefits at any career stage, including promoting self-reflection to help you determine whether you're on the right career path, points out career coach Al Dea. For frequent LinkedIn updates, it's a good idea to turn off "sharing profile edits" option in your LinkedIn settings to avoid flooding your network with updates every time you make a change. The Muse (1/25)
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The National Labor Relations Board voted 3-1 that SuperShuttle drivers at the Dallas-Fort Worth Airport were independent contractors and not employees, which means they cannot unionize. The decision could impact businesses in other industries as well. The Hill (1/25)
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Strategic answer to a tricky interview question When asked why you are looking for a new job, don't badmouth a current or former employer and instead focus on how a move could help round out your skills and career development to make you more skilled and valuable within your industry. Keep a positive outlook at the interview by focusing on the future at the prospective employer rather than dwelling on the past, says Porter Braswell of Jopwell. Refinery29 (1/28)Word's Resume Assistant makes it easier to get your resume right Microsoft Word's Resume Assistant feature uses LinkedIn data to offer suggestions on how to improve your resume all within the Word platform. The feature is available to anyone with an Office 365 subscription and a LinkedIn account. PCWorld (1/28)
The tidying trend, sparked by Marie Kondo's Netflix show, can apply to your office setting as well as your home by clearing your desk of unnecessary clutter including old notes, condiments and even computer files. "You can also argue that the simple act of cleaning does more than just physically clear up space -- it clears up mental and emotional space," writes Alyse Kalish. The Muse (1/19)
Ten out of 11 people in the US who have contracted the same strain of salmonella since October had some form of contact with a hedgehog, according to the CDC. Pet owners are warned, "Don't kiss or snuggle hedgehogs, because this can spread salmonella germs to your face and mouth and make you sick." Today (1/28)
There is a beauty in discovery. There is mathematics in music, a kinship of science and poetry in the description of nature, and exquisite form in a molecule. Attempts to place different disciplines in different camps are revealed as artificial in the face of the unity of knowledge.
