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Resist the Urge for Ethnic Jokes at Workplace

Featured - June 07, 2016

Even though you happen to have no disrespect towards a specific ethnicity or you do not promote racism at workplace, you’re advised to resist the urge to make fun of yo...

Employers, Beware of Negative Company Reviews

Featured - June 07, 2016

Employers must beware of producing negative company reviews as it is protected under the U.S. Employment law. Yelp, Inc., which is accustomed to offering negative company...

Building a High Impact Learning Culture

Kaizen, Japanese for ‘small, incremental, continuous improvement’, in its contemporary form is used to improve and streamline corporate processes. Kaizen refers to ac...

Snapchat Helps You Get A Job

Recruitment - June 06, 2016

Cover letters are so old school, says Everlane, an e-commerce retailer which is taking a non-traditional approach – using Snapchat stories – to get in on the hiri...

Funny HR Typos That Can Kill Your Career

Leadership - June 06, 2016

Typos happen, they’re ubiquitous, but some are funnier than others – especially when other people make them. No matter how many times you proofread, how many times yo...

Utilizing Your Lunch Break to the Fullest

How do you spend your lunch break? Do you quickly gulp down a sandwich at your desk with one hand on your keyboard? Or do you skip the lunch altogether because you have ...

With Shorter First Names comes Bigger Paycheck

Leadership - June 03, 2016

What’s in a name? Money. No, I’m not high, I swear. Apparently, people with shorter first names earn a bigger paycheck, says study. Shorter names bring higher paychec...

Ideas for Fun Fridays at Work

Traditional wisdom says that work is not supposed to be fun and that is why it’s called work. But as companies have been engaging in the concept of fun Fridays, it has ...

Tinder-Like Job Hunting Apps to Land the Right Job

Interviews - June 03, 2016

Lots and lots of people use Tinder on a daily basis to get dates, but how about getting a job by swiping right? Now there are some job hunting apps that work just like Ti...

The HR Digest: Career Advice Highlights

Leadership - June 03, 2016

When you are finally a college graduate (now that you’ve thrown your cap in the air), you will be bombarded with various bits of career advice. The advice that you take...

Coolest Jobs That Can Become Your Next Gig

Recruitment - June 02, 2016

You’ve been working at your company for a few years now, but you find your job dull and boring. It has become so monotonous, doing the same thing every day. But that’...

Job Hopping is not Career Suicide Anymore

Featured - June 02, 2016

Traditionally, job hopping i.e. changing jobs frequently for new opportunities is frowned upon but looks like that’s going to change. Baby boomers preferred sticking to...

How to Decline a Job Offer Gracefully

Interviews - June 02, 2016

Well, well, you are a superstar if you have been offered two or three or… wait, how many jobs were you offered? The situation in which you need to decline a job off...

Most Hated Business Phrases That Should Be Eliminated From Workplace

Have you heard you boss suggesting you to join a tiger team? Yeah, we all have been there. Remember those hated business phrases that our managers mumble all the time? An...

Pluses and Minuses of Having Multiple Jobs

Leadership - June 01, 2016

If you are a millennial, you are probably having multiple jobs to make the ends meet. Having more than one job is common among twenty-somethings as they need to pay off d...

Declining A Meeting Invitation Politely

Leadership - June 01, 2016

If you observe a working day of an average American employee, you would realize that meetings waste a great deal of time. They account for the maximum unproductive time t...