Articles by tag: business

Content SEO: Writing for Your Audience
According to a recent Microsoft study, people’s attention spans have dropped to a range comparable to that of a goldfish. This short attention span means that as blog writers...
Balancing Your Day Job and Your Passion
There is an increasing trend of employees taking up a side job, either to earn extra money or to boost career skills in a field they are passionate...
How to Master Chaos and Keep Your New Year’s Resolutions
The beginning of a new year feels like a clean slate. But as the holidays fade away and the pace picks back up again, it can be hard...
Land Your Next Job with a Strong Cover Letter
The average corporate job opening brings in 250 resumes. The recruiter has little time to sort through them and choose a handful of worthy candidates to interview. Most...
Productivity in the Workplace: Tips from the Pros
The average person gets interrupted once every eleven minutes throughout the workday.  When these interruptions occur, it can take up to 15 minutes to re-engage with our tasks....
Secrets of Expert Negotiators: 6 Business Negotiation Skills for Sealing Deals
80 percent of business owners take a reactive approach in their deals. The key business negotiation skills for winning these deals is to get on the other side of that...
3 Crucial Steps to Create a Foolproof Contingency Plan
It’s 3 o’clock on a typical Wednesday at work. Your employees are quietly bustling through their tasks, organizing files to be discussed at the next meeting, when a...
5 Ways eLearning Platforms Trump Traditional Learning Methods
Corporate training has been catapulted into a new dynamic with 74 percent choosing learning management systems to integrate virtual classrooms into their training programs. This percentage is expected...
Workforce Management Trends
One thing you can count on in management is change. Keeping up with workforce management trends means keeping up with competitors. The following are some of the most...
Succeeding in the Business World
Have you ever considered starting your own business? Or thought about going back to school for your MBA? Or perhaps you are already employed, but want to better...